One of my favorite things to eat is poke (pronounced poʊˈkeɪ/). Poke is
a Hawaiian dish (kind of like an appetizers) that is a raw salad usually made
with sashimi Ahi Tuna aka Yellowfin Tuna. It comes either spicy, or with no
spice and can be sweetend too. It is usually made with soy sauce, sesame oil,
inamona, chopped chili peppers, ogo seaweed and maybe a few tweaks here and
there. I don't think I can pin point exactly how the original recipe is
supposed to be like since there are many variations and they all are pretty
tasty.
For my recipe, I used Albacore tuna, which is
more of a white meat tuna. Below are the ingredients and instructions on how I
made my poke!
Ingredients
1 lb Albacore Tuna
2 small cucumbers (or just 1 English cucumber)
1/2 chopped green onions
1 to 2 tablespoons of ponzu (citrus flavored
soy sauce--eye ball or adjust to taste)
1/2 to 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
1 to 2 teaspoons of togarashi (japanese
pepper/spice mix -- add to taste)
sea salt
Directions
1) Chop tuna into small, bite- sized cubes
around 1/2 inch or so and chop cucumbers into cubes smaller than chopped tuna.
Finely chop geren onions.
2) Place all chopped ingredients into a bowl
and add your ponzu and sesame oil. Make sure you toss it well so everything is
coated. For spice, proceed to add the togarashi and mix well. You can then add
your sea salt at this point, sprinkling a little at a time. You won't need
much.
And that's it! Super simple and quick and
healthy. You can either eat right away or cover the bowl with saran wrap and
place it in the fridge to let the flavors soak in more. Either way, this dish
will taste good. I personally like eating it by itself, but you can eat it over
rice as well or even over a bed of arugula.
looks so yummy! x
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That looks ridiculously goood!
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