List of sushi and sashimi ingredients
There are many sushi and sashimi ingredients, some of which are traditional and others contemporary.
Sushi styles
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- Chirashi-zushi (ちらし寿司, scattered sushi) is a bowl of sushi rice topped with a variety of raw fish and vegetables/garnishes (also refers to barazushi)<ref name="Dekura2004"> Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Ono2013"> Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="JFG2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Inari-zushi (稲荷寿司, fried tofu pouch) is a type of sushi served in a seasoned and fried pouch made of tofu and filled with sushi rice.<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Maki-zushi (巻き寿司, rolled sushi) consists of rice and other ingredients rolled together with a sheet of nori.<ref name="Kawasumi2001">Template:Cite book </ref><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Chu maki (中巻き, medium roll) is a medium-sized rolled maki sushi usually containing several ingredients<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Futo maki (太巻き, large or fat roll) is a thick rolled maki sushi containing multiple ingredients<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Gunkan maki (軍艦巻, battleship roll) is a type of sushi consisting of a rice ball wrapped in a sheet of nori which extends in a cylinder upward to hold a loose topping such as fish eggs<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name ="SushiEncyc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Hoso maki (細巻き, thin roll) is thinly rolled maki sushi with only one ingredient<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kazari maki (飾り巻き寿司, flower or decorative roll) is a type of sushi designed frequently with colored rice into simple or complex shapes.<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Temaki (手巻き, hand roll) is a cone-shaped maki sushi<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Nigiri sushi (握り寿司, hand-formed sushi) consists of an oval-shaped ball of rice topped with a slice of another item<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Oshi sushi (押し寿司, "pressed sushi"), also known as hako-zushi (箱寿司, "box sushi"), is formed by molding the rice and toppings in a rectangular box, then slicing into blocks.<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Uramaki (うらまき, inside-out roll) is a contemporary style of Maki-zushi that is described as a roll that is inside out—with the rice on the outside—and has an outer layer of tobiko or sesame seeds.<ref name="Kawasumi2001" />
Wrappings
- Nori (海苔): dried seaweed (often used to wrap or belt makizushi or gunkan)<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Rice paper<ref name="Dekura2004" />
- Salmon skin<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thinly sliced sheets of cucumber<ref name="Dekura2004" />
- Usuyaki-tamago: thinly cooked sweet omelette or custard<ref name="Dekura2004" />
- Yuba: "tofu skin" or "soybean skin", a thin film derived from soybeans<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
Eggs
- Tamago (卵, 玉子): sweet egg omelette or custard, sometimes mixed with minced fish<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Quail eggs (raw or cooked)<ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
Meats
- Basashi/sakura niku (馬刺し/桜肉): Raw horse, nicknamed for its bright pink color<ref name="NotFish">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Gyusashi (牛刺し): Raw beef<ref name="NotFish" />
- Shikasashi (鹿刺し): Raw venison<ref name="NotFish" />
- Torisashi (鳥刺し): Raw chicken<ref name="NotFish" />
Seafood
All seafoods in this list are served raw unless otherwise specified.
Finfish
The list below does not follow biological classification.
- Ainame (アイナメ): fat greenling<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Aji (鯵): Japanese jack mackerel<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Akami (赤身): red meat fish<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Akamutsu (アカムツ): blackthroat seaperch<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Aka-yagara (赤矢柄): red cornetfish<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Amadai (あまだい): tilefish<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Anago (穴子): saltwater eel, conger eel<ref name ="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Ankimo (鮟肝): monkfish liver (cooked)<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Ayu (鮎): sweetfish (raw or grilled)<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Buri (鰤): adult yellowtail (cooked or raw)<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Hamachi (魬, はまち): young (35–60 cm) yellowtail<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Dojo (ドジョウ): Japanese loach<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Ei (エイ): skate<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Engawa (縁側): often referred as 'fluke fin', the chewy part of fluke, a flatfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Fugu (河豚): puffer fish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Funa (フナ): crucian carp<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Gindara (銀鱈): sablefish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Hamo (鱧, はも): daggertooth pike conger,<ref name="JFG2015" /> a variety of eel, less popular than unagi and anago, and known for its fatty texture
- Hata (ハタ): grouper<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Hatahata (鰰): sandfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Hikari-mono (光り物): blue-backed fish, various kinds of "shiny" (silvery scales) fish<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Hiramasa (平政, 平柾): yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Hirame (平目, 鮃): fluke, a type of flounder<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Fraioli2008">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Hokke (ホッケ): Okhotsk atka mackerel<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Hoshigarei (干鰈): spotted halibut<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Inada (鰍): very young yellowtail<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Isake (いさけ): trumpeter<ref name="Dekura2004" />
