Squid Sushi Recipe

Recipe to cook squid sushi

Squid Sushi recipe, which is known as Ika-Zushi recipe in Japan, is a great Japanese sushi cuisine and the most important part when learning how to make squid sushi is that you must know how to choose squid because a squid that is bright eyed and has a firm texture and a slight smell of iodine produces the best ika-zushi.

Ingredients for squid sushi recipe

• 1 medium-sized squid (buy squid that is already cleaned)

• 1 tablespoon fresh peas

• 1 small-sized egg

• 50 g vinegared rice

• pinch of salt

• wasabi

• soy sauce

Ingredients for awasezu (vinegar mix)

• 4 tablespoons rice vinegar

• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

• large pinch of salt

How to make Squid Sushi

• add the ingredients for the vinegar mix in a mixing bowl

• add water and salt into a saucepan

• bring to a boil

• put the squid (body and tentacles) into the saucepan

• remove squid when you see the tentacles start to curl or when the squid changes color

• remove and drain with absorbent towel

• immediately soak squid in the vinegar mix

• let it marinade while preparing for the filling

• mix egg with chopsticks

• pour egg into a pre-heated skillet

• turn skillet to coat with a thin layer of egg

• remove once egg is cooked and slice egg into thin strips

• cook fresh peas in boiling water as per the squid sushi recipe

• remove squid from vinegar mix as per the squid sushi recipe

• cut the tentacles into small pieces as per the recipe for squid sushi

• transfer the small pieces of tantacles, egg strips, pea and rice into a bowl

• toss slowly as per the ika-zushi recipe

• stuff the rice mixture into the body of the squid

• allow the squid sushi to rest for two hours in a cool place

• cut squid into five or six even-sized pieces

• serve squid sushi with soy sauce and wasabi

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