How To Make A Shrimp Tempura Sushi Roll

Needed Equipment:

Sushi Mat
Sharp Knife
1 Gallon Freezer Bag
Squeeze Bottle for Eel sauce
Toaster Oven (or a regular oven will do as well)

Ingredients:

Sushi Rice (prepared, one large handful)
Nori (seaweed) (2/3rd sheet)
Cream Cheese (1/2" x 1/4" to the length of the Nori sheet)
Shrimp Tempura 2 shrimp to cover the Nori sheet length wise
Spicy Crab (prepared; about 1/4 of a cup

Place the sushi mat inside of the gallon sized plastic freezer bag, this helps to ensure that the sushi rice does not stick to your sushi mat, and makes for no fuss clean up. Lay the seaweed sheet on top of the covered sushi roll mat. Wet your hands, and grab a handful of prepared sushi rice. Place in the middle of the sheet and gently spread out to the edges. Press down gently, and flip the sushi rice covered seaweed so that he rice side is touching the plastic covered sushi roll mat.

Next, add the slice of cream cheese, I like to slice it straight from the block and lay it the entire length of the sushi roll. This adds a creamy delicious flavor that goes well with anything tempura, particularly one with shrimp tempura. I love the way that it tastes in this roll. The easiest and tastiest way to use the shrimp tempura in this recipe is to stick it in a hot toaster oven for about ten minutes until they are golden and crispy. D

Prepared shrimp tempura can be purchased from your local marketplace in the frozen food section. I enjoy shrimp tempura so much that I am working on perfecting a recipe for it at home, but until I reach that point I will continue to use the store bought shrimp. It saves you a lot of time by using the prepared shrimp, especially if you are making several different rolls for your sushi menu. Lay the shrimp tempura along the entire length of the seaweed, on top of the cream cheese.

Finally, take some scrumptious spicy crab, about 1/4 of a cup, and lay it on top of the shrimp tempura and cream cheese. Pick up the edge of the sushi roll mat that is closest to you, and roll it over the top of the roll. Using the fingers to tuck in the filling, roll it a quarter turn more to complete the roll. Place the sushi roll mat over the top of the Shrimp Tempura Sushi Roll with Spicy Crab and Eel Sauce and gently press one more time to make sure that it is sealed. Using a very sharp wet serrated knife cut the sushi roll in half, then both sides in half again, and in half again until you have eight equal pieces of sushi roll.

How to plate your sushi. Place the sushi rolls on a small square black plate. Fill the squeeze bottle with the sweet eel sauce. I Drizzle eel sauce delicately over the pieces of sushi roll creating a unique presentation. The eel sauce is sweet and savory, and adds the perfect compliment flavor to the combination to the crunchy, spicy Shrimp Tempura Sushi rolls. This sushi roll dish makes for an excellent presentation at any Sushi dinner party, or a rewarding and elegant meal after a long hard day at work.