Recipe: Tasty Roll-Your-Own California Rolls

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Recipe: Tasty Roll-Your-Own California Rolls Delicious, fresh and tasty.

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! Roll-Your-Own California Rolls Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to our recipe page.

For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty.

This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ever wanted to make your own sushi?

You can cook Roll-Your-Own California Rolls using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Roll-Your-Own California Rolls

Prepare 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).
You need 5 Tablespoons of sushi seasoning vinegar.
It’s of For the krab:.
Prepare 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.).
Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Prepare 1 Tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice.
Prepare of All the rest of the stuff you'll need:.
You need 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.
You need of Korean style seasoned and toasted seaweed (see pic below).
You need of Optional:.
You need of toasted sesame seeds.
It’s of wasabi and soy sauce.
Prepare of sushi ginger.

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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.

Roll-Your-Own California Rolls instructions

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 dont 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 doesnt 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..

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.

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