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Perfect Sushi Rice

A great sushi chef recently told me that the key to making good sushi is all about the rice—get that part right, and you can’t go wrong.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Perfect Sushi Rice

Why it works: Vinegar and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Perfect Sushi Rice

Serves 20
Prep5 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

258Calories
4 gProtein
0 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Rice + vinegartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,604 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Rice + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs