Shrimp Maki ( Sushi )

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 sheets nori (seaweed)
• 4 1/2 cups cooked sushi rice
• 3/4 lb cooked medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, and halved (1 1/2 cups)
• 12 slices julienne-cut carrots
• 1 1/2 medium avocados, peeled and cut into 12 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 6 green onion tops
• 1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut into 12 7-inch julienne-cut strips

Recipe

• 1 cut off top quarter of nori sheet along short end.
• 2 place nori, shiny side down, on a sushi mat covered with plastic wrap, with long end toward you.
• 3 pat 3/4 cup rice over nori with moist hands, leaving a 1-inch border on one long end of the nori.
• 4 arrange 1/4 cup shrimp, 2 carrot strips, 2 slices avocado, 1 green onion top, and 2 cucumber strips along top third of rice-covered nori.
• 5 lift edge of nori closest to you; fold over filling.
• 6 lift bottom edge of sushi mat; roll toward top edge, pressing firmly on sushi roll.
• 7 continue rolling to top edge; press mat to seal sushi roll.
• 8 let rest, seam side down, for 5 minutes.
• 9 repeat procedure with remaining ingredients.
• 10 slice each roll into 8 pieces with a sharp knife.