Sushi Style Children's Rice Cakes

[Jennas-auntie]

Sushi Style Children’s Rice Cakes

In Japan they have a whole category of sushi called “children’s sushi”. The kids I know (all under 6) aren’t much into sushi yet (though I’m trying!) but they will eat this. I let them pick out the color and shape. Keep in mind kids like more bite sized stuff, so you might be better off using petite cookie cutters (flowers, stars, hearts, whatever you like). If you are making sushi for yourself, you can serve them the rice cakes and put the toppings you are putting inside the sushi on the side, since lots of kids will eat stuff separately but not all together. You can use real colorings instead of food colorings (I’ve heard of food processing carrots and topping with a thin layer of that to make them orange for example, and crab meat (the real thing, fake crab meat isn’t gluten-free) food processed can color them pink. Petite ones are fun for a party tray too. Make sure you use sushi rice since regular rice won’t hold together well.

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Ingredients:

2 cups sushi rice (short grain rice)

2 ½ cups cold water (or follow sushi rice directions)

4 tablespoons rice vinegar

3 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons salt

food coloring

cookie cutters

Rinse the rice thoroughly in water in a colander until the water is no longer milky but clear. Drain. Put rice and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil. Cover and turn heat to low. Cook about 10-15 minutes, take off heat, cool still covered about 10 more minutes. Use a flat wooden rice spoon to put into a large bowl. Mix the vinegar, sugar and salt together in a small bowl and pour over the rice. Cut it into the rice with the wooden spoon, using slicing motions. (This helps mix it in without crushing the rice much). Set aside and let cool.

Coat preferred cookie cutters with rice vinegar so the sushi rice won’t stick. You can mold these right on the plate they will be eaten on, or if you prefer, make on saran wrap and flip that onto the desired plate. Divide the rice into different bowls and use different food colorings to get your desired colors, then press the rice into the molds (wet your fingers first with the rice vinegar so your fingers won’t stick to the rice). Remove the cookie cutters and you’ll have a fun, colored shape on your plate.

[indyceliac]

Thanks for the recipe! Thats a great idea.. im going to try it for my two picky eaters..they wont eat regular rice anymore..but they might eat it if its in a fun shape.

Sushi Style Children’s Rice Cakes

In Japan they have a whole category of sushi called “children’s sushi”. The kids I know (all under 6) aren’t much into sushi yet (though I’m trying!) but they will eat this. I let them pick out the color and shape. Keep in mind kids like more bite sized stuff, so you might be better off using petite cookie cutters (flowers, stars, hearts, whatever you like). If you are making sushi for yourself, you can serve them the rice cakes and put the toppings you are putting inside the sushi on the side, since lots of kids will eat stuff separately but not all together. You can use real colorings instead of food colorings (I’ve heard of food processing carrots and topping with a thin layer of that to make them orange for example, and crab meat (the real thing, fake crab meat isn’t gluten-free) food processed can color them pink. Petite ones are fun for a party tray too. Make sure you use sushi rice since regular rice won’t hold together well.

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Ingredients:

2 cups sushi rice (short grain rice)

2 ½ cups cold water (or follow sushi rice directions)

4 tablespoons rice vinegar

3 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons salt

food coloring

cookie cutters

Rinse the rice thoroughly in water in a colander until the water is no longer milky but clear. Drain. Put rice and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil. Cover and turn heat to low. Cook about 10-15 minutes, take off heat, cool still covered about 10 more minutes. Use a flat wooden rice spoon to put into a large bowl. Mix the vinegar, sugar and salt together in a small bowl and pour over the rice. Cut it into the rice with the wooden spoon, using slicing motions. (This helps mix it in without crushing the rice much). Set aside and let cool.

Coat preferred cookie cutters with rice vinegar so the sushi rice won’t stick. You can mold these right on the plate they will be eaten on, or if you prefer, make on saran wrap and flip that onto the desired plate. Divide the rice into different bowls and use different food colorings to get your desired colors, then press the rice into the molds (wet your fingers first with the rice vinegar so your fingers won’t stick to the rice). Remove the cookie cutters and you’ll have a fun, colored shape on your plate.