How To Make Imitation Crab California Roll Burrito
This Bay Area trend combines Japanese and Mexican inspirations to create a California roll burrito. Our version uses imitation crab meat and avocado.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupssushi rice,or short grain rice
- 2cupswater,plus extra for rinsing rice
- 2tbsprice vinegar
- 2tbspsugar
- 1tbspkosher salt
- 16ozimitation crab meat
- ¼cupmayonnaise
- 4sheetsnori
- 1cucumber
- 2carrots
- 1cupnapa cabbage,or regular cabbage
- 1avocado
- 1tspsesame seeds
Instructions
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Rinse rice several times with cold water until it runs clear.
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Put the rice and 2 cups of water into a pot and bring to a boil, uncovered.
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Once it boils, reduce the heat to low and cook covered for 15 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
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Put the rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small bowl and microwave on high for 30 to 45 seconds.
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Add the vinegar mixture to the rice in an even distribution and fold to combine. Try not to make the rice mushy.
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Let it cool completely in as thin a layer as possible while making and preparing the rolls.
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Put imitation crab meat and mayonnaise in a small food processor and pulse until it is combined and is minced.
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Julienne the carrots, napa cabbage, and cucumber (peel and remove the seeds of the cucumber first).
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Slice the avocado thinly.
To Assemble:
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On top of a piece of parchment paper about twice the length of the nori, put 1 cup of rice on a sheet of nori. Spread rice to the edge. Sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon of sesame seeds.
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Put ½ cup of julienned vegetables (¼ cup of cabbage, ¼ cup of carrots and cucumber).
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Put ¼ of sliced avocado along the side of the veggies in a fanned out pattern.
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Put ¼ of the crab mixture on top in a log
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Roll the nori into a log with the edges just meeting by a ¼-½ inch or so using a parchment paper to roll it closed and tight.
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After the roll meets, fold the parchment in to make bottoms of the burrito and roll the rest of the paper to close it tightly.
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Slice the parchment burrito in half.
Nutrition
- Calories: 695.84kcal
- Fat: 20.14g
- Saturated Fat: 3.23g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.35g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.14g
- Carbohydrates: 111.25g
- Fiber: 5.44g
- Sugar: 16.58g
- Protein: 17.41g
- Cholesterol: 28.31mg
- Sodium: 1242.70mg
- Calcium: 83.54mg
- Potassium: 695.08mg
- Iron: 2.11mg
- Vitamin A: 307.74µg
- Vitamin C: 17.82mg
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