What is sushi traditionally wrapped in?

Sushi is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients, seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits. Ingredients and forms of sushi presentation vary widely, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is rice. Sushi refers to the seasoned rice that is traditionally wrapped in seaweed. In the non-vegan world, they are traditionally served with raw fish.

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Sean Philips

g sanborn, Technically speaking, sushi is not sushi unless it has rice - you are probably thinking of sashimi - a simple preparation of sliced fish, served without rice or other ingredients.

Yvonna Florescu

Sashimi is the original and only true sushi dish from Japan. The rest are not. So the answer to this question is rice!!!

Phil Kennelty

Common sushi is fish and vegetables wrapped in sticky rice, wrapped in seaweed. So both rice and seaweed are correct.

margaret faulkenberry

My info says rice

DebiJ

Yvonna Florescu, My son was in Tokyo last year and they had many varieties of sushi everywhere there, not just sashimi.

Irene Townsend

Love Sushi, got it

erik hughes

Maki is "the seasoned rice that is traditionally wrapped in seaweed", NOT "sushi".

erik hughes

Only Maki are wrapped in seaweed, the other forms (like sashimi) are not, but all are "wrapped" or served on rice. Incorrect question and answer by someone ill-informed.

dsneed

tesla alset, Have you tried it? Do you like it? I like maki sushi. Good stuff, that. Dianne

dsneed

Erroneously people refer to sushi as raw fish. Au contrer mon frer (obviously I don't write in french) sashimi is raw fish spiced or seasoned but raw. You are welcome very much. Not that there isn't raw fish in sushi. There is, but the fame is the rice. Yay me.

littlekitchenmiracles

Mark Souza, Please define “traditional.” The sushi rolls that are so popular in America can’t be found in Japan at all, so no, sushi is not wrapped in rice!