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California Rolls. A California roll is a fresh take on traditional Japanese rice rolls. Filled with avocado, crab, and cucumber, it's fresh and crunchy and makes a filling meal. You can use real or imitation crab.

Spread the rice evenly throughout the nori without mashing the rice down.

Season rice with a pinch of sesame seeds, if using, then flip it over so the nori is facing upwards.

California roll is one of the most popular sushi recipes in the United States.

You can have California Rolls using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of California Rolls

1. Prepare of Uncooked white rice.

2. Prepare of sheet Kombu.

3. It’s of Sushi vinegar.

4. Prepare of Salmon (for sashimi).

5. You need of Avocado.

6. Prepare of Cucumber.

7. Prepare of sheet Nori seaweed.

8. It’s of White sesame seeds (roasted sesame seeds).

It's a real Japanese sushi roll with sushi rice wrapped with nori (seaweed) and stuffed with cooked imitation crab meat (or real crab meat), cucumber and avocado.

California Rolls are a type of maki sushi (巻き寿司 - rolled sushi) made by rolling ingredients such as crab and avocado in nori and seasoned rice.

Although rolled sushi originates in Japan, California Rolls are not from Japan.

Make your own delicious California sushi rolls with seaweed sheets, sweet and tangy sushi rice, cucumber, avocado, and a creamy imitation crab filling.

California Rolls step by step

1. Cook the rinsed rice with konbu. When done, add sushi vinegar and mix quickly. Let it cool down..

2. Cut the salmon into 1 cm wide strips. Peel the avocado and also slice into 1 cm wide strips. Julienne the cucumber into 1 cm strips..

3. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap on your sushi mat. Spread a thin layer of sushi rice. On the rice, place the cucumber, salmon, and avocado..

4. Place a sheet of nori on top. The key is to place the nori slightly below the top..

5. Roll the plastic wrap and sushi mat tightly..

6. Open up the plastic wrap. Sprinkle some white sesame seeds on the wrap. Roll the sushi around so that the sesame seeds stick to it. With the sealed side down, cut into 1 cm wide slices to finish..

7. For your information, the second from the right is my California rolls. I also made char siu rolls and grilled eel rolls..

California Sushi Rolls This tastes as good as any restaurant or store-bought California roll.

Plus, it's one of the easiest sushi recipes to make!

For best results, do use the sushi rice to ensure the right sticky consistency.

A California roll is a creative American twist on sushi.

This page will describe the California Uramaki.