Inside-out rolls
裏巻き · California, spicy tuna, dragon, spider

RollInside
Californiaavocado, crab stick, cucumber · 110–120 g rice
Spicy tunatuna + Kewpie/sriracha; thin strip of akami, cucumber, avocado
Dragoneel, cucumber, cream cheese; thin avocado slices on top. Torch the eel skin side (tough).
Spidersteamed soft-shell crab in tempura flour, deep-fried; pickled burdock; avocado

Invented in the 1980s by sushi chefs in California for customers who didn't want visible seaweed.

  1. Bigger mat; alcohol, then cling film over it.
  2. Avocado into 16 pieces. Peel the cucumber with the yanagi. Video: cucumber salt-rubbed, 8 cm lengths, katsura-muki then julienne; avocado rolled around the stone and peeled.video 9-4
  3. ~100–120 g rice spread fluffy over the whole nori, same spreading technique but top to bottom; sesame; flip rice-side down.video 9-4
  4. Fillings in the middle, crab stick at the top / avocado centred first, then crab, bean sprouts, cucumber last.video 9-4
  5. Wrap the fillings with the front edge first, then roll down. Cling film over, shape square with the mat.video 9-4
  6. 6 pieces: halve, align, trim ends, slightly slanted cuts.video 9-4

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