Sushi-Style Roll-Ups
- 2 cups medium-grain white rice, warm and cooked
- 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon wasabi paste, to taste (or may sub whipped horseradish)
- 3 (12 inch) flour tortillas
- 1 cucumber
- 1 red bell pepper
- In medium bowl, combine cooked rice and vinegar, mix well.
- Cover, refrigerate 30 minutes or until cold.
- In small bowl, combine cream cheese and wasabi paste, mix well.
- Place each tortilla on 12-inch square of plastic wrap.
- Spread about 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture over each tortilla, spreading to edges.
- Spoon about 1/3 cup cold rice mixture across center of each tortilla, press firmly into strip about 2-inches wide.
- Quarter cucumber lengthwise.
- Reserve 3 sections for another use.
- Remove seeds from cucumber quarter, cut into 3 thin lengthwise strips.
- Press 1 strip into center of each rice strip.
- Cut pepper into thin strips.
- Place next to cucumber to form long red stripe.
- On each tortilla, mound another 1/3 cup rice mixture over cucumber and pepper.
- With wet hands, form rice into firm rolls, completely covering cucumber and pepper.
- Beginning at bottom edge, roll each tortilla firmly around rice.
- Wrap each roll securely in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate 4 hours or until well chilled.
- To serve, trim uneven ends, cut each roll into eight 3/4-inch-thick slices.
mediumgrain white rice, rice vinegar, cream cheese, wasabi paste, flour tortillas, cucumber, red bell pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sushi-style-roll-ups-11973 (may not work)