What is the best sushi for a beginner?

Answer 1

California Rolls are pretty tame. Stay away from raw fish in the beginning (raw fish is actually sashimi, not sushi, although some sushi is made with it). There are even vegetarian ones made with egg or cucumber.

Answer 2

I would recommend trying the California Roll first, as the ingredients aren't at all exotic (crab, avocado, cucumber, sometimes other veggies, sometimes rolled in sesame seeds or masago - tiny fish eggs).

Another good one is the tamago (sweet egg).

Some places will also have inari sushi, which is rice in a fried bean curd pouch. Most people like inari (especially kids!) and the flavor is very mild.

If you are up to eating sushi made with fish, I would recommend smoked salmon since its flavor is very similar to honey baked ham with a slight fishy taste.

Also, the Philadelphia Roll is pretty good (smoked salmon, cream cheese, sometimes cucumber or green onion) although it is a little heavy because of the cream cheese.

Answer 3

There are many lighter flavored fishes and cooked sushi items that are perfect for beginners. There is a great webpage devoted to sushi for beginners at:
http://sushifaq.com/sushiforbeginners.htm

that lists all types of sushi that are great starting points for neophytes.

Answer 4

Here's one....

Sushi Rice

I like this recipe because it is pretty easy and I have gotten good results everytime I use it. It is adapted from a couple of different recipes. (This makes almost 2 cups of seasoning, I put what I have left in a jar or bottle and refrigerate)

4-5 servings 60 pieces

40 min 10 min prep

INGREDIENTS

For the seasoning

1 cup rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup superfine sugar
1/4 cup sea salt (you can use regular salt, but sea salt seems to dissolve better)

For the actual rice

3 cups japanese rice (I use Nishiki Brand)
3 cups cold water
6 tablespoons of seasoned vinegar

DIRECTIONS

For the seasoned vinegar:

Combine ingredients in a small sauce pan over med-low heat until sugar and salt are dissolved.
Allow to cool and store in the refrigerator.

For the rice:

Put 3 cups of rice in a large bowl and rinse until the water is clear.
Drain the rice and add the 3 cups of cold water to a pot with a good-fitting lid.
DO not cover the pot yet, though.
Over high heat, bring to a simmer.
Once the rice is simmering, cover rice and reduce the heat to medium low.
Cook for 10 minutes without removing the pot lid at all.
Turn heat down to the lowest setting and cook for another 10 minutes.
Now, turn off the heat and let the rice sit in the pot ON the stove for 15 minutes.
Turn the rice into a wooden, glass, or stainless steel bowl and sprinkle with 6 tbsp of seasoned vinegar.
Mix the vinegar with the rice with a cutting motion being careful to only mix for about 5 minutes Max.
Cover rice with a damp towel and allow to cool to room temperature.
This rice is easiest to manipulate while it is room temperature or warmer.
If you refrigerate the rice it gets harder to work, but you could save it for leftovers--just keep it covered with a damp cloth.
This makes enough for about 10 rolls of Maki-sushi or 60 pieces of Nigiri-sushi.

Answer 5

Tuna maki rolls. Tuna is probably the most mild tasting raw fish. The maki rolls are mostly rice and nori (seaweed). The hardest part to eating sushi for a beginner is the texture. It resembles rare beef. Good Luck and enjoy.

Answer 6

Depends on where you are getting it. But I would say that you should first try a California Roll (it is Americanized sushi). Tuna is the easiest to eat and crab. Stick with something that is rolled it will have the least meat. Hope you like it. Also i would check out this site http://sushiref.com/manners.html for tips and etiquette.

Answer 7

maki rolls, can be plain with just cucumber or avocado, rice and seaweed, these can contain fish too, and sometimes cooked, like tuna, shrimp (which will always be cooked) and smoked/fresh salmon.
Sashimi is the term that refers to raw fish, but it's no less suitable for beginners than rice based sushi, yeah, just go easy on the wasabi!

Answer 8

i think the hard part for beginner is the rice part and seasoning.

the middle ingrident is so up to u. but i presume a beginner are not good with handling knife on a fish. if u are feel free. but yeah the rice is the most challenging thing to conquer. seasoning kinda the second challenge.

but easy one to step is the
cali rolls (crab meat (differ brand = differ taste), avacado, cucumber, mayo)
boston roll (cook shrimp, cucumber, sesame seeds)
unagi roll (asian market carries eel already in sauce and cooked 3 for 10 dollars, and add cucumber)

Answer 9

As a beginner, it wont matter too much which of the wonderful rolled sushis you select first - they are all wonderful. BUT, do beware of that gloppy apple-green stuff they serve with it. That's called Wasabi and its made from horseradish and is hot as blazes! (Like Chinese Mustard)
Enjoy!

Answer 10

The cooked one