Avocado Roll Recipes

AVOCADO SUSHI

Steps:

• Rinse rice in several changes of water, jostling rice with fingertips, until water runs clear. Set in a sieve over a bowl to drain while you prepare rest of ingredients (at least 20 minutes).
• Using a mandoline or a vegetable peeler, thinly slice ginger along the grain into paper-thin slices (to yield 1/2 cup). Bring a small pot of water to a boil, add ginger, and blanch 5 seconds; drain. Return pot to stove and add 3/4 cup vinegar, 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons water. Season lightly with salt. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reserve half the vinegar mixture (this will be used to season your rice); add blanched ginger to remaining vinegar. Cool completely.
• Place rice and 2 1/2 cups water in a small pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to lowest setting and cover. Cook until rice is tender and all the water has been absorbed, about 12 minutes (alternatively, cook rice in a rice cooker according to manufacturer's instructions). Remove from heat. Let sit with lid on, 10 minutes more. Transfer rice to a large bowl; cool 5 minutes. Fold in one-quarter of the reserved vinegar mixture with a wide spatula or plastic bench scraper, fanning the rice while you fold in vinegar mixture to cool it down quickly. Cover with a clean kitchen towel. Reserve remaining vinegar mixture for assembling.
• While rice cooks, toss cucumbers and carrots with remaining 1/4 cup vinegar, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and sesame oil.
• To assemble, place 1 sheet of nori, shiny-side down, on a bamboo rolling mat with the long side closest to you. Dampen hands with reserved vinegar mixture and gently press 3/4 cup rice evenly across nori, leaving a 1/2-inch border on all sides. Spread 2 teaspoons mayonnaise evenly across center of rice. Layer 1/3 cup vegetable mixture and a few slices of avocado evenly across middle of rice. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Starting with the edge closest to you, use the mat to fold the bottom third toward the center, pressing evenly across the roll to compress the filling. Repeat with another turn and gently press again. Remove mat. Lightly wet a sharp knife with vinegar mixture and cut into 6 equal pieces. Repeat with remaining sheets of nori. Serve with reserved pickled ginger and soy sauce.

AVOCADO ROLL

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese until creamy and soft, and spread half of the cheese in a big square of parchment paper.
• Add chopped pecans over the cheese, and then another cheese layer over the pecans.
• Puree the avocados and mix with lemon juice,chopped tomato, onion, jalapeno and cilantro.
• Add a layer of the avocado mix on top of the cheese layer.
• Roll carefully the parchment paper to form the roll and refrigerate at least 1 hour, but overnight is better.
• Cut in slices and serve with crackers, tortilla or potato chips.

STEAK AND AVOCADO ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle the steak with pepper and 1 teaspoon salt. Add the oil to the skillet, then the steak, and cook to medium or until the internal temperature is 135 to 140 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the steak to a cutting board and let rest for about 7 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the panko, sesame seeds and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt to a small skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until the panko is golden brown. Transfer to a bowl and set aside to cool. Slice the steak into thin strips.
• Add mayonnaise and sriracha to a medium squeeze bottle and shake until combined (see Cook's Note).
• Place a soy wrapper on a clean workspace in front of you. On the edge of the wrapper closest to you, squeeze a line of spicy mayo. Lay down 2 avocado slices, lengthwise, touching each other. Stack a few pepper slices so that the entire edge is covered in a layer of peppers. Squeeze a line of the spicy mayonnaise on the peppers, then sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of the panko mixture over them. Add a few slices of steak on top of the panko. Carefully roll the whole mixture away from you, creating a thin tube. Add another thin line of mayonnaise to the outer edge of the wrapper to help you seal the roll. Set the tube aside and repeat with the remaining wrappers and ingredients.
• Cut each into about 1 1/2-inch slices or rolls. Place the rolls on a serving plate.