California Roll - Sushi
- 1 1/4 cups crabmeat (about 1/4 pound)
- 4 tablespoons light cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
- 1 green onion
- 4 sheets nori
- 4 cups sushi rice
- 1 avocado, pitted and sliced
- wasabi paste
- light soy sauce
- Preparation
- Add crabmeat, light cream cheese, light mayonnaise, and green onion (if desired) to small food processor (or small mixing bowl) and pulse or beat until nicely blended.
- Turn a burner of your stove to low flame or low heat. Wave a sheet of nori over the heat (both sides) to soften slightly.
- Lay the sheet of nori on a bamboo sushi roller (available at import stores and Asian markets).
- Dip your hands in warm water, and use them to spread a cup of hot, sticky rice on the nori, leaving a 1-inch border on each long side.
- Spread about 1/4 teaspoon wasabi paste in a horizontal strip down the middle of the rectangle of rice.
- Arrange a heaping 1/4 cup of the crab mixture (one-fourth of the total mixture) down the center of the rice rectangle.
- Arrange avocado slices down the center as well.
- Roll up the bamboo mat, pressing forward, to shape the sushi into a cylinder so that the two long edges of the nori meet and overlap slightly. Press the roll firmly inside the bamboo roller.
- Remove roll from the bamboo mat and wrap it with foil or plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator until needed.
- Repeat with remaining nori, rice, crab, and avocado. When ready to serve, cut each roll into about 8 pieces using a serrated knife. Serve with light soy sauce.
crabmeat, light cream cheese, light mayonnaise, green onion, nori, sushi rice, avocado, wasabi paste, light soy sauce, preparation
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/california-roll-sushi-249790 (may not work)