{"id":2019988,"date":"2024-07-24T01:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=2019988"},"modified":"2024-12-09T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:59:14","slug":"shrimp-tempura-rolls","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/shrimp-tempura-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp Tempura Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I teach middle school cooking classes, and one of our most beloved units is making sushi. The students are happy to turn cucumbers into perfect matchsticks and grab handfuls of sushi rice<\/a> to roll with the seaweed. I delight in watching the kids make something seemingly complicated, like shrimp tempura rolls, from scratch.<\/p>\n

Do you need a sushi mat?<\/h2>\n

It’s common to use special bamboo mats when making maki\u2014another word for sushi rolls\u2014but a mat is not a requirement. I like to use a clean kitchen towel topped with a sheet of parchment to help apply even pressure as I form the rolls.<\/p>\n

What is a tempura roll?<\/h2>\n

Tempura is food that has been dipped into a thin batter and deep-fried. Some ingredients commonly cooked this way in Japan are sweet potatoes, eggplants, mushrooms and, of course, tempura shrimp<\/a>. When items cooked in this manner make their way into maki, that’s a tempura roll!<\/p>\n

Sometimes, especially in the United States, tempura rolls are made with rice on the outside. In Japan, it’s more common to have seaweed on the outside of the roll.<\/p>\n

Shrimp Tempura Roll Ingredients<\/h2>\n