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Dragon Roll Sushi Recipe

The Dragon Roll Sushi is a captivating Japanese delicacy that artfully combines creamy avocado, crisp cucumber, and succulent crabmeat, topped with thinly sliced, eel-like grilled unagi for an exquisite flavor symphony that's as visually appealing as it is delectable.
Course Dinner
Cuisine Japanese
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Calories 410kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 Japanese/Persian cucumber (4 oz. 113 g for four rolls)
  • Avocados (12 oz., 340 g for four rolls)
  • Half-lemon (optional)
  • 2 nori sheets (cut in half crosswise)
  • 2 cups sushi rice (boiled and seasoned) (each roll requires 1/2 cup (90 g))
  • 8 tempura shrimp (homemade or store-bought)
  • 2 tablespoons of tobiko (flying fish roe) and eel (unagi optional)

Instructions

  • Assemble each ingredient
  • Lengthwise quarter the cucumber. After seeding, cut the halves lengthwise. 8 strips
  • Remove avocado pits by twisting halves lengthwise. Pit with a spoon. Carefully remove the pit using a knife. First, using a dish towel, wrap the avocado in half. Knife heel in the pit. Twist out the pit. Leftover avocado
  • Peel avocado halves and slice crosswise
  • Gently press avocado slices to separate them. Avocado roll-length (or a sheet of nori seaweed.) Squeeze lemon over avocado before serving
  • Half the nori sheet should be shiny-side down on the mat. Tezu 1/2 cup sushi rice on nori (vinegar water)
  • Rice-covered nori flipped. On the nori sheet closest to you, lay tempura shrimp, cucumber, and tobiko
  • Bamboo mat at the bottom, roll nori over filling. Nori on the bamboo mat
  • Squeeze a bamboo mat
  • Remove the sushi roll's mat and wrap. Using the knife's side, arrange avocado slices on the roll
  • Replace the plastic wrap with a bamboo mat. Wrap the roll with avocado slices by squeezing them through the bamboo mat and then wrapping them around the roll. Slice avocados carefully. Mat-roll
  • Knife-cut plastic wrap roll into 8 pieces. Wet-wipe your knife after each cut. Using the bamboo mat, squeeze the roll if it gets dirty. Remove the sushi's plastic wrap and place it on a platter. Make more rolls
  • Tobiko, spicy mayo, and sesame seeds on sushi. Unagi sauce for dipping sushi is optional. Enjoy!