California Roll
(from elilegacy’s recipe box)
Source: http://japanesefood.about.com/od/sushiroll/r/californiaroll.htm
Serves 4 peopleCategories: Entree (Japanese)
Ingredients
- 4 cups sushi rice
- 4 sheets of nori (dried seaweed)
- 1 avocado
- 3/4 cup crab meat
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp salt
Directions
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Peel an avocado and cut it into strips or mash it.
- Put imitation crab in a bowl and mix with salt and mayonnaise.
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Cover a bamboo mat with plastic wrap.
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Put a sheet of dried seaweed on top of the mat.
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Spread sushi rice on top of the seaweed and press firmly.
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Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice. Turn the sushi layer over so that the seaweed is on top.
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Place avocado and crab lengthwise on the seaweed.
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Roll the bamboo mat forward, pressing the ingredients inside the cylinder-shaped sushi.
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Press firmly the bamboo mat with hands, then remove the rolled sushi.
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Cut the sushi roll into bite-size pieces.