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Gunkan Sushi

Give one of the easiest styles of sushi a try — tasty and simple! Gunkan (literally "battleship") sushi are little mounds of rice wrapped in a band of nori and topped with salmon roe, flying-fish roe, sea urchin, salmon, or clam. They're far easier to make than the rolls and nigiri most people know: no bamboo mat needed, since you shape everything by hand. It's the same Japanese cuisine, just a simplified take. Serve gunkan right after assembling so the nori stays crisp, and eat each one whole in a single bite.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 16 % 10 g
Fats 13 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 71 % 45 g
297 kcal
GI: 2 / 98 / 0
  • Gunkan are always delicious and never dull, since you can top them with all sorts of fillings. Make a couple with salmon, a couple with red caviar, a couple with shrimp, and so on — that variety is half the fun. Use plain short-grain rice or dedicated sushi rice. Serve gunkan right after assembling; otherwise the moisture from the rice and the juicy toppings will soften the nori and it won't stay crisp. Keep in mind that gunkan are meant to be eaten whole, since cutting or biting into one can make the topping spill out. Here's how it comes together: cook the rice in a saucepan with water according to the package directions until tender; while it's still warm, stir in rice vinegar to taste; let the rice cool, then shape it into small oval mounds; cut the nori into strips and wrap one around each mound of rice; cut the salmon fillet and smoked eel into small cubes; spoon the mayonnaise into a small bowl, add a splash of soy sauce and a little Sriracha, and stir; toss the salmon and eel in that sauce; top some gunkan with the eel, some with the salmon, and the rest with red caviar. Cocktail shrimp make a nice topping too, if you like. Serve right away, with soy sauce and wasabi alongside. Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Minced salmon - 130  kcal/100g
  • Smoked salmon - 162  kcal/100g
  • Grilled salmon - 283  kcal/100g
  • Fresh salmon - 201  kcal/100g
  • Salted salmon - 269  kcal/100g
  • Salmon saute - 379  kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353  kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360  kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119  kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363  kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109  kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369  kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106  kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374  kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109  kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344  kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51  kcal/100g
  • Salad mayonnaise of 50% fat content - 502  kcal/100g
  • Light mayonnaise - 260  kcal/100g
  • Provencal Mayonnaise - 624  kcal/100g
  • Provencal mayonnaise - 627  kcal/100g
  • Table mayonnaise - 627  kcal/100g
  • Pink salmon caviar grainy - 230  kcal/100g
  • Salmon caviar grainy - 245  kcal/100g
  • Nori - 3  kcal/100g
  • Smoked eel - 326  kcal/100g
  • Fresh sea eel - 93  kcal/100g
  • Fresh eel - 332  kcal/100g
  • Rice vinegar - 20  kcal/100g

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