Spider Rolls

== Description ==
Source: Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2004 - Cooking Light Magazine
With the legs extending outside the sushi roll, this appetizer has a spidery look to it. Serve with wasabi and soy sauce.
== Ingredients ==
* 1 1/2 cup short-grain rice
* 1 1/2 cups water
* 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
* 4 (4 1/2-ounce) soft-shell crabs, cleaned
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
* 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 4 nori sheets
* 1 peeled avocado, cut into 16 slices
* 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
* 4 teaspoons sesame seeds
== Directions ==
# Bring rice and water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
# Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
# Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 15 minutes.
# Place rice in a large bowl, and gently stir in rice vinegar with a spoon until combined.
# Cover rice mixture, and let rest 30 minutes.
# Sprinkle crabs with salt and black pepper.
# Dredge crabs in flour, shaking off excess flour.
# Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
# Add crabs, top sides down; cook 3 minutes, gently pressing body and legs against pan.
# Turn crabs over; cook 3 minutes.
# Cut each crab into quarters, leaving legs attached.
# For each roll, place nori, shiny side down, on a sushi mat covered with plastic wrap, with a short end toward you.
# Pat 3/4 cup rice over nori with moist hands, leaving a 1-inch border on short end of nori closest to you.
# Arrange 4 crab pieces and 4 avocado slices horizontally over rice allowing crab legs to extend over long edges of nori.
# Sprinkle each sheet with 2 tablespoons green onions and 1 teaspoons sesame seeds.
# Lift short edge of nori closest to you; fold over filling.
# Lift bottom edge of sushi mat; roll toward top edge, pressing firmly.
# Continue rolling to top edge; press mat to seal sushi roll.
# Slice each roll into 8 pieces with a sharp knife.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 4 pieces)
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