Rice vinegar is one type of vinegar you can easily incorporate in everyday cooking. It is a traditional seasoning condiment mainly used in China, Japan, and Korea. It is a type of vinegar made with rice as the main ingredient.
It is made from rice, fermented rice or rice koji, and water.
In Japan, rice vinegar is called komezu (米酢) and used in a variety of Japanese dishes, such as sushi rice, sunomono (Japanese vinegar dishes), tsukemono (Japanese pickles), and nimono (Japanese simmered dish). It has around 5% acetic acid content, pretty mild for an acid in vinegar.
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Can’t find rice vinegar near you? Check this article to know about what rice vinegar can be substituted with!
Chirashi Sushi (Chirashizushi) with Rice Vinegar Recipe
Chirashi Sushi or pronounced Chirashizushi in Japanese (ちらし寿司, literally meaning “scattered sushi”) is one kind of sushi that is served in a bowl and there are variety of raw fish and vegetable garnishes on top of it.
Chirashi Sushi
Ingredients
Mixed vinegar ingredients
- 450 g Rice
- 4 tbsp Rice vinegar
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Salt
Ingredients
- Crab Proper amount, to your liking
- 2 tbsp Salmon roe dipped in soy souce/shoyu
- 2 Eggs
- Mitsuba (Parsley; East Asian wildparsley) Proper amount, to your liking
Instructions
- When the rice is finished cooked, mix the "mixed vinegar ingredients" and make sushi rice.
- Cut the crab into one-bite sized pieces.
- Cook the eggs, cut them into small pieces resemble string.
- Mix the "ingredients" with "mixed vinegar ingedients". When they are all mixed, then it's complete.
- Enjoy your chirashizushi by yourself, with families, or with your beloved ones!
Notes
Rice Vinegar Product Recommendation
It is said that white rice contains only a small amount of vitamin B complex and low nutritional value. However, fermenting white rice and processing it into vinegar produces 15 kinds of amino acids and more than 70 kinds of organic acids. In particular, rice vinegar contains a lot of citric acid.
Find the high-quality pure rice vinegar that is made with organically cultivated rice. Make your dishes more delicious with these vinegars, and get the health benefits!
