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Prawn / Salmon Nigiri
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🍣 Prawn / Salmon Nigiri

Classic nigiri.

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What the SOP says about the ingredients in this recipe.

COOKING THE PRAWNSprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
The ordered amount of prawns will be removed from the container. Place the butterflied prawns on the grill, flesh side down, and grill until the flesh turns white, then turn the prawns over onto the shell, grill the prawns further until the shell turns pink.
PRAWN MARINADE DO NOTSprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
Don`t pour the marinade ingredients over the prawns and then try and distribute the ingredients throughout the mixture. Don`t use the prawns from the marinade longer than 2 days. Don’t throw the butterflied prawns into the container, pack them neatly. This will ensure quick placing of the prawns on the grill when an order comes, through. Once the kitchen closes, wipe the container down. Move any left over prawns into the cold room. Use these prawns first using the FIFO guidelines. Each 568g portion contains: Typical energy as sold per 100g: 642kcal/2648kJ 182% 372g 531%
EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PRODUCE PRAWNSprawn
SOP 9 · Food Book
Flat top grill Spatula Large spoon Scale · 10g OR 15g Spicemate · 10ml OR 15ml cooking oil 5g OR 8g Cajun

Ingredients

  • •3 x 15g Sushi rice (45g total)
  • •3 Cooked sushi prawns (Prawn)
  • •3 x 12g slices of (36g total) ()

Garnish

  • •5g Wasabi
  • •10g Ginger
  • •1g Pickled onion

Equipment

  • Chopping board
  • Sushi knife
  • Rolling mat

Method

  1. 1Roll each of the 15g rice portions into a rice pillow.
  2. 2Place the rice pillows on the chosen topping, without squeezing the rice too hard.
  3. 3Turn both the rice and the topping over, holding gently.
  4. 4Shape the nigiri by gently pressing it between your fingers.
  5. 5Ensure that the ends are pushed gently down.
  6. 6The completed Nigiri must be firm but not too tight, and bite sized.
  7. 7Plate and garnish with wasabi, ginger and pickled red onion.

Plating

Small coloured plate.

THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE SUSHI SECTIONsalmon
SOP 7 · Sushi
*Mise en place will differ amongst territories SUSHI Filleting Salmon Standards To manage our waste on a whole Salmon, we need to be able to use every gram of this delicious pink meat. Follow these steps and your wastage percentage can be as little as 25%: Once the fish is filleted and trimmed into two large fillets you can start planning which parts will be used for what. Pepi says “like a skilled butcher, you can see which part of the fillet should be used for what kind of sushi” How to portion and store the salmon • The meat along the back of the Salmon is ideal for Sashimi cuts and seared salads. • The meat along the stomach is used for Nigiri, Gunkans and roses. • The tail piece is to be used for Maki rolls. • The fatty part right at the bottom has the most flavor and in Japan is often reserved for regular and or important customers. Fillet fish Use your hands to portion the fillets into usable portions. Portion the different cuts & store it in separate containers for each type of sushi.
THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE SUSHI SECTIONTHE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE SUSHI SECTION