Spider roll
Encyclopedia
Spider roll is a type of Uramaki sushi
which includes breaded or battered deep-fried soft shell crab
and other ingredients such as cucumber
, avocado
, daikon
sprouts or lettuce
, and spicy mayonaise, rolled inside nori
and sushi rice. It is often rolled as futomaki.
Sushi
is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients . Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari...
which includes breaded or battered deep-fried soft shell crab
Soft shell crab
Soft-shell crab is a culinary term for crabs which have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft.In the United States, the main species is the "blue crab", Callinectes sapidus, which appears in markets from April to September...
and other ingredients such as cucumber
Cucumber
The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The plant is a creeping vine which bears cylindrical edible fruit when ripe. There are three main varieties of cucumber: "slicing", "pickling", and...
, avocado
Avocado
The avocado is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel...
, daikon
Daikon
Daikon , Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also called White Radish, Japanese radish, Oriental radish, Chinese radish, lo bok and Mooli , is a mild flavoured, very large, white East Asian radish...
sprouts or lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. It is eaten either raw, notably in salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, tacos, and many other dishes, or cooked, as in Chinese cuisine in which the stem becomes just as important...
, and spicy mayonaise, rolled inside nori
Nori
is the Japanese name for various edible seaweed species of the red alga Porphyra including most notably P. yezoensis and P. tenera, sometimes called laver. Finished products are made by a shredding and rack-drying process that resembles papermaking...
and sushi rice. It is often rolled as futomaki.