Inari Sushi
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Inari, the Japanese God is worshipped in Japan as one of the main deities in the Shinto religion and presides over fertility, rice, agriculture and foxes. Oh, he also supposedly rather fond of deep fried tofu pockets filled with rice, named inari sushi in his honour.

This type of sushi is one of the easiest to make and can be a great snack by itself or served in a bento with other items.
The deep fried tofu pockets come in a variety of different ways, but the easiest way is to use pre-made pockets like we are using in this recipe.

1 person 15 minutes 5 minutes save

Ingredients

• Inari Deep Fried Tofu Pockets
• Japanese Rice
• Sesame Seeds
• Shiitake Mushrooms
• Carrots

How to prepare

Before we make inari sushi, we need to prepare the sushi rice that will be used. You can follow our online recipe to find out how to make perfect sticky Japanese rice and how to turn that into sushi rice.
Once we have the sushi rice prepared, we can start making inari sushi. These pre-packed inari wraps are already flavoured and ready to be used so simply open the pocket and stuff a ball of rice inside.
Sprinkle the inari sushi with some toasted sesame seeds and serve with some other types of sushi using soy sauce and wasabi as a dip, or pop them in a bento box with some vegetables for a quick lunch.

If you want to make your inari more exciting, cook the carrots and soak the dried shiitake mushrooms before chopping them up into small pieces. Mix these two ingredients with the rice and then fill your tofu pouches.

Tips and information

• There is a huge variety of different ingredients you can mix with the rice to make different flavoured inari sushi. Try vegetables such as daikon Japanese radish, Gobo Japanese burdock or even rice seasoning such as furikake.

• Remember to keep your hands wet when you are mixing the rice and stuffing it into the tofu pouches. Japanese rice is very sticky and having wet hands keeps you from making a mess!