Asparagus Salmon Hand Rolls

It’s easy to create delicious sushi rolls from common supermarket ingredients if you don’t want to invest in more costly sashimi/sushi grade fish. Though this hand roll is made with inexpensive Nova lox, the flavor is super rich. Also try substituting crabstick for the salmon.

Want to know more about hand rolls? Learn about this tasty sushi in a flash, then brush up on the Method for Preparing Hand Rolls.

Asparagus Salmon Hand Rolls

For each hand roll you’ll need:

1 4in by 7in piece of nori

1/4 cup prepared sushi rice

1 blanched asparagus spear, cut in half

1/2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

1/2 tsp finely chopped scallions

1 slice Nova lox (This usually comes presliced.)

1 slice of cream cheese (approx 1/4 in wide), optional

To assemble the hand roll, lay slice of lox on work surface. Stack cream cheese and asparagus pieces on top of the lox.

Place nori, rough side facing upwards horizontally in the palm of your left hand. Spread sushi rice on the left most third of the nori. Take stacked ingredients from your work surface and place vertically in the center of the sushi rice. Sprinkle on sesame seeds and scallions.

Roll hand roll according to the method for rolling hand rolls. Serve immediately.

Variation:

Crab and Asparagus Hand Rolls

For each roll, follow the instructions for Asparagus Salmon Hand Rolls, substituting 1 piece of imitation crabstick for the lox. Cream cheese is optional.