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This straightforward California roll sushi bowl is filled with recent components that’ll fulfill all of your sushi cravings! It’s mainly a deconstructed California roll positioned into serving bowls, making for a straightforward lunch which you can throw collectively similar to that.

A white bowl with a bowl of rice and cucumbers.

If you happen to’re a fan of poke bowls, the traditional California roll, or all issues sushi, this California sushi bowl is for you! We love the tasty mixture of seasoned crunchy cucumber, tender crab, and sticky rice topped with a scrumptious spicy mayo sauce. It’s shortly change into my go-to different to sushi takeout 🥰🥰🥰

California Roll Sushi Bowl – What You’ll Want

  • Recent cilantro:  we love tossing our sticky rice with recent cilantro for an additional pop of taste
  • Sesame oil: sesame oil is a staple in sushi recipes. It provides a singular nutty taste
  • Nori: you’ll want sheets of nori (dried seaweed) to crumble into your sticky rice for that traditional sushi style.
  • Sticky rice: if you happen to’re unsure the best way to make sticky rice, we’ll go over that within the FAQ part!
  • Mini cucumbers: we selected mini cucumbers for his or her crunchiness and smaller measurement.
  • Ginger: ginger is used so as to add taste to the cucumbers on this recipe. Freshly grated is greatest.
  • Soy sauce: you possibly can’t have a sushi recipe with out soy sauce! This will get absorbed by the cucumbers to create the sushi taste and love.
  • Cooked crab: Use both cooked crab or imitation crab meat for this sushi bowl, relying in your choice.
  • Mayonnaise: Mayo is the wealthy and creamy base for the spicy mayo sauce.
  • Chili garlic sauce: As a substitute of constructing a spicy sriracha mayo sauce, we opted for chili garlic sauce, which has a bit extra taste.
Cucumbers in a white bowl with a spoon.

Variations and Substitutions

Similar to all sushi, there are such a lot of totally different ingredient mixtures to attempt. That stated, we encourage you to search out the proper combo that resembles your favourite sushi roll. 

For instance, if you happen to’re not a fan of crab, you possibly can swap it for any cooked or uncooked fish (so long as it’s sushi-grade, in fact!). Recent sushi grade salmon could be BOMB on this recipe. 

You may additionally add numerous tasty fixings like creamy avocado, inexperienced onion, and black sesame seeds,  and even go for a vegetarian choice and swap the crab for crispy tofu.

A white bowl filled with greens and a spoon.

FAQs

What’s in a California roll?

A California roll is a sushi roll stuffed with avocado, crab (both actual or imitation), and cucumber. It’s usually wrapped in a sheet of seaweed and sticky rice. Typically it’s topped with sesame seeds or spicy mayo. 

How do I make this recipe gluten-free?

To make this California roll sushi bowl gluten-free, be sure that to make use of gluten-free soy sauce and substitute the crab for cooked shrimp or fish. You too can use cauliflower rice as a substitute of sticky rice as your base. 

Our Go-To Strategy to Prepare dinner Sticky Rice

To make the sticky rice, we suggest utilizing our Immediate Pot sticky rice recipe. Observe these straightforward steps: 

  • First, rinse 1.5 cups of raw rice beneath chilly water for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add the rice to your Immediate Pot, after which add 1.5 cups of water. Stir and ensure all the rice is roofed in water.
  • Shut the lid and cook dinner the rice beneath excessive stress for 4 minutes.
  • As soon as the timer goes off, let the rice naturally launch for 8 minutes. After that, launch the remainder of the stress and fluff the rice with a fork.
  • Let it cool for a couple of minutes earlier than utilizing it in your sushi bowl.
A bowl of salmon and cucumber salad with dressing.

Storage

Retailer any leftover California roll bowls in an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 day — sushi expires quick, particularly if you happen to’re utilizing uncooked meat. 

We don’t suggest freezing this recipe.

A bowl of sushi with cucumbers and avocado.

Serving Ideas

Whereas this straightforward sushi bowl might simply be a whole meal by itself, it by no means hurts so as to add extra taste with some aspect dishes! This chilly meal would pair excellently with this Immediate Pot Candy Potato Curry Soup or Pork Dumplings.

You’ll additionally actually take pleasure in it with this Sesame Soy Kale Salad, Rainbow Sesame Noodle Salad, or Ginger Pea Salad.

A white bowl with rice, cucumbers and avocado.

California Roll Sushi Bowl Recipe

This California roll sushi bowl recipe is stuffed with nice components like crunchy greens, nori seaweed, tender crab meat, and creamy avocado to create the last word deconstructed sushi bowl that’s easy to make and simple to like!

Prep:30 minutes

Prepare dinner:4 minutes

Fats 36

Carbs 38

Protein 5

Substances

Rice

Crab

  • 6 oz. cooked crab or imitation crab meat chopped into small items
  • 1 tablespoon recent lemon juice

Directions 

  • Put together the rice. Add the white onions, rice vinegar, cilantro, salt, and sesame oil to a bowl and toss all the components collectively. Put aside.

  • Put together the cucumbers. Add all the components for the cucumbers to a bowl and toss till the cucumbers are coated within the dressing. Put aside.

  • Put together the crab. Toss the crab meat with lemon juice till coated. Put aside.

  • Combine the sauce. Combine the mayo and the garlic chili sauce in a bowl till clean.

  • Add the cooked rice to the onions and toss to mix. Crumble the nori sheets into the rice and toss once more.

  • Evenly distribute all the rice, cucumbers, crab, and avocado into bowls and prime with the spicy mayo. Serve instantly.

Suggestions & Notes

  • Sticky rice instructions:
    Rinse 1.5 cups of raw rice beneath chilly water for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add the rice to an Immediate Pot and add 1.5 cups of water. Stir and ensure all the rice is roofed in water.
  • Prepare dinner the rice beneath excessive stress for 4 minutes after which naturally let the rice naturally launch for 8 minutes. Launch the remainder of the stress and fluff the rice.
  • Put aside.

Vitamin info

Energy: 492kcal Carbohydrates: 38g Protein: 5g Fats: 36g Fiber: 6g Sugar: 4g

Pictures: images taken on this submit are by Ashley McGlaughlin from The Edible Perspective.


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Hector Antonio Guzman German

Graduado de Doctor en medicina en la universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo en el año 2004. Luego emigró a la República Federal de Alemania, dónde se ha formado en medicina interna, cardiologia, Emergenciologia, medicina de buceo y cuidados intensivos.

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