Hello! And welcome to the 21st post of Pizza Rat's Paradise.
Serves: About 1 person.
Recipe:
Ingredients:
1 cup of Rice
1-2 servings (~1/2 cup) of fish (I used smoked salmon as that was available, but I recommend anything else: see note below)
1/4 cup of Raw sweet white onion
1/2 tsp of Sesame oil
2 Tbsp of Green onion
A sprinkle of Sesame seeds
Any other mix-ins (soy sauce, salt, for example)
Directions:
Wash hands thoroughly.
Prepare rice as you prefer -- I just prepared white rice, plain and simple.
Chop fish into bite-sized pieces.
Pour a dollop of sesame oil to taste into bowl containing fish. Rub in gently with fingers.
Add green onion, chopped finely.
Add chopped white onion - I prefer to have it as slivers, as shown in the picture above, rather than choppy squares, as it lends sweetness into the dish, and one doesn't have to bite into a huge chunk of surprise spicy onion.
Add sesame seeds, and any other garnishes or mix-ins.
Mix by hand.
Add desired rice amount into the best serving dish you got ('cause you know you deserve it! ;) ) and top with poke mix.
Enjoy!
Note:
This was my first attempt at making poke -- I was pretty pleased with the results, if I do say so myself!
I used smoked salmon as that was what I had on hand in the fridge in a pinch, but I highly recommend using fresh raw sashimi-grade fish instead -- the smoked salmon was a bit too salty. If one wanted to do a cooked version, they could torch the salmon, use baked salmon instead, or do many other kinds of substitutes, like the one brilliantly described here:
Source/Instructional vid:
I watched this instructional video of 2 teachers to learn how -- the background had a fun Hawaiian theme:
If you have made it this far, thank you for reading! 💚
Appreciate any suggestions on what I should do next. If you would like to collaborate or support, feel free to comment, share, like below.
Accompanying Song: