We made some Mexican style sushi rolls tonight. I know it's not authentic Japanese, but this is how we do it, lol. I went to Japan in 2002 for the world cup and discovered how different and plain their traditional sushi is compared to most North American Japanese cuisine. If I go to a good sushi restaurant like they have in Austin, I usually get a chirashi. I guess it's like coming from Mexico and being served Tex-Mex for the 1st time, thick flour tortilla with yellow cheese and heavy cumin flavor red salsa, culture shock hahaha. This is what Japanese must think of our "sushi" rolls.
Most people like my dad use wasabi, he eats it like guacamole. I'm not a big fan of the wasabi-horseradish flavor so I dip with chiles toreados. There are many ways to make chiles toreados, this is how I like them for sushi rolls. Thinly coat a sauce pan with vegetable oil under medium-high heat and add some hot jalapeños, cover with lid. Move around every couple of minutes to scorch the skin of the peppers evenly. Once cooked and nicely blackened but not burned, take out and let cool. I slice the peppers, put them in a bowl and add about 3 parts soy sauce to 1 part lime juice, I go by taste. Sometimes I add fresh minced ginger, not today.
I really like sunomono salad with spicy tuna poke mix. I just look at all the recipes on line and pick my favorite ingredients and came up with my recipe and then add some real heat to it. I used frozen ahi tuna from Costco that has never made me sick. Cubed the tuna and added to taste: mayo, sriracha, sesame oil, pink salt, soy sauce, minced green onion and some canned Chinese red peppers I got at the Asian market that really make the dish. Very hot and tasty, have to be careful how much I add so other folks can enjoy it. Prepare the cucumber by salting and squeezing excess liquid and I also add wakame seaweed. The dressing is a simple rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, minced ginger mix. I'm very bad at taking picks, but it tastes very good!
These are the hot chinese peppers that make the tuna poke mix to my liking,
And finally some rolls. We have phily roll (smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, cucumber), spicy tuna roll, fried shrimp roll, california roll. We try different flavor combinations every time with masago, eel sauce, mayo-sriracha or mayo-chipotle sauce. And let the kids pick their combos too. And we also fry some up tempura style. I will call this Jap-Mex, I hope no Japanese folks are offended by these dishes, lol. I am a true admirer of Japanese culture and history.
My sister is the one with the sweet tooth and made some nutella, strawberry, pecan crepes for desert. I will eat light tomorrow,
Most people like my dad use wasabi, he eats it like guacamole. I'm not a big fan of the wasabi-horseradish flavor so I dip with chiles toreados. There are many ways to make chiles toreados, this is how I like them for sushi rolls. Thinly coat a sauce pan with vegetable oil under medium-high heat and add some hot jalapeños, cover with lid. Move around every couple of minutes to scorch the skin of the peppers evenly. Once cooked and nicely blackened but not burned, take out and let cool. I slice the peppers, put them in a bowl and add about 3 parts soy sauce to 1 part lime juice, I go by taste. Sometimes I add fresh minced ginger, not today.
I really like sunomono salad with spicy tuna poke mix. I just look at all the recipes on line and pick my favorite ingredients and came up with my recipe and then add some real heat to it. I used frozen ahi tuna from Costco that has never made me sick. Cubed the tuna and added to taste: mayo, sriracha, sesame oil, pink salt, soy sauce, minced green onion and some canned Chinese red peppers I got at the Asian market that really make the dish. Very hot and tasty, have to be careful how much I add so other folks can enjoy it. Prepare the cucumber by salting and squeezing excess liquid and I also add wakame seaweed. The dressing is a simple rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, minced ginger mix. I'm very bad at taking picks, but it tastes very good!
These are the hot chinese peppers that make the tuna poke mix to my liking,
And finally some rolls. We have phily roll (smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, cucumber), spicy tuna roll, fried shrimp roll, california roll. We try different flavor combinations every time with masago, eel sauce, mayo-sriracha or mayo-chipotle sauce. And let the kids pick their combos too. And we also fry some up tempura style. I will call this Jap-Mex, I hope no Japanese folks are offended by these dishes, lol. I am a true admirer of Japanese culture and history.
My sister is the one with the sweet tooth and made some nutella, strawberry, pecan crepes for desert. I will eat light tomorrow,
