Have you been giving in to your craving for sushi right after class? Are your meal plan dollars being drained because of sushi?
Fear not: there’s a solution.
To avoid spending all of your meal plan dollars on packaged sushi, maybe it’s time for a few college-student-friendly sushi recipes.
Before starting to recreate these recipes, do remember to buy a bamboo mat. If you can’t find it in stores nearby, just Amazon it to your mailbox.
When we think about sushi, the first image that pops up is the seaweed wrapped around sushi rice and imitation crab. Hence, we must start off with the iconic and delicious spicy crab rolls.
Spicy Crab Roll
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked sushi rice
- ¼ cup of seasoned rice vinegar
- 4 half sheets of Nori (seaweed sheets)
- 4 sticks of shredded imitation crab
- ½ cup of spicy mayo
- 1 small sliced cucumber
- Optional: sesame seeds
* To make spicy mayo, you can mix 2 tbsp of mayo and 2 tsp of sriracha hot sauce.
Directions
- Mix the rice vinegar with cooked sushi rice together.
- Place a half sheet of nori on a bamboo rolling mat with the rough side up.
- Mix the shredded imitation crab meat with spicy mayo sauce.
- After the rice has cooled, cover the nori with about ¾ cup of rice evenly.
- Flip the nori, and spread the imitation crab mixture over the middle section.
- While rolling the bamboo mat, press the rice and spicy mixture together.
- Each roll needs to be cut into 8 pieces.
- Garnish the sushi with more spicy mayo sauce, sesame seeds, and sliced cucumber.
After the extremely well-known and pretty mainstream Spicy Crab recipe, a less popular recipe and is the New York Roll. This recipe is for everyone who dislikes the taste of imitation crab because its protein focus is shrimp. Enjoy!
New York Roll
We will be repeating the recipe for the spicy crab roll with just a different filling and slight variations.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked sushi rice
- ¼ cup of seasoned rice vinegar
- 4 half sheets of Nori (seaweed sheets)
- 1 pound of medium shrimp
- ½ cup of spicy mayo
- 1 small sliced cucumber
- Salt & pepper
- Olive oil
Directions
- Cook the shrimp on a pan for two minutes per side with olive oil and a bit of salt & pepper.
- Mix the cooked rice with rice vinegar.
- Repeat the same procedure to make the roll mentioned above.
- Flip the nori, and add 5 pieces of shrimp over the middle of the nori.
- While rolling the bamboo mat, press the rice and mixture together.
- Each roll needs to be cut into 8 pieces.
- Garnish the sushi with more spicy mayo sauce along with avocado and cucumber.
For those of you who don't eat meat, there are easy veggie rolls for the vegan audience. Repeat the same directions as the recipes above, but change the ingredients accordingly.
Avocado Cucumber Mango Roll
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked sushi rice
- ¼ cup of seasoned rice vinegar
- 4 half sheets of Nori (seaweed sheets)
- 4 slices of avocado
- 4 sticks of cucumber
- 4 sticks of mango
I know how much of a hassle making these recipes sound. You have to buy the bamboo mat and the rest of the ingredients. But, a simple home-cooked meal can be more filling and satisfying than the packaged sushi found at the grocery store. Turn cooking sushi into a social event, call it “sushi night,” and have some fun with friends.
