Rice Paper Sushi

rice roll sushi piece being dipped into soy sauce and wasabi with bamboo chopsticks with more sushi in background

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This crisp on the outside Rice Paper Sushi is packed with protein and veggies and makes for the perfect lunch, dinner or snack. Super quick and easy to make and can also be completely no-cook.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Course: Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: gluten-free, healthy, plantbased, sushi, tofu, vegan, vegetarian

Servings: people

Calories: 575kcal

Author: Reena Sharma

Ingredients

250 g sushi rice
3 tbsp mirin
3 tbsp rice vinegar
5 sheets nori seaweed
10 Rice paper sheets
1 carrot sliced in thin strips
1/3 cucumber sliced in thin strips
½ bell pepper sliced in thin strips
4 tbsp purple cabbage shredded
2 small chunks firm tofu optional
Garnishes: avocado mango, carrot, chives, black sesame seeds (optional)
To serve: pickled ginger soy sauce, wasabi

Instructions

In a saucepan, pour just enough water over the rice to cover it and cook for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and slowly stir in the mirin and vinegar, ensuring each grain of rice is coated, then leave aside to cool.
On a sushi mat, lay a down a nori sheet, spread out a thin layer of rive, enough to cover it, but leave the top and bottom edges bare.
Place the vegetables on the centre of the rice bed.
Starting from the bottom end (end closest to you), firmly grab the mat and the sushi and begin to roll over, using fingers to hold in the filling as you roll and seal the edges once you get to the end.
For a sushi roll with the rice layer on the outside instead of the inside, lay a sheet of clingfilm on to the sushi mat.
Place the rice on top as before, but this time, flip the sheet over so that the rice is face down on the mat (with the clingfilm directly in contact with it).
Place the filling in the centre as before and roll.
Cut each roll in half.
Wrap each half in one sheet of rice paper and fold over, tucking the ends underneath the roll.
pan fry lightly until crisp and golden on all sides.
Decorate with garnishes as desired and serve alongside the soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger.

Notes

Sushi Substitutions

For nori sheet substitutions, using just rice paper alone will be fine – you will not need the sushi mat in this case as the rice paper just needs to be folded around the filling. Other substitutions also include tofu skin, cabbage and lettuce leaves.
Any rice can be used as long as it is starchy enough to bind when rolling

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