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Dragon Roll Recipe

The dragon roll is an outside thick roll of eel, and cucumbers that are wrapped with thinly sliced avocado. The green layers of the avocado resembles the scales of a dragon. (The dragon roll is often referred as the caterpillar roll as well) Grilled eel are sold in Japanese supermarkets in refrigerated or frozen packages. Be sure to re-grill the eel in a toaster or a oven before consuming them.

Also see: How to Make Sushi

Ingredients:

Eel
Avocado
Japanese Cucumber (or regular cucumbers)
Sushi Rice
Nori
Unagi (Eel) Sauce

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Roll the outside thick roll with eel and
cucumbers and set aside.

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Thinly slice half a peeled avocado, and fan out the slice as so.

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Use your knife and pick them up

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Place on top of the roll, and place a plastic wrap on top.

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Use a fine sushi mat and squeeze very gently so the avocado merges with the sushi rice.

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Cut into individual pieces and dress with
eel sauce.