Brown Rice & Tofu Maki

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Brown Rice & Tofu Maki

 

4 1/4 cups water

2 1/4 cups short-grain brown rice

3 tablespoons mirin, (see Shopping Tip)

3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

3 1/2 teaspoons sugar, divided

1/3 cup rice vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 sheets toasted nori seaweed, (see Shopping Tip)

32 matchstick strips flavored baked tofu, such as Thai or teriyaki (about 3

ounces)

32 matchstick strips red bell pepper, (about 1 small pepper)

32 matchstick strips peeled and seeded cucumber, (about ½ small)

5 tablespoons unsalted roasted peanuts, chopped

 

 

 

 

1. Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in rice,

reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer at the lowest bubble until the rice is

tender, about 50 minutes (see Test Kitchen Note). Remove from the heat and let

stand, covered, for 10 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, stir mirin, soy sauce and 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar in a small

skillet. Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes..

3. Spread the warm rice evenly on a large rimmed baking sheet. Whisk vinegar,

the remaining 2 teaspoons sugar and salt in a small bowl; drizzle over the rice.

Toss with 2 spatulas until cool enough to handle and slightly sticky.

4. Place a nori sheet on a bamboo sushi-rolling mat—shiny side down with a

shorter end close to you. Wet your hands and pat about 3/4 cup of the seasoned

rice into a thin layer on the sheet, leaving a 1-inch border at the top of the

sheet (the short side on the far side of the mat). Drizzle 1 teaspoon of the

mirin sauce about 1 inch from the bottom of the rice; place 4 strips each baked

tofu, bell pepper and cucumber over the sauce; then sprinkle with about 2

teaspoons chopped peanuts. Using the bamboo mat to help you, roll the maki

closed, getting the mat out from inside the maki as it rolls up. Gently press

the closed mat over the roll to seal the roll. (Go to eatingwell.com/sushi for

illustrated instructions.) Trim any ragged edges and slice into 6 pieces with a

wet sharp knife.

5. Repeat Step 4 with the remaining nori, rice, tofu and vegetables. Serve the

rolls with any remaining sauce.

 

 

Makes 8 servings, 6 pieces each

 

Source: EatingWell, March/April 2008

Equipment: Bamboo sushi rolling mat (a.k.a. maki rolling mat)

 

Shopping tips: Mirin is a low-alcohol rice wine essential to Japanese cooking.

Toasted nori seaweed sheets are thin, dried seaweed wrappers used for maki

rolls. Be sure to choose nori that is labeled “toasted†when making

maki—untoasted nori is too chewy. Look for both ingredients in the Asian

section of the supermarket.

 

Test Kitchen Note: Perfectly cooked rice is not simple. In fact, it’s

something that we struggle with occasionally in the Test Kitchen. To have the

most success cooking whole-grain rice, we recommend using a pan with a

tight-fitting lid, cooking on your coolest (or simmer) burner and making sure

the rice is simmering at the “lowest bubble.†While testing the recipes that

use less than 1 cup of dry rice, we found that the cooking time varied greatly

depending on what stove we used. Although whole-grain rice usually requires 50

minutes of cooking, we found smaller volumes of rice were sometimes done in as

little as 30 minutes (and burned at 50 minutes). So, when cooking a small batch

of rice, start checking it after 30 minutes to make sure it doesn’t burn.

 

 

Per serving: 295 calories; 5 g fat (1 g sat, 1 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 50 g

carbohydrate; 10 g protein; 4 g fiber; 445 mg sodium; 201 mg potassium.

Nutrition bonus: Vitamin A (60% daily value), Vitamin C (30% dv).

3 Carbohydrate Servings

Exchanges: 3 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 fat

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