Lettuce Sushi Rolls

Name: Lettuce Sushi Rolls
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 900 grams Vinegar rice (sushi rice); 4 sheets Toasted nori seaweed; 4 to 5 leaves Lettuce; 4 stick Imitation crab sticks; 1 Mayonnaise; 1 use 2 medium sized eggs and sugar (to taste) Japanese tamagoyaki omelette

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

When I was young, I often asked my mother to put these in my bentos for excursions and sporting events. I love how it feels like a salad, even though it's actually a main dish.
Apparently, these lettuce rolls are originally from Miyazaki prefecture!! I had no idea. I live somewhere else, but I had them all the time as a child, so I grew up thinking they were known throughout the country. If you've never had these before, please give them a try! I've heard that people in Miyazaki use boiled shrimp instead of crab sticks! That sounds good, too!

I didn't include cucumbers here, but they make a great filling for these rolls as well.
This dish is a great when lettuce is inexpensive! Recipe by pom130

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I didn't include cucumbers here, but they make a great filling for these rolls as well.
This dish is a great when lettuce is inexpensive! Recipe by pom130

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Ingredients

4 servings

900 gramsVinegar rice (sushi rice)
4sheets Toasted nori seaweed
4to 5 leaves Lettuce
4 stickImitation crab sticks
1Mayonnaise
1use 2 medium sized eggs and sugar (to taste) Japanese tamagoyaki omelette

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Steps

1

Prepare the sushi rice with your preferred seasoning. This time, I used a shortcut and made mine with powdered sushi vinegar.
2

Cook a mildly sweet tamagoyaki omelette, adjusting the amount of sugar to your liking. Once it has cooled down, cut the omelette into long, thin strips.
3

Take the crab sticks out of their packaging and shred the lettuce into easy to handle sizes. Rinse both with water and dry off any excess moisture with a paper towel. Once you've rearranged the ingredients to roll, you're all set.
4

Let a sheet of nori seaweed rest on a sushi mat, evenly spread about 220 g of sushi rice on top. 220 g is a guideline, but beware of using too much rice. If you leave around 1 cm of open space on the far side of the nori, it'll make the rolling easier.
5

In order, lay out the lettuce, followed by the crab sticks, omelette, and finally the mayonnaise.
6

Add another layer of lettuce on top. Then, as with any other sushi roll, start working it into a roll from the bottom.
7

Keep the shape of the rolls by letting them sit with their tails of nori on the bottom.
8

Cut the rolls into your preferred size, plate, and serve!