Roll-Your-Own California Rolls
Roll-Your-Own California Rolls

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, roll-your-own california rolls. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Roll-Your-Own California Rolls Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, roll-your-own california rolls. It is one of my favorites.

Roll-Your-Own California Rolls is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Roll-Your-Own California Rolls is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have roll-your-own california rolls using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Roll-Your-Own California Rolls:
  1. Prepare For the rice:
  2. Get 2 cups rice cooked to package instructions (sushi rice is ideal, but I used jasmine yesterday because it's what I had on hand)
  3. Prepare 5 Tablespoons sushi seasoning vinegar
  4. Get For the krab:
  5. Make ready 1 pound surimi (krab), rough chopped. (If it's previously frozen, you'll want to defrost completely and squeeze out any excess water before chopping.)
  6. Get 1/2-2/3 cups mayonnaise (If you have Kewpie mayo, which is the kind they usually use in sushi restaurants, then skip the sugar below.)
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon sugar
  8. Make ready 1 Tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
  9. Prepare All the rest of the stuff you'll need:
  10. Take 1 large ripe avocado (or 2 medium) cut into 1/4" thick strips vertically
  11. Prepare 1/2 an English (hothouse) cucumber, seeded and cut into thin 3 or 4 inch long strips
  12. Make ready Korean style seasoned and toasted seaweed (see pic below)
  13. Make ready Optional:
  14. Get toasted sesame seeds
  15. Get wasabi and soy sauce
  16. Prepare sushi ginger

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! Check out our "How inside out rolls" if you are making sushi for the first time. The California sushi roll is perfect for those who don't care much for raw fish. The main ingredient is imitation crab sticks (made of cooked Surimi fish meat), and so this sushi roll is easier to make and is safe for pregnant women to enjoy.

Instructions to make Roll-Your-Own California Rolls:
  1. 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.
  2. Mix your krab ingredients together and set aside.
  3. Cut your cukes and avos and set aside.
  4. If you get the large gim or toasted nori, cut the sheets in half widthwise.
  5. 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.

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, a California crunch roll made with brown rice. . The beauty of sushi is that you can make each roll your own. I included estimated measurements down below but you might end up using more or less, depending on how full you want to fill your rolls, the exact size of nori wraps you use (different brands of nori wraps seem to vary slightly in size with California law. But today we're starting with one of the most basic sushi rolls: The California Roll. An essential tool used for making sushi rolls is a makisu , or bamboo rolling mat.

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