California Roll
Rolled Sushi with crab, avocado, and cucumber
Equipment
- plastic wrap
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Sushi Rice
- 2 sheets nori roasted seaweed (large, cut into halves)
- 1 can crab meat (seasoned with lemon juice and salt)
- 1 avocado (cut into 1/2" sticks)
- 1 cucumber (cut into 1/2" sticks)
- sesame seeds
- soy sauce (optional for dipping)
- wasabi (optional for dipping)
Instructions
- Put plastic wrap on a bamboo rolling mat (makisu).
- Place a half sheet of roasted seaweed on the plastic.
- Spread 1/4 of the Sushi Rice on the seaweed. Sprinkle sesame seeds on the rice.
- Turn the seaweed over, rice side down on the plastic.
- Put some crab mixture, avocado, and cucumber horizontally on the middle of the seaweed. This will form the center of the roll.
- Roll and tighten hard with the rolling mat to make a log.
- Cut into 8 pieces.