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My teenaged daughter is a very picky eater. Chicken? Not a favorite. Pizza? Meh. But Asian food? Yes please! Thai, Japanese, Korean, she loves them all. So, when she mentioned that she grabbed a poke bowl for lunch from our local Darien fish store Fjord, I filed it away as a future healthy meal choice.
Enter my good friend Michele Salmini and the new recipe subscription service offered on her Oak Street Kitchen website. Michele and I have been friends forever, and just recently celebrated 20 years together in a Gourmet Group here in Darien. She is a fantastic cook, so it came as no surprise when she opened Oak Street Kitchen. In addition to the monthly recipe subscription plans, she also offers private and group cooking classes. Although she is not afraid of recipes with many steps and ingredients (like me) we were able to agree upon a meal that both of us considered easy. This poke bowl recipe is not only simple (and impressive) but also customizable, depending on your veggie and topping preferences. Roughly translated, poke means “diced fish” and is typically served as a tasty appetizer. But here we turned it into a nutritious meal with the addition of rice, vegetables, and some flavorful seasoning.
Tuna Poke Bowl
Ingredients
Poke bowl
- 1½ lbs sushi grade tuna, cut into ½ inch cubes
- 1 cup peeled and cubed cucumber
- 2 avocados, scooped and diced
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- ¼ cup dried seaweed
- optional: edamame beans or shredded carrots
- 4 cups jasmine rice
Poke marinade
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp sriracha
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
Poke crema
- ½ cub mayonnaise
- sriacha to taste
Instructions
- Combine poke sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk together
- Add tuna to sauce and gently combine, then marinate for 10 minutes
- Time to pile it all on and make the bowls: Fill bowls with rice, add tuna, veggies, seasonings and a drizzle of crema.
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