This Alaska roll sushi is a delicious and light appetizer or dinner preparation. Alaska roll sushi ingredients are easy to find and making sushi at home is easier than you think!
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If you love Japanese food such as sushi and sashimi, you will absolutely love this Alaska roll sushi! Easy to find ingredients make sushi at home easier than you would think!
Pair your Alaska roll with your dipping sauce and you are eating in style! You will also love my Vegetable Sushi and Furikake Salmon.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS
- Alaska Sushi Roll (Alaskan Sushi Roll) is a super healthy and protein packed appetizer or dinner option. If you love sushi and sashimi, you will also love this Yellowtail Sashimi and Sweet Potato Sushi Roll recipe.
- You can make these salmon crab rolls using white or black rice. I love making Instant Pot Sushi Rice or Instant Pot Black Rice because it is super easy and quick.
- Once you get the hang of this easy sushi recipe, you will be making homemade sushi over and over again!
- This Alaskan sushi roll also pairs well with Ginger Dressing and if you want a spicy kick, add a dab of Chili Crisp on top.
Alaska Sushi Roll Ingredients
Sushi Rice
- Sushi Rice: Some excellent brands of sushi rice brands that I have had good luck with are Lundberg Organic California Sushi Rice, Botan Calrose Rice and Nishiki Premium Grade Rice. These all work well for the Alaska roll sushi.
- Nori Seaweed Paper: You can buy nori sheets at most grocery stores in the Asian section. You can also find a large variety of roasted nori seaweed sheets on Amazon.
Alaska Roll Sushi
- Nori Seaweed Paper:
- Sushi-Grade Salmon Filet: You will want to be sure to purchase sushi grade salmon to make your Alaska roll sushi. This can be purchased directly from many sushi restaurants. You can also check with your local grocery store. Here in Arizona, I purchase my sushi grade fish from AJ’s Fine Foods at the sushi counter.
- Imitation or Real Alaskan Crab
- Mayonnaise
- Sriracha: Amazing spicy sauce. If you have never tried, you will eat it on everything!
- Cucumber
- Avocado
- Pickled ginger (optional): If you would like to make your own, you can head over to my Quick Pickled Vegetables recipe which works great to make pickled ginger. You can also buy pink pickled ginger or white pickled ginger on Amazon or at most local supermarkets in the Asian section.
- Wasabi (optional): While can buy pre-made wasabi paste and many grocery stores or online, if you want to know how to make wasabi, I would recommend that you buy wasabi powder. Personally, I think that wasabi made with wasabi powder tastes fresher and more potent. Wasabi is super easy to make! You simply add water to the wasabi powder and BOOM, you have the awesome wasabi that you get in Japanese restaurants.
Optional Sauces and Toppings
- Spicy Sriracha Mayo
- Bang Bang Sauce: Easy recipe. Who doesn’t like sweet and spicy!
- Eel Sauce: My homemade recipe for eel sauce is super easy!
- White or black sesame seeds
How to make alaska sushi roll
How to make sushi rice
- Rinse the rice in a fine mesh strainer to remove excess starch (water should run clean). Shake off excess water.
- Add rinsed rice and salt to instant pot. Add water. Add 1 tsp salt.
- Cook on instant pot high pressure setting for 6 minutes (with full natural release).
- Transfer rice to bowl. Add rice vinegar evenly over rice.
- Gently fold rice to incorporate rice vinegar, be careful not to smash rice.
Make spicy crab mix
- Shred imitation crab meat or Alaskan crab meat.
- Mix imitation crab meat or Alaskan crab meat with mayonnaise and sriracha.
How to roll Alaskan sushi rolls
- Cover a bamboo sushi rolling mat with plastic wrap.
- Place a sheet of nori on the mat.
- Dip hands in water and clap to remove excess water. It helps to keep small bowl of water near you and a towel.
- Spread a layer of rice across the nori. You will use about 1 cup cooked rice per full nori sheet.
- Spread rice over whole surface of nori (no gap). Lay slices of salmon evenly over half.
- Flip nori over (rice/salmon side down, nori up).
- Place 2 tbsp crab mix, 2 slices avocado and 3-4 thin cucumber strips lengthwise in a strip across the rice. Placement should be about 1 inch or so from the bottom of the rice paper. Be careful not to put too many or sushi roll will not close well.
- Use bamboo mat to lift edges up and over filling. Use fingers to tuck roll.
