Sushi Salad All the taste without the work of sushi!

elf123

Sun, Sep 14 2008, 11:59 pm

If you can't find the jarred ginger or don't want to spend the $ on it, I would buy a piece of fresh ginger (in the produce aisle, not hard to find) and just grate a little bit of it into the salad. That's what I did the first time I made this salad, and when I subsequently found/used the jarred stuff, I didn't like it as much. The fresh ginger has a much more powerful and pungent flavor and is not at all expensive. I don't think I would use the powder, but if you don't want to use the fresh or jarred, give it a try and see how it tastes!

↑ MommyLuv

Mon, Sep 15 2008, 9:37 am

Ground ginger has a very different taste than the fresh gingerroot or the jarred stuff.

It's better used for cookies and pies than for sushi.

Pickle Lady ↓

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 9:59 am

I recently started making this salad but I make it different every time I make it. I often have the chopped up mock crab in the house and not the sticks but that doesn't really make a difference. I also chopped on small pieces of carrot. I sprinkle in sugar. I also use brown rice. I cut the pieces of nori with kitchen scissors and sprinkle it in. I don't put in ginger because the kids don't like it. For my self I sometimes put in wasabi.

Isramom8

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 3:45 pm

Is lox instaed of imitation crab okay? I'm in Israel, and never saw the crab stuff sold, but a friend once ordered "shrimp" at a mehadrin restaurant.

Do you Americans really just call it crab and crab sticks - not "imitation crab"?

Parve ice cream used to be called that - now people just say ice cream.

↑ Pickle Lady

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 4:53 pm

The salad would taste fine without the imitation crab. Its just the idea of what goes into sushi but making it a salad. It probably taste fine with raw fish or cooked fish, even lox. The main ingredient is rice with soy-vinegar- sugar sauce. Put anything that you would eat in sushi.

teachby

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 6:13 pm

Tamiri wrote:

It's called sashimi. I wonder if you can get it here....

I don't mean to be contradictory, but I think it's called "surimi". I think sashimi is raw fish.

lubmommy

Sun, Oct 12 2008, 9:06 am

Pickle Lady wrote:

This sounds great, I want to try it. How do you make your soy-vinegar-sugar sauce? Do I have to use seasoned rice vinegar?

Nachisdoll

Tue, Dec 30 2008, 8:05 pm

sashimi is what I call slugs (and love) its the clump of rice with a slab of raw fish on it. sarimi is what ur talking about...and holy moly this salad sounds deliciious! its gna b my new shabbos salad hooray!! Sunny

YummyMommy ↓

Fri, Jun 05 2009, 5:15 pm

Can I use raw tuna (I love raw tuna Smile

or raw salmon?

Does it need to be special "sushi" tuna or salmon? Is regular dangerous? "sushi" tuna is so expensive.

↑ YummyMommy

Fri, Jun 05 2009, 5:29 pm

OH and I also need to know because ever since I've started enjoying sushi, I nibble raw fish. Weird but I like it Smile

So now I need to know if it's dangerous.

RedTwizzler

Sun, Jul 19 2009, 1:07 am

This salad is awesome! I use white regular rice instead of sushi rice. A wonderful combo is Imitation crab, cucumber, carrots, avocado, nori and Mango is a great addition too. I think the crab is vital to it tasting like a sushi salad but it's a shame you can't serve it with the meat part of the meal on shabbos, so I serve this salad with the first course instead.

mominisrael2 ↓

Mon, Jul 20 2009, 2:28 am

RedTwizzler wrote:

Any of the Israelis reading this ever find the imitation crab sold here? I would love to try this recipe, but it's not the same with lox...also, is rice vinegar available in Israel?

mandksima

Mon, Jul 20 2009, 4:26 am

mominisrael2 wrote:

RedTwizzler wrote:

Any of the Israelis reading this ever find the imitation crab sold here? I would love to try this recipe, but it's not the same with lox...also, is rice vinegar available in Israel?

rice vinegar- yes
imitation crab- I haven't seen it at Meatland in Raanana but I suspect my new local Eden health food store may carry it. I'll let you know!

↑ mominisrael2 ↓

Mon, Jul 20 2009, 4:53 am

mandksima wrote:

mominisrael2 wrote:

Any of the Israelis reading this ever find the imitation crab sold here? I would love to try this recipe, but it's not the same with lox...also, is rice vinegar available in Israel?

rice vinegar- yes
imitation crab- I haven't seen it at Meatland in Raanana but I suspect my new local Eden health food store may carry it. I'll let you know!

Guess I didn't look hard enough for rice vinegar? Smile

Ooooh, definitely let me know about the imitation crab, I'd make a shlep to Raanana just to stock up!

momaleh

Thu, Sep 03 2009, 8:00 am

Crab sticks are full of nitrites, not the best things for pregnancy Sad

(Although I snuck in a california roll or 2)

↑ mominisrael2 ↓

Thu, Sep 03 2009, 8:18 am

momaleh wrote:

Crab sticks are full of nitrites, not the best things for pregnancy Sad

(Although I snuck in a california roll or 2)

Forgot about that...but I doubt said cravings will go away after the baby's born, and might take me longer than that to locate said crab sticks Smile