california crepe rolls

Recipe by
Vicki Butts (lazyme)
Grapeview, WA

This version of the popular California roll is enveloped in a crepe instead of seaweed. Wasabi sauce is a fiery, green-colored condiment typically served with sushi. It comes in a powder that you mix with water much like dry mustard. You can omit it, if desired. It's crucial to use short-grain rice that turns sticky when cooked. From Cooking Light Magazine, April 1999.

yield 10 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For california crepe rolls

  • 1 3/4 c
    water
  • 2 Tbsp
    rice vinegar
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    uncooked short-grain rice
  • 1/4 c
    water, divided
  • 3 Tbsp
    low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp
    wasabi powder
  • 10
    crepes, homemade or purchased
  • 20 sm
    spinach leaves
  • 30 md
    shrimp, cooked and peeled
  • 20 slice
    peeled avocado peeled (about 1 avocado, 1/8-inch thick)
  • 5 tsp
    sesame seeds, toasted

How To Make california crepe rolls

  • 1
    Bring first 4 ingredients to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add rice; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Cool slightly (rice will be sticky).
  • 2
    Combine 2 tablespoons water and soy sauce in a small bowl.
  • 3
    Combine 2 tablespoons water and wasabi powder in a small bowl.
  • 4
    Gently spread about 1/4 cup rice mixture over 1 crepe using moist fingertips. Place 2 spinach leaves on lower third of crepe. Arrange 3 shrimp and 2 avocado slices over spinach. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds. Roll up crepe jelly-roll fashion, pressing seam to seal.
  • 5
    Cut roll crosswise into 4 slices. Repeat procedure with the remaining crepes, rice mixture, spinach, shrimp, avocado slices, and sesame seeds.
  • 6
    Serve with soy sauce mixture and wasabi sauce.
  • 7
    Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 4 crepe slices, 1-1/2 teaspoons soy sauce mixture, and about 1/2 teaspoon wasabi sauce).
  • 8
    CALORIES 201 (21% from fat); FAT 4.6g (sat 0.9g, mono 2g, poly 1g); PROTEIN 12.8g; CARB 26.5g; FIBER 1.2g; CHOL 80mg; IRON 2.8mg; SODIUM 379mg; CALC 73mg

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