Making Sushi

My family got together for Roll Your Own Sushi Night this weekend. It was the second time we've done this together, so everyone understood the prep work and process and it went much smoother and faster than last time. It also helped that Jill hosted and her kitchen has a huge amount of counter space. The menu included sushi rolls, miso soup and tempura everything! We split up the shopping list so one person (me last time) wasn't stuck with shopping for everything. It was a pretty long list of stuff:

Krista

Fish --

tempura batter

sweet eel sauce (I made this from Dashi -fish stock powder, sugar, soy sauce and water)

wasabi

spicy mayo (Japanese mayo and sriracha)

Rice Vinegar

rollers

Chopsticks

sushi rolling mats

Mom

4 RIPE Avocados

1 cucumber
4 carrots

alfalfa sprouts

1 lemon

1 package Strawberries

sliced almonds

cream cheese

Carli You'll need to make a trip to an asian market or whole foods, most likely

flying fish eggs

ginger

seaweed

Sushi rice

toasted sesame seeds

Shrimp

Miso soup

Jill

Vegetable oil

potatoes

asparagus

sweet potatoes

mango

your deep fryer and rice cooker

soy sauce and less sodium soy sauce

It does require a lot of ingredients and a long cleanup, but with many helping hands, it makes for a really fun night! Our favorite part (once we were done rolling sushi and eating ourselves sick) was figuring out what else we could deep fry. Besides the shrimp and veggies, we fried tried string cheese, ice cream, and fat boys. One thing I'll tell you, I'm so glad we don't own a deep fryer!