Gluten Free California Roll Salad
This salad combines all the elements of a California Roll into a salad. Once your pantry is set up with gluten free Asian ingredients you're cookin! Then take this salad to your next potluck and expect rave reviews and requests for the recipe.
Servings 12 people
Calories 184kcal
Ingredients
- 1½ cups long grain rice
- ¼ cup unseasoned rice vinegar (first amount)
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoon salt
SALAD
- 3 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar (second amount)
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 long English cucumber , quartered lengthwise then sliced
- ½ cup finely shredded carrot
- 4 green onions , cut into 1-inch lengths, each length cut into thin strips
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped pickled ginger
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds*
FINAL ASSEMBLY
- 1 can crabmeat, drained (5 oz/120 g)
- 1 avocado , quartered and cut crosswise into thin slices
- 2 toasted nori sheets* , cut into thin strips about 2-inches long. Reserve a handful for garnish.
SALAD DRESSING
- 3 tablespoon gluten free soy sauce
- 1½ tablespoon gluten free wasabi paste**
- 1½ teaspoon ginger juice from jar of pickled ginger
Instructions
RICE
- Bring rice and water to a boil in medium saucepan. Put the lid on, turn heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- In small saucepan combine first amount of rice vinegar (¼ cup), sugar and salt. Bring to a boil stirring until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
- Transfer cooked rice to a large bowl and pour warm vinegar mixture over top. Stir with a fork pushing rice up the sides of the bowl allowing it to cool.
ADVANCE SALAD PREP
- Using a fork, stir in second amount rice vinegar and oil.
- Fold in cucumber, carrot, pickled ginger, green onion and sesame seeds. Salad can be prepared up to this point 1-2 days in advance. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before proceeding.
SALAD DRESSING & FINISHING
- Fold crab, avocado and nori strips into salad and transfer to a large glass bowl.
- In a small bowl stir all dressing ingredients until smooth.
- Sprinkle salad with remaining nori strips and drizzle with dressing. Serve within 4 hours.
Notes
*I buy both sesame seeds and nori sheets already toasted.
**To make a paste from wasabi powder combine 1 Tbsp wasabi powder (that's 3 tsp) with 1½ tablespoon water. It's ready to use in 1 minute.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 184kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 637mg | Potassium: 220mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 998IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
