I originally found this sushi recipe on Allrecipes.com - it's absolutely one of my favorites and it's one of the sushi recipes that I make almost every time we have sushi night at home.

A little tip to make your sushi experience a little easier: make sure your fingers are wet when you're working with the sushi rice. It'll keep the rice from sticking so much to your fingers and make it easier to complete the sushi recipe.

Smoked Salmon Sushi Roll

INGREDIENTS

* 2 cups Japanese sushi rice

* 6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar

* 6 sheets nori (dry seaweed)

* 1 avocado - peeled, pitted and sliced

* 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced

* 8 ounces smoked salmon, cut into long strips

* 2 tablespoons wasabi paste

DIRECTIONS

1. Soak rice for 4 hours. Drain rice and cook in a rice cooker with 2 cups of water. Rice must be slightly dry as vinegar will be added later.

2. Immediately after rice is cooked, mix in 6 tablespoons rice vinegar to the hot rice. Spread rice on a plate until completely cool.

3. Place 1 sheet of seaweed on bamboo mat, press a thin layer of cool rice on the seaweed. Leave at least 1/2 inch top and bottom edge of the seaweed uncovered. This is for easier sealing later. Dot some wasabi on the rice. Arrange cucumber, avocado and smoked salmon to the rice. Position them about 1 inch away from the bottom edge of the seaweed.

4. Slightly wet the top edge of the seaweed. Roll from bottom to the top edge with the help of the bamboo mat tightly. Cut roll into 8 equal pieces and serve. Repeat for other rolls.

Good luck with this sushi recipe - I've found it pretty easy to follow and hope that it makes it into your sushi recipe regulars.

HarpersDad

See more of my favorite sushi recipes at my Sushi Recipe blog.