How to Make a California Roll

Name: How to Make a California Roll
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 avocado, sliced; 59 milliliters red caviar, such as tobiko; 113 grams cooked crab meat, drained of excess liquid and shredded; 1 English cucumber, seeded and sliced into strips; 1 Tbsp mayonnaise; 5 sheets nori (dry seaweed); 2 Tbsps drained pickled ginger, for garnish; 1 teaspoon salt, or as needed; 118 milliliters seasoned rice vinegar; 2 Tbsps soy sauce, or to taste; 1 Tbsp wasabi paste; 946 milliliters water; 473 milliliters uncooked white rice

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give How to Make a California Roll a try. One serving contains 431 calories, 15g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe serves 5. A mixture of salt, seasoned rice vinegar, cucumber, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Wrap a sushi rolling mat completely in plastic wrap and set aside.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Water

Rice

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Sauce Pan

Transfer rice to a bowl and cut in rice vinegar using a rice paddle or wooden spoon. Season with 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste. Allow to cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.

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Rice Vinegar

Sugar

Rice

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Bowl

Combine crab meat with mayonnaise in a small bowl.

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Mayonnaise

Crabmeat

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Bowl

Place a sheet of nori on a flat work surface.

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Nori

Spread a thin layer of rice on top of the nori.

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Spread

Nori

Rice

Place the nori, rice side down, on the prepared rolling mat.

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Nori

Rice

Place 2 to 3 avocado slices on top of the nori in one layer. Top with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the crab mixture. Spoon 1 to 2 teaspoons tobiko lengthwise on one side of the avocado-crab mixture, and 2 cucumber strips on the other side. Using the mat as a guide, carefully roll the California roll into a tight log.

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Avocado Slices