Recipe courtesy of Daisuke Utagawa
Crunchy Shrimp Roll with Ginger Sauce
- Level: Advanced
- Yield: 4 rolls
- Total: 1 hr 35 min
- Prep: 40 min
- Inactive: 30 min
- Cook: 25 min
Ingredients
2 cups Japanese rice
Sushi vinegar
8 large shrimps, peeled, cleaned, tail-on and pressed by hand to make them straight.
Salt
Flour
2 eggs, beaten
Panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
4 large sheets of nori cut 2/3 size
Black sesame seeds
1 avocado, cut in 8 strips
1/2 hot house cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into 4 long strips (the length of nori)
1/2 hot house cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into 4 long strips (the length of nori)
Wasabi paste
Ginger Sauce, recipe follows
Red pepper flakes, for garnish
Sesame Ginger sauce:
2 golf ball-size ginger pieces, peeled and sliced
4 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon soy sauce
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 tablespoons sushi vinegar
2 to 4 tablespoons water
1/2 lemon, juiced
Directions
- Cook the rice ¿ 1 part rice to 2 parts water. This can be done in a rice cooker, steamer, or pot according to package directions. When rice is cooked, spread the rice on a large baking sheet and sprinkle with sushi vinegar. Mix well, but do not break the rice grains. Chill the rice to room temperature.
- Heat a deep fryer or a large pot halfway filled with oil to 360 degrees F.
- Season the shrimps with salt, dust them with flour, and roll them in eggs then in panko. Fry the breaded shrimps to golden brown. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- Place the nori on a cutting board, spread sushi rice on the back side (non glossy side), sprinkle black sesame seeds over rice. Place the rice side down on a bamboo mat that has been covered with plastic wrap. Place 2 shrimps, 2 strips of avocado, strip of cucumber and some wasabi on the center. Roll. (good luck!) Cut the roll in to 8 pieces (this you need better than just good luck!).
- Pour Sesame Ginger sauce on serving plate, then place sushi over the sauce. Sprinkle the sauce with some crushed red pepper flakes.
Sesame Ginger sauce:
- Add all the ingredients in a blender. Blend on high until all solids turn liquid.