Let's Make Sushi!: Step-By-Step Tutorials and Essential Recipes for Rolls, Nigiri, Sashimi and More from a Master Sushi Chef

Chef Andy Matsuda is not only a master sushi chef, he is an expert at teaching total beginners how to make authentic sushi. With 20 years of experience teaching the basic techniques of sushi making at the Sushi Chef Institute, the culinary school he founded and runs, Chef Andy has helped cooks of all backgrounds make rolls, nigiri and sashimi with confidence. Now, in this all-encompassing cookbook, Chef Andy shares his foolproof lessons and perfected recipes for making great sushi with a special yet easy flair, so you can prepare your favorite rolls at home.With tons of step-by-step photo tutorials and 50 recipes covering the most beloved rolls and pieces, this book will help you whip up your favorite sushi dinner any time the craving hits. The whole family will love coming together for this fun and unique cooking activity!Chef Andy’s detailed visual guides (which pair a photo with every step) help readers to first master basic techniques, like how to properly cut vegetables, make sushi rice, butcher and store fish, and roll everything from hand rolls (temakii) to thick rolls (futomaki) to basic seaweed rolls (uramaki). He also teaches you how to purchase high quality fish, so you always feel confident buying your ingredients.Armed with the necessary skills, readers then learn to make popular Nigiri and Sashimi, like tuna, yellowtail, salmon and sea urchin (uni), as well as rolls, starting with easy recipes like California Roll and Shrimp Tempura Roll, and working up to Chef Andy’s Signature Roll, Tuna Volcano Roll, Salmon Sunset Roll and Caterpillar Roll. And with Chef Andy’s simple directions and helpful advice, not only will readers get perfect results time and time again, they’ll learn the esteemed traditions and techniques of this culinary art along the way.