What You Can Learn From This Recipe?
You may learn how to make sushi-quality fish, marinade proteins for well-balanced flavors, and put together a colorful and nourishing bowl with this recipe. For more depth, you’ll also learn how to season rice.
What I Love About This Recipe?
I adore this recipe’s adaptability. It lets you get creative with the protein and toppings while maintaining healthy, fresh ingredients. Every bite is a delicious and nourishing explosion.
What’s the Best Way to Store Leftovers?
If you have leftovers, keep the rice and veggies in sealed containers apart from the salmon. To ensure maximum freshness, consume within 1 day.
What to Serve With It?
For a whole Hawaiian-inspired lunch, serve this poke bowl with seaweed salad, miso soup, or cool green tea.
Salmon Poke Bowl
Description
The fish Poke Bowl is a delicious dish that consists of marinated, fresh fish served over fluffy rice with colorful vegetables and tasty sauces on top. A celebration of fresh ingredients, this dish with a Hawaiian flair offers a harmony of flavors and textures. It makes a vibrant, filling meal that is simple to personalize with your own toppings, making it ideal for a light dinner or a nutritious lunch.
For the Salmon Poke:
For the Bowl Base:
For Toppings:
For the Sauce (Optional):
Instructions
Prepare the Salmon Poke:
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Marinate the Salmon:
- In a bowl, combine soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, honey, grated ginger, minced garlic, sesame seeds, and green onions.
- Add the diced salmon and toss gently to coat.
- Let it marinate for 10–15 minutes while you prepare the other components.
Prepare the Rice:
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Cook the Rice:
- Prepare sushi or jasmine rice according to package instructions.
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Season the Rice:
- Once cooked, gently mix the rice with rice vinegar for a slightly tangy flavor.
Assemble the Bowl:
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Layer the Base:
- Divide the seasoned rice among four bowls.
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Add the Salmon:
- Spoon the marinated salmon on top of the rice.
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Top with Vegetables:
- Arrange avocado slices, cucumber, carrot, edamame, and nori strips around the salmon.
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Drizzle Sauce (Optional):
- Mix mayonnaise and sriracha for a creamy spicy sauce, and drizzle it over the bowl.
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Garnish:
Sprinkle with sesame seeds and add a few pieces of pickled ginger for extra flavor.
Serve:
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- Serve immediately with chopsticks and enjoy the freshness of the poke bowl!
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 450kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 18g28%
- Saturated Fat 3g15%
- Cholesterol 45mg15%
- Sodium 700mg30%
- Potassium 600mg18%
- Total Carbohydrate 45g15%
- Dietary Fiber 5g20%
- Sugars 4g
- Protein 28g57%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
- Use sushi-grade salmon for this recipe to ensure it is safe for raw consumption.
- Customize toppings with your favorite veggies or add a crunch with crispy wontons or tempura bits.
- If you prefer, substitute the salmon with cooked shrimp, tofu, or another protein of your choice.
Journey of Salmon Poke Bowl
In Hawaiian, poke, which is pronounced "poh-keh," means "to slice or cut." The origins of this dish can be traced back to Hawaii, when fisherman would cube their fresh catch, season it with salt and regional spices, and eat it as a light, quick meal. As poke gained popularity, it was expanded to incorporate salmon, octopus, and other seafood, although it was originally made with tuna.
Poke bowls' simplicity and focus on using only the best, freshest ingredients form its basis. For a tasty snack, Native Hawaiians mixed raw fish with seaweed, limu (a kind of algae), and roasted kukui nut (candlenut). As soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice vinegar were added over time by Asian influences, the dish's flavors and appeal spread throughout the world.
Poke bowls are a global craze in modern cuisine, especially in health-conscious culinary scenes. It is a healthy option due to its proportions of protein, carbohydrates, and vegetables, and the customisable toppings offer variety. Poke bowls represent the marriage of innovation and tradition in everything from fancy restaurants in busy cities to food trucks in Hawaii.
You are savoring a well-balanced combination of tastes with Asian influences and Hawaiian traditions as you savor your Salmon Poke Bowl. This recipe celebrates inventiveness, freshness, and the joy of cuisine while bridging the past and present.
I appreciate you coming along on this tasty adventure with me!