California rolls
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Makes 36 rolls
A little effort
Total time: 45 mins
plus cooling
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Make a healthy sushi rice snack with our easy step-by-step guide to California rolls. Perfect for entertaining and they look quite impressive too!
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Learn how to make classic california rolls, then check out our maki sushi rolls, temaki sushi (hand rolls), chirashi sushi and sushi sandwich.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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6 sheets nori
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1 ripe but firm avocado
peeled, stoned and cut into strips
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6 crab sticks
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1/4 cucumber
halved lengthways cut into strips
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to finish black sesame seeds
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to serve pickled ginger
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to serve wasabi
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to serve soy sauce
SUSHI RICE
- 250g sushi rice
- 2 tbsp Japanese rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal40
- fat0.9g
- saturates0.2g
- carbs6.8g
- sugars1.3g
- fibre0.4g
- protein0.9g
- salt0.2g
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Method
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step 1
To make the rice, rinse it in several changes of water until the water becomes clear, then drain really well. Put the rice in a pan, add 250ml cold water and bring to the boil on a high heat. Cover tightly, then simmer on a low heat for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave covered for 15 minutes to allow it to steam.
Meanwhile, put the rice vinegar, sugar and 1 tsp salt in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves, then take off the heat and cool to room temperature. Put the still-hot rice in a very large shallow bowl and add ¼ of the rice seasoning. Fold in then repeat 3 times until all the seasoning is used up. You can help cool the rice down by fanning it for 5 minutes.
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step 2
To assemble, spread approximately 1/6 of the rice over ⅔ of a sheet of nori.
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step 3
Sit a sheet of clingfilm over a sushi rolling mat and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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step 4
Flip the nori and rice onto the sesame seeds, rice-side down.
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step 5
Line up the avocado, crabstick and cucumber along the centre of the nori sheet.
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step 6
Use the mat to roll everything into a log – rolling towards the nori without any rice on it.
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step 7
Take off the clingfilm and trim the nori.
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step 8
Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 6 logs. Cut each log into 6.
Watch our 20-second video for the easiest way to stone an avocado...
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