The Geeks’ Guide to Homemade Sushi

Sushi | Sushi Recipe | DIY | The Geeks are sharing their tips, tricks, and filling ideas for delicious homemade sushi! [sponsored] It is no secret. We love sushi! We eat it frequently. What you might not know, is that we love to make it at home! Making sushi can be challenging but fun. Having made it home quite a few times, we have picked up some tips, tricks, and ideas along the way. Below is our guide to making delicious sushi at home. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for a fun giveaway!

Sushi Tips

  • Rice is the most important element when it comes to preparation.
  • Good quality rice should stick together but you should be able to notice each individual grain. It shouldn’t be too dry, too mushy or too pasty.
  • You don’t want to overfill your rolls. For a standard roll, you should use about 3 oz of rice, 1 oz of filling and whatever vegetables you are adding.
  • Vegetables should not be put on top of the filling, but rather on the side.
  • Roll by hand and then shape with the bamboo mat (this is where we went totally wrong in our first home attempt).

Filling Ideas

We have to experiment with fillings. The best thing to remember is to not over fill your rolls as this will make them harder to roll. Some of our favorite fillings are:

  • Salmon, Avocado, Cucumber (make sure if you are filling with raw fish to ask if the fish is sushi grade.)
  • Salmon Skin and Cucumber
  • Eel and Cucumber
  • Tuna and Avocado
  • Avocado
  • CucumberSushi | Sushi Recipe | DIY | The Geeks are sharing their tips, tricks, and filling ideas for delicious homemade sushi! [sponsored]

Below is a guide on how to roll your sushi. We also have a fun giveaway to get you started on your homemade sushi experience. The folks at Comic-Con HQ have generously provided us with this awesome Star Trek Sushi Set to giveaway! All you have to do is enter below! In case you haven’t heard, Comic-Con HQ is an ad-free streaming video-on-demand channel that features an evolving slate of programming including original scripted and unscripted series, recurring daily and weekly entertainment news, commentary shows, a highly-curated selection of film and TV genre titles, sneak previews and special features, as well as unlimited access to live and archival programming from their world-class events, including WonderCon and San Diego Comic-Con. Good luck and happy rolling!

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*The Geeks created this content in partnership with Comic-Con HQ. Giveaway items provided by Comic-Con HQ. Sushi set used in photos was purchased by The Geeks. All opinions are wholly our own. View our Disclosure Policy for more info.

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5 Replies to “The Geeks’ Guide to Homemade Sushi”

  1. You are my hero! I’ve always been too intimidated to try something like making my own sushi. I have hard enough time cooking rice. Have you considered doing a video of the step by step build? i think the rolling part always looks like tricky.

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