Sushi Roll Recipe

Drawing lovingly from Japanese cuisine, our sushi roll recipe uses salmon, avocado, cucumber, and nori sheets to make a restaurant-quality treat at home.

prep TIME 30 mins
total TIME 30 mins

Course: Main CourseCuisine: Japanese

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Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 504 kcal

Ingredients (12)

12 oz salmon fillet
7 oz avocado sliced
4 oz cucumber cut into strips
4 cups cooked medium-grain rice
3 1/2 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp ginger finely sliced
3 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
6 seaweed sheets
1/2 tbsp white sesame seeds
1/2 tbsp black sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

Make the sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together 3 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp sesame oil, and 1 tbsp ginger. Set aside.

Transfer 4 cups of cooked rice to a large bowl. Drizzle with 3 tbsp rice vinegar and 1 tbsp sugar. Use a wooden paddle or your hand with plastic gloves to stir and combine the ingredients evenly. Set aside.

a hand holds a small bowl of water on top of a glass bowl of cooked rice

Cut 12 oz salmon fillet into strips ¼ - ½ inches thick.

cutting salmon fillet on a cutting board

Place your sushi mat on a working surface and put a seaweed sheet on the bamboo mat. Spread the rice across the nori sheet, leaving 1/2 inch of space along the top and bottom edges.

spread rice across seaweed sheet on a bamboo mat

Arrange the filling: sliced salmon, avocado, and cucumber about 1 inch from the bottom edge of the nori sheet.

salmon slices, avocado and cucumber slices bed on rice and seaweed sheet

Roll up the rice mixture over the filling and use the bamboo mat to lift and compress while rolling.

Remove the mat once rolled. Transfer the roll to a big plate and repeat the process with the remaining ingredients to make 6 rolls.

Cut each into 8 pieces.

cutting a sushi roll into pieces on a cutting board

Sprinkle with 1/2 tbsp white sesame seeds and 1/2 tbsp black sesame seeds.

Serve with the soy sauce mixture.

a plate of sushi decorated with a glass of juice and a bowl of soup with avocado slices

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