Recipe: California Rolls edit

Yield: 4 as hors d'oeuvres

edit Ingredients

4	sheets of Nori (dried seaweed paper)
1	cup uncooked sushi rice
2	tablespoons rice vinegar
6	ouces imitation crab sticks
½	cup cucumber, peeled and julienned
1	half Avocado
¼	cup of white and black sesame seeds, toasted
2	teaspoons Wasabi paste

edit Preparation

Step 1	Cook rice as per directions and allow to cool. Add the rice vinegar and stir well.
Step 2	Place cucumber across the length of the sushi paper.
Step 3	Cut crab meat in half lengthwise.
Step 4	Peel avocado and slice into 1/2″ thick slices, dip into lime juice so it won’t brown.
Step 5	Using a generous strip of plastic wrap, place one sushi paper on the wrap.
Step 6	Rub a small amount of Wasabi along one edge of the Nori.
Step 7	Roll in Sesame Seeds, cut into 8 pieces.

edit About California Rolls

California rolls are a type of maki-zushi, sushi rolls with the rice on the outside. Real crab can be used in place of the imitation. Serve with Soy Sauce (low sodium).

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Edited by: Eva Taylor, Helen Pitlick, Melissa Peterman, Jenny MacKinnell

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The California roll is a maki-zushi (roll), a kind of sushi roll, usually made inside-out, containing cucumber, crab meat or imitation crab stick, and avocado. In some countries it is made with mango instead of avocado. Sometimes crab salad is substituted for the crab stick, and often the outer layer of rice (in an inside-out roll) is sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds or tobiko. The California roll has been influential in sushi's global popularity and in inspiring sushi chefs around the world in creating their non-traditional fusion cuisine.