Hello, I’m Ella, a King Charles Cavalier and the family’s 4-legged best friend. I am also the last member of our loving blended family.
Learning how to cook at a young age helps in so many ways. Not only is it a great activity to spend some quality time with your children, but it also allows them to explore new foods, learn new skills and teaches them about responsibility too. Chef Benjamin, the second youngest of the 4 boys, loves to cook pretty much anything. He likes to try new food from around the world. When we ask him to find a recipe for the entire family, he wanted to try to make Sushi for the first time. Benjamin will show you how to make a California sushi roll at home.
Did you know that the California sushi roll dated back in 1960? It was Chef Ichiro Mashita from Los Angeles in Little Tokyo who created this kind of roll. He replaced the more traditioned tuna roll with crabs and avocados.
There are a lot of incredible things to discover in Japan. It is the world’s most advanced economic and technological society. Japan is also the home of Mont Fuji and many active and dormant volcanos.
California Sushi Roll
Equipment
- Bamboo rolling sheets
- rice cooker or a pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup Uncooked white short-grain rice
- 1 cup Water
- 1/4 cup Rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp. White sugar
- 1/2 cup Imitation crabmeat finely chopped
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 8 sheets Dry seaweed
- 2.5 tbsps. Sesame seeds
- 1 Cucumber Cut in thin spears
- 2 Avocados sliced on the long side
- 1 Carrot Cut in thin spears
Instructions
- Rinse the rice thoroughly and cook according to the package.
- Mix the rice vinegar and sugar in a small bowl and stir the mixture into the cooked rice
- Allowed the rice to cool and set aside.
- Mix the imitation crabmeat with mayonnaise in a bowl and set aside.
- Put a plastic wrap onto the bamboo rolling mat.
- Lay a sheet of dry seaweed (shinny side down).
- With wet fingers, firmly pat a thin and even layer of prepared rice over dry seaweed.
- Leave 1/4 inch uncovered at the bottom edge of the seaweed sheet.
- Sprinkle the rice with sesame seeds and press them into the rice
- Carefully flip the dry seaweed sheet over so the seaweed is up.
- Place 2 long cucumber and 2 long carrot spears, 2 slices of avocado and 1tbsp. of imitation crabmeat mixture in a line across the sheet.
- Pick up the bottom edge of the sheet up enclosing the filling, and tightly roll the sushi into a cylinder.
- Wrap the bamboo mat around the cylinder sushi and gently squeeze to compact it tightly.
- Cut each roll into 1 inch pieces with a very sharped knife dipped in water.
- Enjoy Immediately!
Like this California Sushi roll recipe? Try Frank’s Pork Schnitzel With Dill Sauce! or Nicholas’s Texas Pulled Pork recipe. Do you have any suggestions for an easy meal for a family of 6? We love to try new things.
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wow! It’s a great and delicious recipe.