- Isaki (伊佐木, いさき): striped pigfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Ishigarei (石鰈): stone flounder<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Iwana (イワナ): charr<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Iwashi (鰯): sardine<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kajiki (梶木, 舵木, 旗魚): swordfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
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- Template:Visible anchor (間八): greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Karei (鰈): flatfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Katsuo (鰹, かつお): skipjack tuna<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Kawahagi (皮剥ぎ): Filefish<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kibinago (黍魚子): banded blue sprat, or silver-stripe round herring<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kisu (鱚): sillago<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kochi (こち): flathead<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kohada (小鰭): Japanese gizzard shad<ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kue (クエ): longtooth grouper<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Madai (まだい): red sea bream<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Template:AnchorMaguro (鮪): Thunnus (a genus of tuna)<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Chūtoro (中とろ): medium-fat bluefin tuna belly<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Kuro (maguro) (くろまぐろ): bluefin tuna, the fish itself<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kihada (maguro) (木肌鮪, 黄肌鮪, きはだ): yellowfin tuna<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Mebachi (maguro) (めばちまぐろ): bigeye tuna, the most widely distributed fish in Japan<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Meji (maguro) (メジ鮪): young Pacific bluefin tuna<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ōtoro (大とろ): fattiest portion of bluefin tuna belly<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Shiro maguro (白鮪), Binnaga/Bincho (鬢長): albacore or "white" tuna<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Toro (とろ): fatty bluefin tuna belly<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Makogarei (まこがれい): marbled flounder<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Mamakari (飯借): sprat<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Matou-dai (まとう-だい): John Dory<ref name="Dekura2004" />
- Masu (鱒): Trout<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Mejina (メジナ): Girella<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Nijimasu (虹鱒): Rainbow trout<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Nishin (ニシン): Herring<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Noresore (のれそれ): baby anago<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ohyou (大鮃): halibut<ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Okoze (虎魚): Okoze stonefish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Saba (鯖): chub mackerel or blue mackerel Served raw or marinated<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Sake, Shake (鮭): Salmon<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Sanma (秋刀魚): Pacific saury (autumn) or mackerel pike<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Sawara (鰆): Spanish mackerel
- Sayori (針魚, 鱵): halfbeak (springtime)<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Shima-aji (しま鯵): white trevally<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Shirauo (しらうお): whitebait (Springtime)<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Shiromi (白身) seasonal "white meat" fish<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Suzuki (鱸): sea bass<ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Seigo (鮬): young (1-2 y.o.) sea bass
- Tachiuo (タチウオ): beltfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Tai (鯛): seabream snapper<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Madai (真鯛): red sea bream<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kasugo (春子鯛): young sea bream<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Kurodai (黒鯛): snapper<ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Ibodai (疣鯛): Japanese butterfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kinmedai (金目鯛): splendid alfonsino<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Tara (鱈): Cod<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Unagi (鰻): freshwater eel, often broiled (grilled) with a sweet sauce. The preparation of unagi is referred to as kabayaki.<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
Inkfish
- Aori ika (あおりいか): Bigfin reef squid<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Hotaru ika (ホタルイカ): Firefly squid<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Ika (烏賊, いか): Cuttlefish or squid, served raw or cooked<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Sumi ika (墨, すみいか): Japanese spineless cuttlefish<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Tako (蛸, たこ): Octopus<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Yari ika (ヤリイカ): Spear squid<ref name="Ono2013" />
Others
- Hoya (海鞘, ホヤ): Sea pineapple, an Ascidian<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kamesashi (かめさし): Sea turtle sashimi<ref name="NotFish" />
- Kurage (水母, 海月): Jellyfish<ref name="Fraioli2008" />
- Kujira (鯨, くじら, クジラ): Whale<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Namako (海鼠, なまこ): Sea cucumber<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Shiokara (塩辛): Seasoned, salted entrails; frequently squid<ref name="Kawasumi2001" />
- Hitode (ヒトデ): Starfish
- Uni: (雲丹, 海胆) gonad of sea urchin; may come in different colors<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Roe
