Kid friendly sushi

Sushi is a favorite between my boyfriend & I. Although our childern seem to look the other way. I've tried a few other recipes that weren't such a hit as this particular one, so I decided to share! 

What you need:

1-3 teaspoons Sugar

1/2 cup Jasmin rice 

Chicken breast 

Tempura mixture 

Nori sheets 

Cucumber

Carrots

Soy sauce 

•First prepare your rice. I boiled 2 cups water then added in my rice, covered & let sit on low for about 15 minutes, occasionally stiring so the rice wouldn't stick. I added in sugar as needed to make the rice sticky (and a little sweet)

 •While rice is cooking  heat oil, prepare tempura mix according to package and prep your chicken.

•Cut the chicken into thin skinny strips then dip into tempura mix. (Tempura mix should be thick & lumpy) and out into oil to try for about 4 minutes. Repeat until all chicken required is used. 

•Set aside & cool. 

•After rice is fully cooked, sticky & sweet, put into a bowl & let cool for about ten minutes. 

•While rice cools cut desired vegetables. I used cucumbers & carrots but you can hide others in this sushi dish. 

•Lay out nori sheet on a bamboo mat & spoon rice & flared with spoon about a third of the sheet.  Place chicken & veggies in the center of rice. 

•So you have something like the photo above at this point. 

***I'm not a pro at rolling so if you want to look this part up feel free. 

"Hold the edge of the mat with your thumbs. Start with the edge that has your first ingredient next to it. Lift the nori and fold it over the first ingredient. Make sure to keep the ingredients in place and that the rice sticks together. Continue to roll the sushi. Tuck the front edge of the nori into the roll, and remove the mat as you continue to roll the sushi. Roll slowly so that you ensure that the sushi is coming out even. Tighten the roll. You will need to tighten the roll to keep ingredients from falling out when you cut it. Remember to tighten the roll with your sushi mat often, but not too tightly. Roll the sushi roll back and forth in the mat to tighten and seal it." -http://m.wikihow.com/Roll-Sushi

after you roll your sushi this what it should look like: 

•Next cut your sushi into small pieces for your little ones & use an eel sauce for dipping. You can get about six-eight pieces per roll depending on how big or small you want the pieces. (Eel sauce is very sweet & will be a big hit) 

Eel sauce recipe: 

1/3 mirin 

1/3 white sugar 

1/3 sit sauce 

•Mix the three together over medium heat stiring frequently & bring to a boil before removing from heat.