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Smoked Salmon and Avocado Sushi Rolls
Ingredients
Sushi Rice
- 2 cups sushi rice
- 2.5 cups water
- ½ cup rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp sea salt
- sesame seeds, optional
- 6-8 nori (seaweed) sheets
- 1 sushi rolling mat, can use parchment paper instead
- plastic wrap to cover sushi mat
Additional fillings
- 1 avocado
- 1 cucumber,
- 8 oz smoked salmon
Instructions
Sushi Rice
- Rinse rice well in cold water.
- Put rice and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then down to a simmer for about 15 minutes, or until rice is cooked and water is absorbed.
- Simmer vinegar, sugar, and salt in a separate saucepan until sugar and salt dissolves.
- Once rice is cooked, pour vinegar mixture over rice and mix until evenly combined.
- Let rice cool to room temperature, before making rolls
Prepare the cucumber
- Peel skin off cucumber and cut in half lengthwise.
- With a spoon, remove cucumber seeds.
- Cut cucumber in half width wise then cut into julienne slices.
Prepare the avocado
- Cut in have, and remove seed.
- Spoon out avocado onto a cutting board cut side down and cut into thin slices.
To form rolls…
- If using sushi mat, cover completely with plastic wrap.
- Prepare a small bowl of warm water.
- Lay seaweed sheet on mat, dip hands in water and start spreading about 2-3 spoonfuls of rice onto sheet. Wet hands as needed to prevent rice from sticking. Cover all but 1 inch strip from the bottom. Sprinkle with sesame seeds if using.
- Flip over seaweed and layer with fillings and roll up tightly using mat.
- Slice with a sharp knife into 8 pieces. Dip knife in water to help prevent sticking.
- Once all sliced, cover roll with mat and squeeze tightly to reform into even pieces.