Avocado and Shrimp Sushi

Name: Avocado and Shrimp Sushi
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Japanese, Asian
Ingredients: 1 avocado, peeled and mashed; 12 chives; 12 strips 12 (7-inch-long) julienne-cut seeded peeled cucumber; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh cilantro; 6 sheets nori (seaweed) sheets; 59 milliliters seasoned rice vinegar; 473 milliliters uncooked short-grain white rice; 227 grams 24 large shrimp, cooked, peeled, and halved crosswise (about; 1 Tbsp wasabi (Japanese horseradish)

Avocado and Shrimp Sushi might be just the Japanese recipe you are searching for. This hor d'oeuvre has 335 calories, 13g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe serves 6. Not From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up seasoned rice vinegar, nori, shrimp, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the avocado you could follow this main course with the chocolate avocado mousse | quick dark chocolate avocado mousse as a dessert.

Instructions

Prepare rice according to package directions. Stir in vinegar; cover and cool to room temperature.

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Rice

Combine wasabi and avocado in a small bowl, and set aside.

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Avocado

Wasabi

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Bowl

Combine cilantro and shrimp in another small bowl; toss well.

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Cilantro

Shrimp

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Cut off top quarter of nori sheets along short end.

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Nori

Place 1 nori sheet, shiny side down, on a sushi mat covered with plastic wrap, with long end toward you. Pat 3/4 cup rice mixture evenly over nori with moist hands, leaving a 1-inch border on one long end of nori.

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Nori

Rice

Wrap

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Spread 1 tablespoon avocado mixture over rice.

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Avocado

Spread

Rice

Arrange 8 shrimp pieces, 2 chives, and 2 cucumber strips along bottom third of rice-covered nori.

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Cucumber

Chives

Shrimp

Nori

Rice

Lift edge of nori closest to you; fold over filling. Lift bottom edge of sushi mat; roll toward top edge, pressing firmly on sushi roll. Continue rolling to top edge; press mat to seal sushi roll.

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Nori

Roll

Let rest, seam side down, for 5 minutes. Slice crosswise into 8 pieces. Repeat procedure with remaining nori, rice mixture, avocado mixture, shrimp mixture, chives, and cucumber.

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Cucumber

Avocado

Chives

Shrimp

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Rice