Shrimp Tempura Roll
Crunchy battered shrimp, avocado and cucumber, usually with sweet eel sauce — cooked, crowd-pleasing, and one of the more calorie-heavy rolls on the menu.
- Style
- specialty
- Typical ingredients
- shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, eel sauce or spicy mayo, rice, nori
- Calories
- ~480 per 8-piece roll (varies by shop)
- Raw fish?
- No — no raw fish
- Vegetarian
- No
- Origin
- American sushi bars
Crunch, no raw fish
Built around battered, deep-fried shrimp, this roll is all about contrast: hot-fried crunch against cool avocado and rice. Because the shrimp is fully cooked, there’s no raw fish — a reliable order for the raw-averse.
Calories
The tempura batter does damage: figure 450–550 per 8-piece roll, before the sweet eel sauce or spicy mayo that usually comes with it. Delicious, but closer to a fried appetizer than a light bite.
Neta inside
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Spider Roll
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Tiger Roll
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