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Smoked salmon chirashizushi plus sushi rice how-to on JustHungry

Learn how to make sushi rice, plus tips for sushi as bento.

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Guy Does Bento no. 1: Salmon furikake sushi bento

The Guy makes his first foray into the world of bento making.

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A sushi roll bento, plus how to make sushi rolls without a sushi mat

Here is something that I had in my archives - a sushi roll bento, made with ingredients that you might not have thought belong in a sushi. Plus, how to make a fat sushi roll without a sushi mat!

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Time:

Time required: 30 min - 1 hour

Bento no. 72: Sakura Love Kyoto-style Barazushi Bento

Bento contents:

1 US cup (240ml) steamed brown rice with 2 tsp. rice vinegar, 220 cal
1/2 portion of Tuna Soboro with Ginger, 175 cal
2 Tbs. Homemade Sakura Denbu, 50 cal
Usuyaki Tamago (very thin omelette or egg crêpe) shredded finely (kinshi tamago), from 1 egg, 100 cal
1 cup 3 Color Spring Vegetable Namul with Crabstick with "Instant" radish pickles, 90 cal

Total calories (approx): 635 (how calories are calculated)

Time needed: 15 minutes the night before; 15 minutes in the morning

Type: Traditional Japanese with a twist

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Updated inarizushi recipe on Just Hungry

In case you don't follow Just Hungry (though, if you want to know about basic Japanese cooking techniques you really should :)) I've substantially updated the inarizushi recipe that I originally posted more than 4 years ago. The new article describes in detail how to make your own inarizushi skins, which, if you can get a hold of the aburaage (fried tofu skins), is not hard at all. The technique is useful for people who have had trouble with the infamous Eggs in Treasure Bags recipe!

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Lower-calorie higher fibre inarizushi with hijiki

Inarizushi are excellent for bento, but they can be a bit high in calories since they are stuffed with sushi rice. The original version with a 100% rice filling has about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of rice per bag, which makes each inarizushi about 110 to 130 calories. On the other hand these inarizushi are about 80 to 100 calories per piece. The secret is in the filling.

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Time:

Time required: 10-20 minutes

Experimenting with frozen tuna salad, plus a tuna sushi rice sandwich

Few things are as easy to make or as tasty for lunch than a simple tuna salad sandwich. It's one of my favorite things to make when I'm too busy or occupied for more involved cooking. But porting around tuna salad when the weather is warm can be a bit of a problem.

I've been experimenting with freezing tuna salad in different ways, or rather stages of development as it were, as well as different tuna salad mixes.

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Bento no. 35: Special occasion- Spring sushi picnic bento