📋 Homemade California Rolls (Sushi) Recipe
This simple, healthy and delicious Homemade California Rolls (sushi) appetizer recipe with cucumber, imitation crab, avocado, Nori seaweed, rice and black sesame and sriracha mayonnaise is fun, easy to make and Weight Watchers friendly!
Servings 36 rolls
Calories 61kcal
Equipment
- sushi mat
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber, sliced into thin sticks
- 2 avocados, thinly sliced
- ½ -16 oz pkg crab meat (leg style)sliced in half, lengthwise
- 4 sheets Nori seaweed sheets, cut in half, lengthwise about ½ of a 21 g bag
- 4 teaspoon black sesame seeds *approximately
Sushi rice
- 2 cups short grain rice
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Garnish:
- Sriracha Mayonnaise * I buy this but you can make it
Instructions
Sushi Rice:
- Place the rice and 2 cups of water into a medium saucepan and place over high heat. Bring to a boil, uncovered. Once it begins to boil, reduce the heat to the lowest setting and cover. Cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
- Combine the rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small bowl and heat in the microwave on high for 30 to 45 seconds. Transfer the rice into a large wooden or glass mixing bowl and add the vinegar mixture. Fold thoroughly to combine and coat each grain of rice with the mixture. Allow to cool to room temperature before using.
California Rolls:
- Cut Nori seaweed sheets in half, and place on a sushi rolling mat. Add ⅔ cups rice spreading evenly, pressing down onto seaweed so that it sticks.
- Sprinkle on some black sesame seeds (about a tsp), then flip it over. * Don't worry it will flip over very easily and the rice will stick!
- Add the crab leg, cucumber and avocado.
- Start to roll with the end closest to you, as shown in VIDEO ( in NOTES)
- Once tightly rolled, cut evenly into pieces and serve!
Garnish:
- Add Sriracha mayo as desired.
Notes
🔢WW POINTS
This sushi is 2 WW points on my plan but you can find how how many WW points it is on your personal plan HERE!
👪 SERVING SIZE
This recipe makes 36 rolls If you want to cut the recipe in half, double or triple it, simply click on the blue servings in the recipe card, select the number of servings you'd like and the ingredient amounts will adjust accordingly.
🍽EQUIPMENT
You'll need a sushi rolling mat (affiliate link) to make this recipe. You can use a traditional sushi rolling mat (covered with food safe plastic wrap/saran wrap) for this recipe, but I prefer the modern dishwasher safe rolling mats that are now available. They are easier to clean and in my world, that means everything! I used the Lekue Makisu Silicone Sushi Mat, clear, (affiliate link) and thought it was great!
Nutrition
Calories: 61kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 1g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 1.4mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.6mg
