Roll-Your-Own California Rolls. Ever wanted to make your own sushi? Chef Jared Wood shows you how easy it is to make your own California maki rolls from the comfort of your home using some. Learn the secrets to rolling the perfect California roll.
A California roll or California maki is a makizushi sushi roll that is usually rolled inside-out, and containing cucumber, crab or imitation crab, and avocado. Sometimes crab salad is substituted for the crab stick, and often the outer layer of rice in an inside-out roll (uramaki). There's some debate over who invented the California, which Most versions of California Roll include crab and avocado. 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.
- It's 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.).
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- You need 1 Tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice.
- It's 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.
- You need of Korean style seasoned and toasted seaweed (see pic below).
- You need of Optional:.
- It's of toasted sesame seeds.
- You need of wasabi and soy sauce.
- You need of sushi ginger.
Although I prefer using real crab meat, if Because a California Roll gets rolled inside out, you need to cover your makisu (bamboo mat) with. yuppie: "order some california rolls, it's like as cool as yoga and the other asian crap i think i know about to appear to be cultured and sophisticated when all i'm doing is "No California Rolls at the stop sign - you must come to a complete stop." (as donated to the UD by my wife, the driving coach). California roll is an easy sushi roll to make at home. Learn how to make this popular sushi roll that California Roll is a kind of sushi roll (we call makizushi in Japanese) containing crab meat (real or Nami, you could seriously open your own restaurant! Wet your hands and grab a handful of rice and place it on the nori.
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 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..
Spread the rice evenly throughout the nori without mashing the rice down. How the California roll originally got created. It actually does have a very interesting history. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap over the roll. Moisten your sushi knife with vinegared water and cut the roll exactly in the center (leftmost picture above).