Boston Roll
Poached shrimp, crisp lettuce, cucumber and mayo — a cooked, seafood-salad-style roll with no raw fish. Mild, crunchy and beginner-proof.
- Style
- uramaki
- Typical ingredients
- poached shrimp, lettuce, cucumber, mayonnaise, tobiko, rice, nori
- Calories
- ~300 per 8-piece roll (varies by shop)
- Raw fish?
- No — no raw fish
- Vegetarian
- No
- Origin
- United States
The salad roll
The Boston roll is essentially a shrimp salad in nori: cooked, poached shrimp with crunchy lettuce, cucumber and a little mayo, often rolled in tobiko. No raw fish, nothing challenging — just mild, fresh and crunchy.
Calories
Around 300 per roll; the mayo is the main variable. A solid, un-intimidating order for someone easing into sushi from the California roll.
Neta inside
Related rolls
California Roll
The roll that taught the West to eat sushi: imitation crab, avocado and cucumber, rolled inside-out. No raw fish — which is exactly why it caught on.
Philadelphia Roll
Salmon, cream cheese and cucumber — named for the cream cheese brand, not the city. The roll that put dairy in sushi and made a lot of people happy.