California Roll - Sushi

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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.
• 3 lay the sheet of nori on a bamboo sushi roller (available at import stores and asian markets).
• 4 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.
• 5 spread about 1/4 teaspoon wasabi paste in a horizontal strip down the middle of the rectangle of rice.
• 6 arrange a heaping 1/4 cup of the crab mixture (one-fourth of the total mixture) down the center of the rice rectangle.
• 7 arrange avocado slices down the center as well.
• 8 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.
• 9 remove roll from the bamboo mat and wrap it with foil or plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator until needed.
• 10 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.