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- Ikura (イクラ): Salmon roe<ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Lowry2005"> Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sujiko (筋子): Salmon roe (still in the sac)<ref name="Lowry2005" />
- Kazunoko (数の子, 鯑): Herring roe<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Masago (まさご): Smelt roe<ref name="Fraioli2008" />
- Mentaiko (明太子): Pollock roe seasoned to have a spicy flavor
- Shirako (白子): Milt<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Tarako (たらこ, 鱈子): Alaska pollock roe<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Tobiko (飛子): roe of Flying fish<ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
Seaweed
- Kombu (昆布): Kelp, many preparations<ref name="JFG2015" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Wakame (若布): Edible seaweed, sea mustard
Shellfish
- Akagai (赤貝): Ark shell<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Ama-ebi (甘海老): raw pink shrimp Pandalus borealis<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Aoyagi (青柳): Trough shell<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Asari (あさり): Japanese carpet shell<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Awabi (鮑): Abalone<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Botan-ebi (ぼたんえび): Botan shrimp<ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Dungeness crab<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ebi (海老): boiled or raw shrimp<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Hamaguri (蛤): Clam, Meretrix lusoria<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Himejako (ヒメジャコ): Giant clam
- Himo (紐): "fringe" around an Akagai<ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Hokkigai, Hokki (ホッキ貝, 北寄貝): Surf clam<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Hotategai, Hotate (帆立貝, 海扇): Scallop<ref name ="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Ise-ebi (伊勢海老): a spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kaibashira (貝柱), Hashira (柱): valve muscles of scallop or shellfish<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kani (蟹): Crab, also refers to imitation crab<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" />
- Kani-miso (カニミソ): Crab offal paste<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Kaki (カキ,牡蠣): Oyster<ref name="Fraioli2008" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kegani (ケガニ): hairy crab<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kuruma-ebi (車海老): Prawn species Marsupenaeus japonicus<ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Makigai (マキガイ): Conch<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Mategai (マテ貝): Razor clam
- Matsubagani (松葉蟹): Champagne crab or regionally, Snow crab
- Mirugai (海松貝): Geoduck clam<ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Sazae (栄螺, さざえ): Horned turban shell
- Shako (蝦蛄): Mantis shrimp or "Squilla"<ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="Ono2013" />
- Shiba ebi (芝海老): Grey prawn
- Shima ebi (しまえび): Morotoge shrimp<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Soft-shell crab<ref name="Fraioli2008" />
- Tarabagani (鱈場蟹): King crab<ref name="JFG2015" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" />
- Tairagai (タイラギ): Pen-shell clam<ref name="Ono2013" />
- Torigai (鳥貝): Cockle<ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="Ono2013" /><ref name="Fraioli2008" />
- Tsubugai (螺貝, ツブガイ): Whelk (Neptunea, Buccinum, Babylonia japonica)<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Zuwaigani (ズワイガニ/津和井蟹/松葉蟹), also regionally marketed as matsubagani: Snow crab<ref name="JFG2015" />
Vegetables and fruit
- Asparagus (アスパラガス)<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Avocado (アボカド)<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Carrot (ニンジン): a julienne of carrot<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Cucumber (キュウリ): a julienne of cucumber<ref name="Kawasumi2001"/><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Eggplant (ナス): served in small slices, coated with oil<ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Ginger (しょうが): most often used is pickled ginger: beni shōga and gari<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Gobō (牛蒡): Burdock root<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kaiware (かいわれ大根): Daikon radish sprouts<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kanpyō (乾瓢, 干瓢): dried gourd<ref name="Kawasumi2001" /><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Kappamaki (河童巻き): a makizushi made of cucumber and named after the Japanese water spirit who loves cucumber (Kappa)<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Konnyaku (蒟蒻): Cake made from the corm of the Konjac plant<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Nattō (納豆): fermented soybeans<ref name="Kawasumi2001"/><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="SushiEncyc" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Negi (ネギ): Japanese bunching onion<ref name="SushiEncyc" />
- Oshinko (漬物): Takuan (pickled daikon) or other pickled vegetable<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Shiitake (シイタケ): dried shiitake mushrooms, served roasted or simmered<ref name="Kawasumi2001"/><ref name="Dekura2004" /><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Takuan (沢庵漬け): pickled daikon radish<ref name="Kawasumi2001"/><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Tofu (豆腐): Soybean curd<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Tsukemono (漬物): various pickled vegetables<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Umeboshi (梅干し): pickled plum<ref name="Kawasumi2001"/><ref name="JFG2015" />
- Wasabi (山葵, わさび): paste of wasabi root<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Yam (サツマイモ):<ref name="JFG2015" />
- Yuba (ゆば): Tofu skin<ref name="JFG2015" />
See also
- List of condiments
- List of Japanese condiments
- List of Japanese cooking utensils
- List of Japanese dishes
References
External links
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