Las Vegas Roll Sushi

Las Vegas Roll Sushi is one of the delicious sushi rolls that you need to try. it's a simple sushi roll made with tempura jalapeno, avocado, and cooked or raw salmon. The best Thing in las vegas rolls is to fry them with tempura batter, this will make them crispy from outside. Las Vegas Roll Sushi is a perfect easy dinner or great appetizer idea.

Although we would not suggest this being the first roll you ever try to make, I recomned you to try Alaska Roll Sushi or Boston Roll Sushi.

So keep reading to learn more about Las Vegas Roll Sushi.

What is Las Vegas Roll Sushi?

A Las Vegas Roll (known as las vegas roll deeply fried ) is typically is made with Cooked or raw salmon(You can choose to cook salmon in the oil as deeply fried or you can use smoked salmon or you can cook in the air fryer).

This roll is crispy from the outside and has an extra kick to it with the jalapeno peppers and spicy mayo sauce as some of the ingredients. The Las Vegas roll ingredients also include avocado or cucumber (you can use both) but what makes this roll special is that it is lightly fried in tempura batter.

Is Las Vegas Roll Sushi Is Healthy?

Yes, Las Vegas roll is one of the healthy sushi rolls recipes that you should try? Cucumber, Avocado, Salmon, rice, and jalapeno are the ingredients of the las vegas sushi, and as you can see all these ingredients are healthy and full of nutritional value and vitamins that are good for your body health.

The only bad thing about las vegas rolls is the deep-fried jalapenos it may contain high calories amount because of the frying oil and tempura batter. So if you want to make super healthy las vegas sushi with fewer calories you can avoid using tempura batter and use a fresh jalapeno. You can also fry the jalapenos in the air fryer without oil, this will help you to lose the frying oil calories.

What is Las Vegas Roll Sushi made of?

Las Vegas rolls are made of very simple ingredients avocado, cooked or raw salmon, cucumber is rolled in nori sheets, and cooked sushi rice. Some people add Tobiko or masago on top while serving but this is an optional step. So let's take a deep look at las vegas roll ingredients.

• Avocado: Avocado is necessary, so if you want to make delicious las vegas roll, you need to pick a perfect avocado for that. To pick the avocado, Just Put your avocado in the palm of your hand and give it a gentle squeeze. A ripe avocado should be firm with darker colored skin but slightly squishy. If it’s too hard, your avocado is not ripe. On the other hand, if it has too much give, it’s overripe.

• Cucumber: This is not a necessary ingredient you can avoid if you want. If you want to add cucumber, I Highly recommend using Japanese cucumbers which are long and slender. Avoid using American cucumbers because they have thick skin and too many seeds inside. you can also use it alongside Yamagobo.

• Sushi Rice: Use high-quality short-grain rice and cook it in the Japanese way, which means steaming the rice that has been seasoned with sushi vinegar. Some of the best sushi rice brands that I’ve worked with are Lundberg Organic California Sushi Rice Botan Calrose Rice, and Nishiki Premium Grade Rice, all of these will give an excellent taste to your Alaskan roll sushi.

• Nori Sheets: You can find nori sheets in almost any supermarket in the USA or Canada, in the Asian food section. Or you can Buy Online nori sheets from Amazon or Walmart.

• Jalapenos: this is the main ingredient in the las vegas roll recipe. To Pick a good jalapeno, select those that are deep green and glossy, with a hint of color change to an orange or red on a small part of the pepper. Examine the shoulders of the pepper, where it curves toward the stem. Jalapeno peppers develop small cracks in the skin on the shoulders when they are ready to pick.

• Tempura Batter: To make tempura batter, break and whisk one egg, then add flour, cornstarch, and curry powder with some baking powder. mix all the ingredients with ice water to become a little bit liquid batter. 

• Salmon: For people who don't have any issues with eating raw fish, they can use raw fish in las vegas rolls. for the other people, you can use smoked or deep-fried salmon, you can also use air fried-salmon. You can choose to cook frozen salmon sticks in the air fryer and use it in the las vegas rolls.

Las Vegas Roll Ingredients

• 1 jalapeno pepper
• ¼ Hass avocado
• 4 oz fresh salmon
• 2 nori sheets
• 1 – 1 ½ cup seasoned sushi rice
• 2 Tbsp Kewpie mayo
• 1 cup tempura batter and oil for frying

How To Make Las Vegas Roll

How To Cook Sushi Rice

1. Soak and rinse the rice in a large pot full of water 4-5 times to remove all starch and dirt. Then Leave it to Soak for 30 min – 1hr.
2. Rinse The rice and transfer to a colander, let rest for 30 min.
3. Using a rice cooker (or you can cook in a pot over low heat), Cook the rice until water is absorbed and rice is tender, it takes about 10-12 min on the stovetop.
4. Once the rice is cooked, transfer it to a large bowl aside.
5. in another bowl, mix vinegar, sugar, and sesame oil and then pour over the rice and sprinkle in the sesame seeds.
6. Gently stir to season the rice. Make sure that the mixture touches all the rice.

