Tinned Fish Hand Rolls
Updated April 1, 2025
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 35 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups sushi rice, rinsed well
- ¼cup seasoned rice vinegar
- 1tablespoon finely chopped ginger
- 4roasted sushi nori sheets, quartered
- 4tins of fish (about 4 ounces each), such as mackerel or sardines
- Any combination of sliced cucumbers, radishes, baby carrots, clementines and scallions
- Soy sauce or ponzu, for serving
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Preparation
- Step 1
In a medium saucepan, bring the rice and 2 cups of water to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook until tender, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. (This is a good time to slice your toppings.)
- Step 2
When the rice is ready, drizzle with vinegar and top with ginger. Stir with a spoon to combine. (The rice, as well as the sliced toppings, can be transferred to airtight containers, covered with damp towels and refrigerated for up to 3 days. Bring the rice to room temperature before eating, or warm in the microwave.)
- Step 3
To build hand rolls, top nori with some rice, fish and any of the raw toppings. Drizzle with soy sauce or ponzu, wrap and enjoy.
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Comments
I eat this sort of thing all the time, and just to point out if you're new to it: even if you don't mind baby carrots' artificiality and weird texture, they're too short and fat to be pleasant to eat this way because they'll end up dominating one or two bites, and they're disruptive to bite through. The longer, thin shreds of carrot shown in the photo are a good steer.
@Su Yes, I don’t imagine you’d put whole cucumbers in either! The recipe doesn’t say so specifically, but I’d assume you should slice all the vegetables to an appropriate size to fit into the rolls, such as with spring/salad rolls.
This was a fun family meal - making the hand rolls together is a congenial way to eat. We’ll definitely do it again. We used smoked mackerel and various thinly sliced veg with soy and sushi mayo
The inclusion of the mandarin oranges here is inspired. What a delicious and easy recipe!
I have used jasmine rice for this, and even made them without the sheets of nori. Great lunch recipe!
The clementines are revolutionary! That burst of juicy citrus along with the rice, fish and cucumber and dipped in soy sauce… oh boy. Ali Slagle nailed this one.
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