Quinoa Sushi Roll

[Laine]

What an awesome idea!!!!! I cook quinoa regularly and I make sushi as well but I have never thought of using quinoa instead of rice. I'm totally going to try this- thanks KendraKat!!

[hespedal]

i think i am going to try this, too. one question, though: is there a reason you don't just vinegar the quinoa? i would think w/o the vinegar it wouldn't taste much like sushi at all.

[KendraKat]

Hespedal-

I have tried it both ways.  The way I entered this recipe does not give it the "typical" sushi flavor, but it still rocks.  If you decide to use rice vinegar and a pinch of sugar then omit the veggie broth and cook the quinoa in just water.  The vinegar way does give it more of the traditional flavor of sushi.  Also, I find that rolling this while the quinoa is still a little warm helps it to stick together, I should have put that in the original instructions.  Anyway - its sushi so play around with it!   

[hespedal]

cool. that was my plan. cook plain quinoa and vinegar/agave nectar(i use agave nectar in my sushi rice.. yum) it. well, i will try it eventually, hopefully soon.

[wonderlandAlli]

I loved it, I used 1 tsp olive oil instead of spread, and carrots and cucumber instead of avacado. It was great stuff! 

[jamdr]

I used rice vinegar and agave syrup as described above. This is probably the best sushi I've ever had. At first the quinoa tasted too salty, but after it was rolled up with the avocado, sesame seeds and nori, it was absolutely delicious. I'll definitely make this again.

[Heterotechno]

I made this with the vinegar and sugar sugestion!
and avocado, carrot, and cucumber

[dolcevita]

how much rice vinegar and agave syrup did you all add for this amount of quinoa?

[ABakerGirl]

I've never tried quinoa before so we thought this was a good recipe to try it with. I wasn't sure how long to cook it for really but it turned out really well. We really enjoyed this recipe. We made it with carrots, cucumber, and avocado, and served it with wasabi on the side. We will definitely make this again. My favorite sushi place where I live has vegetarian sushi that is filled with a piece of warm deep fried sweet potato, I don't like sweet potato typically but that is my favorite roll there. It's a lovely warm crunch in the  middle and room temperature rice and nori. We will probably try to recreate that roll next time. We did mix in some rice vinegar and a hint of sugar instead of the vegetable broth and it could have taken more vinegar but I was afraid of overdoing it. Everyone should try this recipe at least once.

[saadaya]

I just made quinoa sushi and here are my changes:

I cooked the quinoa in a seaweed broth (I used kombu to make the broth), and added rice vinegar to the quinoa to season it and a bit of sea salt and butter.

The kombu that was used to make the broth can be reused in the sushi itself.

AND the flavor combines perfectly with teriyaki sauce (instead of soy sauce, which I've always found too salty)