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MasterChef Tommy Pham’s Sushi Roll Workshop

MasterChef Tommy Pham shares a super fun recipe for making sushi rolls with your little ones!
MasterChef Tommy Pham’s Sushi Roll Workshop MasterChef Tommy Pham’s Sushi Roll Workshop

 

Tommy’s Sushi Roll How-To Video

Ingredients (to make 4 sushi rolls)

Rice:

  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp hemp seeds
  • 2 tsp soy sauce

Filling options:

  • 2 avocados sliced
  • 1 carrot julienned & cooked
  • 200g chicken strips
  • 1/2 bag spinach, blanched
  • 1/2 yellow pickled radish
  • 2 cucumbers sliced into sticks
  • 8 seaweed sheets cut into 4

Dipping sauce:

  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp vinegar
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tbsp water

Key equipment:

  • Sushi rolling mats
  • Measuring spoons

Recipe

  1. For the rice mix the oil, hemp seeds, soy sauce and cooked rice together in a bowl until evenly covered.
  2. For the carrots, add a tsp of olive oil into a pan and fry carrots until soft.
  3. For the spinach, add a tsp of olive oil into a pan and fry spinach until soft.
  4. To assemble add approx. 1 tbsp of rice onto a seaweed sheet and spread as evenly as possible, add desired fillings and roll (watch how-to video for Tommy’s tips). Repeat for remaining rolls.
  5. To finish, brush rolls with olive oil and sprinkle with hempseeds.
  6. For the sauce, add all ingredients into a small bowl and mix together.
  7. Dip sushi rolls into the dipping sauce & enjoy!

 

Learn more great recipes from MasterChef Tommy Pham:

Tommy’s Easy Pho with Vegetable Noodles 

Tommy’s Wholemeal, Spinach and Mango Pancakes

Tommy’s All Banana & Berry Ice Blocks 

Tommy’s Carrot Mac & Cheese with Zucchini 

Tommy’s Korean Jeon

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