Sushi - California Roll

By BlueSchmoo

Alton Brown See Sushi Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced into 1/4-inch thick pieces
• 4 sheets nori
• 1/2 batch sushi rice, recipe follows
• 1/3 cup sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into matchstick-size pieces
• 4 crabsticks, torn into pieces
• Pickled ginger, for serving
• Wasabi, for serving
• Soy sauce, for serving
• Squeeze the lemon juice over the avocado to prevent browning.

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Cover a bamboo rolling mat with plastic wrap. Cut nori sheets in half crosswise. Lay 1 sheet of nori, shiny side down, on the plastic covered mat. Wet your fingers with water and spread about 1/2 cup of the rice evenly onto the nori. Sprinkle the rice with sesame seeds. Turn the sheet of nori over so that the rice side is down. Place 1/8 of the cucumber, avocado and crab sticks in the center of the sheet. Grab the edge of the mat closest to you, keeping the fillings in place with your fingers, and roll it into a tight cylinder, using the mat to shape the cylinder. Pull away the mat and set aside. Cover with a damp cloth. Repeat until all of the rice has been used. Cut each roll into 6 pieces. Serve with pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce.