Dragon
Roll
By
Executive Chef Gary Chu, Osake, Santa Rosa,
CA
Made
with:
Organic Sushi Rice cooked and cooled in advance
Ingredients:
*Burdock Root (sliced into thin sticks)
Cucumber (peeled, sliced into thin sticks)
Nori Seaweed (half sheets)
Sushi Rice
Avocado
Barbecued Eel
Flying Fish Roe
Tempura Shrimp (prepared in advance)
Shrimp
Prep Method:
Peel the shrimp. Turn the shrimp on its back
belly facing up. Lightly cut into each ring
width wise of the shrimp to weaken the muscle
that holds it rigid and bent. Turn it back over.
Place on counter. Press, it makes it longer.
Then tempura the straightened shrimp and fry
it and you have a little tail to hold on to.
Set aside to cool.
To
Make Dragon Roll:
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Step
1
- Sushi rice, nori
seaweed on sushi mat
Place
half sheet of nori seaweed in a horizontal
position. Spread rice on top all the way
out to the edges, about 1/4 inch thick.
Then flip it over. Place on sushi mat
with plastic wrap on it, not the thin
saran wrap yet. The sushi base is now
seaweed side up, rice face down, on top
of plastic covered sushi mat. |
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Step
2
- Positioning sushi
ingredients
Place
shiso (japanese leaves) in center of roll.
Place burdock root* sticks, criss crossed
- like an X - in the middle of the sushi.
Place cucumber sticks in the middle of
the sushi. Place two, straight, tempura
shrimp lengthwise in the middle, on top
of the cucumber, with tails extending
past each end of the seaweed. |
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Step
3
- Shaping the dragon
roll
Make
sure Tails (tempura shrimp) are sticking
out of each end. |
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Using
sushi mat, start slowly rolling. |
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Then
roll it, shape it with a little bit of a
square edge. Rice is on the outside. |
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Step
4
- Placing bbq eel
Place
sliced bbq eel of three equal parts on
each end, and one in the middle. |
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Step
5
- Slice avocado
Slice
the avocado into four slices. |
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Step
6
- Placing avocado
Place
avocado in between the eel slices. |
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Step
7
- Slicing with saran
wrap in place
Cover
with saran wrap. Shape with sushi mat.
Slice over the saran wrap. |
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Step
8
- Plating
Remove
saran wrap. Place the sliced dragon roll
on the plate. |
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Step
9
- Sauce
Spread
Soy Honey Sauce on plate. |
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Step
10
- Garnish
Place
three lumps of flying fish roe on top.
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Step
11
- Ready to serve
Dragon Roll
*Burdock
roots are thc antenna" - get them
in any oriental specialty store. To learn
more about Shiso leaves click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perilla
definition: shiso leaves |
More
Chef Recipes:
Ahi
Tempura
Angel
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Dragon
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Horizon
Sushi
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to Create Contrasting Flavors
Seared
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Shrimp
Puffs
Spicy
Fish Cakes
Sushi
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Catepillar
Other
Great Related Links:
Sauces
to Create Contrasting Flavors
Sushi
Rice Tips
The
Secret's in the Rice
Lundberg
Family Farms
Executive
Chef Gary Chu - Bio
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