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Monday, February 4, 2008
How Much Sushi Is Healthy For You?
Since uncooked fish carries with it the risk for parasites, visit sushi restaurants that serve only previously frozen or cooked fish. A sushi chef combines pieces of fish, vegetables and sometimes mayonnaise or sauce on dried seaweed, rolls it up and cuts into pieces, usually four to six pieces per order. White rice is usual, although you may be able to find brown rice in some restaurants. Depending on the size of the roll, you’ll usually get about a half-cup to one cup of rice per roll, or one to two servings (100 calories per serving). Fish can be very lean, like abalone or flounder, or fattier (and healthy, too) such as tuna, salmon and mackerel.
What’s fun about Japanese restaurants is sushi chefs can be as imaginative as they like, and so can you. If the menu doesn’t give a good explanation of the ingredients in the sushi roll, ask. Or tell! Tell your server that you want a roll with fish and veggies, but you don’t want added mayonnaise (commonly used in American rolls).
A California Roll (white rice, imitation crab, cucumber) has about 255 calories per roll; a salmon and avocado roll has about 300 calories; and a tuna roll about 200 calories. Any piece of sashimi (fish without rice) ranges from about 20 calories per piece (maguro/tuna) to about 60 calories per piece (eel). For example, if your dinner meal calls for about 350 calories, you can eat a California roll with a small salad or miso soup (approximately 100 calories) plus tea.
Summer rolls are great too. They’re so much lighter than deep-fried spring rolls! I go for summer rolls - no matter the season. The shrimp summer rolls with herbs are fabulous and usually come with a combination of other ingredients such as cabbage and bean tread, all wrapped in rice paper, served with a dipping sauce. Instead of putting the sauce on the rolls, serving on the side allows you to control the amount. A summer roll has about 250-300 calories (4 pieces). Add about 100 calories for dipping sauce.
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