Name: California Rolls
Yield: Makes 3 rolls, yielding 18 pieces
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 3 or 4 seafood sticks (commercially made to simulate crab legs) OR 2-3 ounces fresh crab meat; 3 cups shari (rice seasoned for sushi); 2 teaspoons wasabi powder (fiery Japanese horseradish); 2 teaspoons water; ½ small ripe avocado; 4 sheets yaki-zushi nori (toasted paper-thin seaweed); soy sauce, for dipping

Preparation info

Makes
3
rolls

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

An American Taste of Japan

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1985

About

The California Roll was one of the first recipes to surface and gain general acceptance in a new era of Japanese cuisine abroad. It represents one of the clearest, and most delicious, examples of the current trend to blend American foodstuffs with Japanese technique. This American sushi has recently been transplanted to Japan’s urban centers of gastronomy, where it has been greeted with pleasure.

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