Salmon Poke Bowls
Cubes of raw salmon in a soy and sesame dressing over sushi rice with avocado, cucumber, edamame and pickled ginger.
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Buy the fish first, and buy it for this. Poke uses raw fish, so it has to be sold as suitable to eat raw, and it should be bought the day you use it from a fishmonger you trust. If you cannot find that, choose another dish.
Cut the salmon into 2 cm cubes with a very sharp knife, and keep it in the fridge until the last moment. Toss it with the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar and a little honey only 10 minutes before serving. Do not dress the fish early. Soy and vinegar firm the flesh and turn it opaque.
Spoon the cooled sushi rice into bowls. Arrange the salmon, avocado, cucumber, edamame and pickled ginger on top in sections, and finish with spring onions, sesame seeds and a drizzle of the dressing.
Eat straight away, and do not keep leftovers of raw fish. Skin-on salmon must have the skin removed before cubing, so ask the fishmonger to do it.
Salmon Poke Bowls: Step by Step
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Whisk the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar and honey. Toss half of it with the salmon and leave for 10 minutes in the fridge.
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Spoon the sushi rice into four bowls.
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Arrange the salmon, avocado, cucumber, edamame and pickled ginger on top in sections.
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Drizzle with the remaining dressing and scatter with the spring onions and sesame seeds. Serve at once.
Related guide: Choosing rice.
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A Few Pointers
- Use fish sold for eating raw.
- Keep it cold until the last moment.
- Dress the fish only 10 minutes ahead.
- Eat it the same day.
Ingredient Swaps
- Out of spring onions? A small regular onion, finely sliced, or a few chives stirred in at the end both cover the job.
- If you only have ground ginger, a quarter-teaspoon for each tablespoon of fresh is the ratio usually given; it tastes warmer and less bright than the fresh root.
Serve It With
Miso soup · Seaweed salad · Green tea · Wasabi
Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Skillet Cornbread, Creamy Coleslaw, Philadelphia Soft Pretzels.
Leftovers and Storage
Best eaten straight away. Do not keep leftovers that contain raw fish.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, an approximate calculation from the ingredient list. Treat it as a rough guide: a cooked weight is worked out with raw figures, so those lines run high. How the figures are worked out.
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