- Tuck mat tightly into roll shape so only nori with no rice is exposed, pull back and tighten.
- Move mat and shape Alaska roll sushi, repeat squeeze and shape.
- Slice and wipe with wet towel after each slice to prevent knife from getting too sticky.
- Cut in half and then each half into 3 segments.
Best sauces for sushi
If you want the best sauces for Alaska roll sushi, you cannot go wrong with spicy mayo (spicy Sriracha mayonnaise), eel sauce (or unagi sauce), bang bang sauce and ginger miso dressing. If you want something extra hot and spicy, you can also check out my delicious chili crisp.A Message from Advertising PartnerSponsored VideoWatch to learn more
How to make spicy mayo
Spicy mayo is made with 1/3 cup mayo and 1 tbsp. Sriracha (you can add a squeeze of lemon and pinch of sugar if you prefer).
How to make eel sauce
Eel sauce is not made of eel! It is a sauce that traditionally contains sake, mirin or rice vinegar and soy sauce. My Eel Sauce Recipe is quick and easy with rice vinegar, soy sauce and white wine that you may already have on hand!
FAQ and expert tips
Yes, if you add raw salmon to the top. However, the insides are cooked if you are using imitation or real (cooked) crab meat, avocado and cucumber.
No. While there are a few versions of the Alaska roll, the traditional version does not have cream cheese.
There are 50-150 calories per roll depending on the version of the Alaska sushi roll.
Looking for other delicious sushi recipes and sushi dipping sauces?
- Eel Sauce (for Sushi)
- Chili Crisp
- Bang Bang Sauce
- Furikake Salmon
- Miso Ginger Dressing
- Asian Inspired Buddha Bowl
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Alaska Roll Sushi
Equipment
- Instant pot (sushi rice), bamboo sushi mat, plastic wrap
Ingredients
Sushi Rice
- 1 cup small or medium grain white rice
- 1 cup + 1 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
Alaska Roll Sushi
- 1 sheet nori (seaweed paper)
- 6 oz 6 thin slices Sushi-Grade Salmon
- ¼ cup imitation crab meat or real Alaskan crab meat
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise (optional)
- ½ tsp sriracha (optional)
- 2-3 slices cucumber (cut into matchsticks)
- 2-3 slices avocado
- pickled ginger (optional)
- wasabi (optional)
Optional Sauces and Toppings
- spicy sriracha mayo
- bang bang sauce
- eel sauce
- white or black sesame seeds
Instructions
How to make sushi rice
- Rinse the rice in a fine mesh strainer to remove excess starch (water should run clean). Shake off excess water.
- Add rinsed rice and salt to instant pot. Add water. Add 1 tsp salt.
- Cook on instant pot high pressure setting for 6 minutes (with full natural release).
- Transfer rice to bowl. Add rice vinegar evenly over rice.
- Gently fold rice to incorporate rice vinegar, be careful not to smash rice.
Make spicy crab mix
- Shred imitation crab meat or Alaskan crab meat.
- Mix imitation crab meat or Alaskan crab meat with mayonnaise and sriracha.
How to roll Alaskan sushi rolls
- Cover a bamboo sushi rolling mat with plastic wrap.
- Place a sheet of nori on the mat.
- Dip hands in water and clap to remove excess water. It helps to keep small bowl of water near you and a towel.
- Spread a layer of rice across the nori. You will use about 1 cup cooked rice per full nori sheet.
- Spread rice over whole surface of nori (no gap). Lay slices of salmon evenly over half.
- Flip nori over (rice/salmon side down, nori up).
- Place 2 tbsp crab mix, 2 slices avocado and 3-4 thin cucumber strips lengthwise in a strip across the rice. Placement should be about 1 inch or so from the bottom of the rice paper. Be careful not to put too many or sushi roll will not close well.
- Use bamboo mat to lift edges up and over filling. Use fingers to tuck roll.
- Tuck mat tightly into roll shape so only nori with no rice is exposed, pull back and tighten.
- Move mat and shape roll, repeat squeeze and shape.
- Slice and wipe with wet towel after each slice to prevent knife from getting too sticky.
- Cut in half and then each half into 3 segments.
Notes
- ***Food Safety: Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Check with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or appropriate regulatory agency regarding food safety recommendations.
- Leftovers and Storage: Eat immediately. Do not store.
Kate
This Alaska roll sushi is easy and super delicious!