Spider Rolls

Name: Spider Rolls
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 peeled avocado, cut into 16 slices; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 1 Tbsp butter; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters thinly sliced green onions; 4 sheets nori (seaweed) sheets; 510 grams soft-shell crabs, cleaned; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps seasoned rice vinegar; 4 teaspoons sesame seeds; 355 milliliters short-grain rice; 355 milliliters water

Spider Rolls

Need From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It is perfect for Halloween.

Instructions

Bring rice and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.

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Water

Rice

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 15 minutes.

Place rice in a large bowl, and gently stir in rice vinegar with a spoon until combined. Cover rice mixture, and let rest 30 minutes.

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Rice Vinegar

Rice

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Bowl

Sprinkle crabs with salt and black pepper. Dredge crabs in flour, shaking off excess flour.

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Salt And Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add crabs, top sides down; cook 3 minutes, gently pressing body and legs against pan. Turn crabs over; cook 3 minutes.

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Frying Pan

Cut each crab into quarters, leaving legs attached.

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Crab

Cut off top quarter of nori sheet along a short end.

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Nori

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

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Nori

Rice

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Arrange 4 crab pieces and 4 avocado slices horizontally over rice, allowing crab legs to extend over long edges of nori.

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Avocado Slices

Crab

Nori

Rice

Sprinkle each sheet with 2 tablespoons green onions and 1 teaspoon sesame seeds.

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Green Onions

Sesame Seeds

Lift short edge of nori closest to you; fold over filling. Lift bottom edge of sushi mat; roll toward top edge, pressing firmly. Continue rolling to top edge; press mat to seal sushi roll. Slice each roll into 8 pieces with a sharp knife.

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Nori

Roll