DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
California roll
Also known as: California sushi roll
Inside-out sushi with cooked crab, avocado, cucumber and sesame.
About California roll
Namiko Hirasawa Chen’s California roll follows the familiar inside-out style, with seasoned rice outside the nori and a crab, avocado and cucumber filling. This rendition selects the real cooked-crab option offered in her recipe.
Japanese mayonnaise gives the crab filling richness, while lemon flavours the avocado. Rice vinegar, sugar and salt season the rice, and toasted sesame seeds add a nutty finish to its surface.
The compact rolls are sliced into small pieces. Soy sauce accompanies them, with wasabi, pickled ginger and salmon roe offered as optional additions.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Egg, Sesame, Soy.
Optional additions: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in California roll
Namiko Hirasawa Chen's California roll with real cooked crab.
- Japanese short-grain white riceBase
- WaterLiquid
- KombuAromatic · Optional
- Unseasoned rice vinegarSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- Cooked crabmeatProtein
- Japanese Kewpie mayonnaiseFilling
- Japanese cucumberFilling
- AvocadoFilling
- Lemon juiceSeasoning
- Nori sheetsBase
- Toasted white sesame seedsTopping
- Salmon roe (ikura)Topping · Optional
- Soy sauceAccompaniment
- WasabiAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Pickled sushi gingerAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Japanese short-grain white rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual211, broader short-grain-rice mapping.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit212/233-234 rice washing/soaking/cooking and254-255 food-contact wetting, consolidated. No vinegar invented in hand water.
- Kombu (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional213 for cooking rice; removed237, food-contact retained.
- Unseasoned rice vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual homemade sushi-vinegar option225-228 selected and fully supplied; no duplicate prepared vinegar card.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooked crabmeat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual216 freshly cooked real-crab option selected over canned/surimi, species/upstream cooking formula unknown. Crustaceans positive.
- Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual217; same source151 expressly egg-yolk Japanese mayonnaise confirms Egg; full product formula unknown.
- Japanese cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual218 Japanese option selected over Persian/other cucumbers; broader cucumber mapping.
- Avocado: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual220/249 squeezed on avocado.
- Nori sheets: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Toasted white sesame seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Actual223/256 literal sesame; candidate exact white-seed form.
- Salmon roe (ikura) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Explicit optional224/267, salmon option selected over yuzu-flavoured flying-fish roe. Fish positive; full prepared product formula unknown.
- Soy sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual168/268 normal soy sauce confirms Soy, full product formula unprovided.
- Wasabi (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional narrative168 qualifies brief final268 service; exact root/paste/product identity/formula unprovided.
- Pickled sushi ginger (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional168/268, full pickling formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- United States
- United StatesCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Japanese American Cuisine
- California cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.