How To Make Tempura Batter

1. In a large Bowl break one egg (Use egg yolk) and whisk with flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and curry powder. 
2. Add ice water while you stirring until combine altogether and the mixture becomes a little bit liquid.

How To Make Tempura Batter Jalapenos

1. Wash, clean and cut jalapeno pepper into halves along its length to remove all seeds (wash under running water to avoid wetness). Slice jalapeno into thin long strips (about 4 slices).
2. On skillet heat some oil.
3. Soak the jalapenos slices in the tempura batter, make sure to cover all the slices with the batter. 
4. Then fry in the jalapenos slices for about 3 minutes, or until become golden with light brown.
5. Leave it aside to cool.

How To Make Las Vegas Roll

1. Slice jalapeno into thin long strips.
2. Cut avocado into long thin strips.
3. Cut salmon into long sticks
4. Place the nori sheets on the bamboo mat (Use about ⅔ of each nori sheet and ½ to ¾ cup of sushi rice for each roll.)
5. Spread sushi rice evenly on the nori surface.
6. Arrange all fillings: tempura jalapeno, salmon, avocado, and drizzle on some Kewpie mayo. Remember to go light on the mayo and leaving ½ inch off at both ends. Doing this will prevent mayo to ooze out when you roll. Watch the video for more details.
7. Close the salmon skin roll using the bamboo mat.
8. Finally, Cover each roll with tempura batter and deep fry on hot oil for 1-3 minutes or until desired crispiness.
9. Let them seat on parchment paper to drip off excess oil; Then cut into slices.
10. Serve And enjoy.

What To Serve With Las Vegas Roll Sushi

• Ina Garten Beef Stroganoff
• Ina Garten Crab Cakes
• Pork Tenderloin
• Bone-In Pork Chops

Best Sauces For Las Vegas Rolls

• Tobiko Sauce Recipe
• Yum Yum Sauce
• What Is Masago Sauce
• Vinegrette Dressing Recipe
• Alfredo Sauce
• Mediterranean sauce with garlic

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Las Vegas Roll Nutrition Facts

• Calories 665
• Calories from Fat 487
• Total Fat 54g
• Saturated Fat 11g
• Trans Fat 0.6g 
• Cholesterol 65mg
• Sodium 376mg
• Potassium 705mg
• Total Carbohydrates 29g 
• Dietary Fiber 5.1g
• Sugars 7.5g
• Protein 18g

Vegas Roll

Author: Emily Hill Cooking Method:Stir-frying Cuisine:Japanese Courses:Appetizers, Dinner

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 30 minutesCook time: 5 minutesRest time: 5 minutesTotal time: 40 minutesServings:2 servingsCalories:665 kcal Best Season:Spring

Description

Las Vegas Roll Sushi is one of the delicious sushi rolls that you need to try. it's a simple sushi roll made with tempura jalapeno, avocado, and cooked or raw salmon. The best Thing in las vegas rolls is to fry them with tempura batter, this will make them crispy from outside. Las Vegas Roll Sushi is a perfect easy dinner or great appetizer idea.

Ingredients

• 1 jalapeno pepper
• ¼ Hass avocado
• 4 oz fresh salmon
• 1 – 1 ½ cup seasoned sushi rice
• 2 Tbsp Kewpie mayo
• 1 cup tempura batter and oil for frying

Instructions

 Sushi Rice

1. Soak and rinse the rice in a large pot full of water 4-5 times to remove all starch and dirt. Then Leave it to Soak for 30 min – 1hr.
2. Rinse The rice and transfer to a colander, let rest for 30 min.
3. Using a rice cooker (or you can cook in a pot over low heat), Cook the rice until water is absorbed and rice is tender, it takes about 10-12 min on the stovetop.
4. Once the rice is cooked, transfer it to a large bowl aside.
5. in another bowl, mix vinegar, sugar, and sesame oil and then pour over the rice and sprinkle in the sesame seeds.
6. Gently stir to season the rice. Make sure that the mixture touches all the rice.

Tempura Batter

7. Wash, clean and cut jalapeno pepper into halves along its length to remove all seeds (wash under running water to avoid wetness). Slice jalapeno into thin long strips (about 4 slices).
8. On skillet heat some oil.
9. Soak the jalapenos slices in the tempura batter, make sure to cover all the slices with the batter. 
10. Leave it aside to cool.

Make Las Vegas Roll

11. Slice jalapeno into thin long strips.
12. Cut avocado into long thin strips.
13. Cut salmon into long sticks
14. Place the nori sheets on the bamboo mat (Use about ⅔ of each nori sheet and ½ to ¾ cup of sushi rice for each roll.)
15. Spread sushi rice evenly on the nori surface.
16. Arrange all fillings: tempura jalapeno, salmon, avocado, and drizzle on some Kewpie mayo. Remember to go light on the mayo and leaving ½ inch off at both ends. Doing this will prevent mayo to ooze out when you roll. Watch the video for more details.
17. Close the salmon skin roll using the bamboo mat.
18. Finally, Cover each roll with tempura batter and deep fry on hot oil for 1-3 minutes or until desired crispiness.
19. Let them seat on parchment paper to drip off excess oil; Then cut into slices.
20. Serve And enjoy.

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