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). "California Roll" taken from Snoop Dogg's new album BUSH produced by Pharrell Williams. Pre-order BUSH now and receive "California Roll".
Most versions of California Roll include crab and avocado. Although I prefer using real crab meat, if you don't have access to fresh seafood, imitation crab (a.k.a. surimi) will do in a pinch. The California Roll is one of the most popular sushi styles in the U. You can have California Roll using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of California Roll
- Prepare 12 slice of A) Smoked salmon.
- Prepare 8 of pieces A) Snow crab.
- It's 1 of A) Avocado.
- Prepare 1 of A) Mayonnaise.
- You need 1 of A) Buckwheat sprouts or radish sprouts.
- You need 1 of Tobiko (flying fish roe).
- You need 1 dash of Lemon juice.
- You need 1 of White sesame seeds.
- It's 4 of sheets Large nori seaweed.
- It's 1 of Sushi rice.
- You need 1 of Soy sauce with wasabi mixed in.
It was invented in Vancouver, Canada in the seventies by the Japanese chef Hidekazu Tojo. A California roll is a fresh take on traditional Japanese rice rolls. Filled with avocado, crab, and cucumber, it's fresh and crunchy and makes a filling meal. You can use real or imitation crab.
California Roll step by step
- Cut the avocado vertically around the pit with a knife. Remove the pit and skin and slice into 1 cm wide slices. Sprinkle with some lemon juice to retain the color..
- Line the sushi rolling mat with plastic wrap. Mix up the tobiko evenly and spread over the nori. Top with the sushi rice and lightly press down..
- The nori is won't stick everything together, so if you pack it too full of sushi rice and fillings, it will break. Be careful not to use too much rice or filling..
- Put the "A" ingredients on top, just off-center. Carefully roll it all up, being careful to roll the fillings in. At the same time, you can add tobiko to some white sesame seeds to roll on the outside..
- Cut the roll into large bite-sized pieces to finish. Eat with some wasabi and soy sauce..
- Aside from buckwheat sprouts and radish sprouts, you can use other sprouts, shiso leaves, kale, arugula, sweet and sour ginger, etc..
- For the filling, I also recommend roast beef or cured ham, cream cheese, etc..
Cover a bamboo rolling mat with plastic wrap. Cut nori sheets in half crosswise. The History of the California Roll. The origin of the California roll is highly debatable. Some say it was invented in Los Angeles, while others claim it was actually invented in Canada.