Instant Pot Sushi Rice Recipe
Instant Pot sushi rice creates the tasty, flavorful rice you find in sushi bowls and rolls right in your pressure cooker! This perfectly cooked short grain rice will complement any sushi recipe or bowl with its slightly sweet and sour flavor that comes from just the right blend of sugar and vinegar. This recipe will make your homemade sushi drool worthy and restaurant quality so you can enjoy your favorite splurge anytime at home.
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Equipment
Ingredients
For Sushi Rice
- shushi rice 2 cups
- water 2 cups
For Sushi Rice Seasoning
- sushi vinegar or rice vinegar ¼ cup
- sugar 2 tsp
- salt 1 tsp
Instructions
- Thoroughly rinse the rice for 6-8 times without allowing the rice to absorb too much water.
- Add the water and rice to the inner pot.
- Close the lid seal the vent and pressure cook for 6 minutes followed by a natural pressure release.
- While the rice is pressure cooking, in a separate glass bowl make the Sushi Rice seasoning by dissolving the salt and sugar thoroughly in the sushi vinegar or rice vinegar.
- Once the rice is ready, open the lid and fluff the rice with a fork.
- Gently remove the rice in a glass or wooden bowl without breaking the rice.
- Add the sushi rice seasoning and gently mix it in the rice using a wooden spoon.
- Sushi rice is ready to be rolled into a sushi or to be added to a sushi bowl.
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Notes
- Make sure you rinse the rice without soaking the rice too much.
- Make sure to fully dissolve the sugar and salt into the vinegar before mixing with the rice. You could gently warm the vinegar to help it dissolve.
- If making sushi, allow the sushi rice to cool before serving.
- Don’t over cook the rice, it can become mushy and get a bad texture.
- Don’t scrape the rice that is stuck to the bottom. This is often burned or dried out and won’t taste great.
- Use a wooden spoon to handle the rice, not a metal spoon. A metal spoon can damage the rice.
