Dragon Roll

This dragon roll is a delicious and festive uramaki sushi roll featuring unagi, avocado, and shrimp tempura. It's fun to decorate the roll to look like a dragon! Serve with unagi sauce, soy sauce, wasabi, and pickled ginger.

Prep Time:
30 mins
Cook Time:
40 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Servings:
2
Yield:
2 maki sushi rolls
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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 2 servings

  • ¾ cup Japanese sushi-style rice

  • ¾ cup water

  • 1 ⅓ tablespoons rice vinegar

  • 1 ⅓ tablespoons white sugar

  • 2 ¼ teaspoons salt

  • cooking spray

  • 8 frozen tempura shrimp

  • 2 sheets nori (dry seaweed)

  • 2 sticks imitation crabmeat, cut into 1/4-inch pieces

  • 1 cucumber - peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/4-inch strips

  • 1 avocado, sliced

  • 10 ounces frozen unagi kabayaki (grilled eel), thawed and sliced into 2-inch strips

Directions

  1. Rinse rice in a strainer until water runs clear. Combine rinsed rice and water in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

  2. Combine rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a small saucepan over low heat; stir until sugar is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour over rice; stir until rice cools and looks dry.

  3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray.

  4. Arrange shrimp tempura on the prepared baking sheet.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, about 6 minutes per side. Cut the tails off of 4 tempura shrimp.

  6. Cover a bamboo sushi rolling mat with plastic wrap. Lay 1 nori sheet, shiny-side down, on the plastic wrap. Spread 1 cup rice over nori using moistened fingers, leaving a 1/3-inch border. Flip nori so rice is facing the mat.

  7. Arrange imitation crabmeat and cucumber along the bottom edge of nori. Place 2 tail-off shrimp in the center of nori. Place 2 tail-on shrimp on the end so that the tails extend over the sides of nori. Lift the edge of the mat and roll up nori into a tight log around filling.

  8. Transfer sushi roll to a serving plate. Layer avocado and unagi slices on top to cover the top and sides of roll. Slice roll into 8 pieces using a moistened knife. Repeat with remaining nori, rice, crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, and unagi to make a second roll.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

1095 Calories
50g Fat
94g Carbs
67g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 2
Calories 1095
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 50g 64%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 432mg 144%
Sodium 3341mg 145%
Total Carbohydrate 94g 34%
Dietary Fiber 9g 34%
Total Sugars 11g
Protein 67g 133%
Vitamin C 15mg 17%
Calcium 136mg 10%
Iron 6mg 34%
Potassium 1327mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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