California Roll

California Roll

altonbrown.com

Master sushi at home with Alton Brown's California roll recipe, featuring creamy avocado, crab, and cucumber wrapped in sushi rice.

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Cooking tools:

  • Bamboo rolling mat
  • Plastic wrap
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Measuring cup
  • Kitchen towel
  • Plate

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sushi or short-grain rice
  • 2 cups water, plus extra for rinsing rice
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/2 medium lemon, juiced
  • 1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced into 1/4-inch thick pieces
  • 4 sheets nori
  • 2 cups sushi rice
  • 1/3 cup sesame seeds, toasted
  • 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into matchstick-size pieces
  • 4 crabsticks, torn into pieces
  • Pickled ginger, for serving
  • Wasabi, for serving
  • Soy sauce, for serving

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