California Rolls. A California roll is a fresh take on traditional Japanese rice rolls. Filled with avocado, crab, and cucumber, it's fresh and crunchy and makes a filling meal. You can use real or imitation crab.
On a rolling mat, place one sheet of nori with the rough side facing upwards. Wet your hands and grab a handful of rice and place it on the nori. Spread the rice evenly throughout the nori without mashing the rice down. You can have California Rolls using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of California Rolls
- Prepare 700 grams of Sushi Rice (Refer to.
- It's 1 of and a half Avocado.
- Prepare 1 of packet Crab sticks.
- It's 3 of full sheets Toasted nori seaweed.
- It's 1 of Black Sesame (or white sesame).
- You need 1 of Mayonnaise.
Season rice with a pinch of sesame seeds, if using, then flip it over so the nori is facing upwards. California Rolls are the perfect place to start. No raw fish is required—just imitation crab—which is typical for this type of roll. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cover the pan.
California Rolls step by step
- Prepare two rice cooker cups' worth of sushi rice. You can find a recipe for sushi rice at https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/149830-my-sushi-rice-recipe.
- Cover the sushi mat with plastic wrap..
- Lay out the nori on top of the plastic wrap..
- Spread the sushi rice out over the nori in a thin, even layer..
- Sprinkle the sesame seeds on top of the rice. Wet your hands, and gently press the sesame seeds into the rice. Flip everything over (nori, rice & sesame seeds)..
- Lay the crab sticks and avocado on the nori, and wrap tightly..
- After you peel them slowly off the mats, you'll be all done!.
- Cut the rolls and garnish with mayonnaise..
- To dress up the rolls a little more, try garnishing them with parsley or salmon roe..
California roll is one of the most popular sushi recipes in the United States. It's a real Japanese sushi roll with sushi rice wrapped with nori (seaweed) and stuffed with cooked imitation crab meat (or real crab meat), cucumber and avocado. California Sushi Rolls This tastes as good as any restaurant or store-bought California roll. Plus, it's one of the easiest sushi recipes to make! For best results, do use the sushi rice to ensure the right sticky consistency.