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NZ King Salmon Poke

The NZ King Salmon Poke is a rice bowl topped with marinated sashimi-grade salmon, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, toasted sesame oil, garlic powder, and scallions.

Other toppings include thinly-sliced cucumber, sliced radish, cubed avocado, furikake, and red pepper flakes.

Ingredients

For the poke bowl

1 cup sushi rice (other rice can be used as well)

450g sashimi-grade salmon

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1/2 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 2 scallions, thinly sliced

Other toppings

Thinly-sliced cucumber Sliced radish

1 large avocado, cubed

Furikake Red pepper flakes

The steps

Cook the rice:

Start the rice first and prep the rest of the ingredients while it cooks. Rinse the rice a few times under cool water, rubbing it gently with your hands, until the water isn’t quite so cloudy. Then cook the rice according to package instructions or in a rice cooker. Fluff and keep covered until ready to eat.

Prepare the salmon:

Gently pat the salmon all over to dry with a paper-towel or clean cloth. Make sure that there are no pin bones. Cut the salmon into 1.5cm cubes. Add the salmon into a medium bowl and set aside.

Make the dressing:

In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sugar and garlic powder. The garlic powder and sugar will not dissolve completely, but that’s fine. Combine the salmon and the dressing: Add the sliced scallions to the bowl with the salmon, saving 1 to 2 tablespoons for garnish. Add the soy sauce mixture to the salmon and scallions. Using a large spoon or a rubber spatula, gently mix the salmon with the soy sauce mixture.

Serve:

Divide the rice between each bowl and then the salmon. Top with the rest of the sliced scallions, sliced cucumber, sliced radishes, diced avocado, furikake and red pepper flakes, if you like. The poke bowl is best enjoyed immediately.

Tips

FREEZING FISH

Save for later

If you are not planning to eat your fish in the following few days after purchase, then a good option is to freeze it. 

While frozen fish loses some of its quality characteristics, this compromise can be mitigated by following a few steps…

FILLETING FISH

How to prepare

Choose a large bench space and make sure all surfaces are clean – best to use a good-sized chopping board that is larger than the fish you intend to fillet…

FISH STORAGE

Stay fresh

Transporting fish from Le COMPTOIR de L’OCÉAN to your home: always use a cooler or insulated bin, and plenty of ice…

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