Roll-Your-Own California Rolls. Roll-Your-Own California Rolls An easy and fun family/group dinner idea. Just cook some rice and season it with sushi vinegar, mix your surimi (krab) with a little mayo, lemon, and sugar (unless you have Kewpie mayo, which is sweet enough on its own), cut up your cucumber and avo, set it on the table with some toasted nori, and let everyone at it! California roll recipe Before attempting your first California roll, you need to be able to make a basic inside out roll.
The main ingredient is […] Today, we're making a variation on the California roll.
Along with sushi rice and sheets of seaweed (nori), California rolls require only a few ingredients: crab meat (or imitation), avocado, and cucumber.
If you like, mix the crab meat with a little mayo to create a creamy consistency.
You can have Roll-Your-Own California Rolls using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Roll-Your-Own California Rolls
- It's of For the rice:.
- It's 2 cups of rice cooked to package instructions (sushi rice is ideal, but I used jasmine yesterday because it's what I had on hand).
- Prepare 5 Tablespoons of sushi seasoning vinegar.
- Prepare of For the krab:.
- It's 1 pound of surimi (krab), rough chopped. (If it's previously frozen, you'll want to defrost completely and squeeze out any excess water before chopping.).
- Prepare 1/2-2/3 cups of mayonnaise (If you have Kewpie mayo, which is the kind they usually use in sushi restaurants, then skip the sugar below.).
- You need 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- You need 1 Tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice.
- You need of All the rest of the stuff you'll need:.
- It's 1 of large ripe avocado (or 2 medium) cut into 1/4" thick strips vertically.
- You need 1/2 of an English (hothouse) cucumber, seeded and cut into thin 3 or 4 inch long strips.
- It's of Korean style seasoned and toasted seaweed (see pic below).
- You need of Optional:.
- Prepare of toasted sesame seeds.
- It's of wasabi and soy sauce.
- You need of sushi ginger.
Follow these steps for making a traditional norimaki with pickled vegetables and the popular California Roll. Dip your homemade sushi rolls in Kikkoman Soy Sauce! Layer ¼ of the crab, cucumber, and avocado on top of the nori on the side closest to you. Use your bamboo roller, to roll the sushi away from you.
Roll-Your-Own California Rolls step by step
- Cook the 2 cups of rice according to package instructions, fluff the rice and let it cool slightly (but not completely) before adding your sushi seasoning vinegar and mixing it thoroughly throughout the rice in a fluffing kind of motion. You don't want to stir to mix because your rice will turn into a gummy mess. Set aside..
- Mix your krab ingredients together and set aside..
- Cut your cukes and avos and set aside..
- If you get the large gim or toasted nori, cut the sheets in half widthwise..
- Lay it all out on the table and let people assemble, roll, and eat. It doesn't have to be a neat restaurant-style handroll roll. Just roll it up like a burrito and enjoy with wasabi and soy sauce and some sushi ginger if you like. :) Alternatively, you can just make easy rice bowls with all the ingredients and either omit the nori or tear it up in small pieces and sprinkle it on top..
Press and roll until you get to the end. Cut the sushi in half with a very sharp knife and wipe the blade with a wet towel between each cut. Check my website, foodwishes.com, for the full story, recipe ingredients and more details. Now, carefully roll the sushi up…if you have a sushi mat, use the mat to push the roll along while rolling the mat up in the opposite direction (check out this video for an example). Roll tightly, gently packing down the roll as you go.