Basic California Roll

This is a basic California roll recipe with crab, cucumber, avocado, nori, flying fish roe, sushi rice, and sesame seeds. This recipe makes four rolls.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 352 Calories

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 4 sheets nori (dry seaweed)
• 1 avocado, sliced
• 4 teaspoons tobiko (flying fish roe)
• 0.5 cucumber
• 3.5 ounces crab sticks, finely chopped
• 2.5 cups cooked sushi rice
• 2.5 tablespoons sesame seeds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Slice each roll into 3/4-inch pieces. Garnish each piece with 1/8 teaspoon tobiko.

Step 2

Stir chopped crab sticks and mayonnaise together in a small bowl; set aside.

Step 3

Slice ends off cucumber; cut into quarters lengthwise. Thinly slice each quarter lengthwise to make spears; set aside.

Step 4

Lay 1 sheet nori on bamboo sushi rolling mat. With wet fingers, firmly pat a thin, even layer of prepared rice over nori, leaving a 1/3-inch edge at the bottom. Sprinkle sesame seeds over rice; carefully flip over.

Step 5

Place 1 tablespoon crab mixture in a line about one-third from the top. Place 1 to 2 cucumber spears and 1 to 3 avocado slices.

Step 6

Roll nori sheet tightly into a cylinder around rice and filling, using the bamboo mat, starting at the top edge. Moisten uncovered edge with water; finish rolling once you reach the bottom. Repeat with the remaining nori, rice, sesame seeds, crab mixture, cucumber, and avocado.