Kealia Poke Plate

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Level: Intermediate
Total: 1 hr 25 min
Active: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 pound fresh ahi or sashimi-grade fish, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  2. 1 teaspoon Hawaiian salt
  3. 2 cups white rice
  4. 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
  5. 1 1/2 tablespoons cane sugar
  6. 1 head lettuce
  7. 2 to 3 ounces clover sprouts
  8. 12 grape tomatoes
  9. 1 cup pickled ginger
  10. Sesame oil, to taste
  11. Sriracha, to taste
  12. 3 ounces soy sauce
  13. 1 ounce cane sugar
  14. 1 teaspoon chopped Hawaiian chile peppers
  15. 4 tablespoons 3/8-inch cubes avocado
  16. 3 tablespoons 3/8-inch cubes mango
  17. 3 tablespoons 3/8-inch cubes watermelon
  18. 2 tablespoons limu (fresh seaweed), chopped into 1-inch pieces
  19. 2 tablespoons crushed macadamia nuts
  20. 2 tablespoons diced sweet onion
  21. 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
  22. 1 tablespoon diced red onion
  23. 2 teaspoons inamona (roasted ground kukui nuts)
  24. 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
  25. 1 teaspoon minced fresh basil
  26. 1 teaspoon minced fresh cilantro
  27. 1 teaspoon minced fresh mint
  28. 2 ounces ponzu

Instructions

  1. For the fish: Put the fish in a bowl and toss with the salt. Keep cold.
  2. For the rice: Rinse rice 3 times, then let soak in 2 cups water for 15 minutes.
  3. Cook rice in a rice cooker.
  4. Pour vinegar in a bowl and add sugar. Mix until sugar is dissolved.
  5. Pour rice into a big bowl and carefully pour sushi vinegar over the rice, spreading it evenly on the rice. Thoroughly mix rice and vinegar, then let cool.
  6. For the salad: Chop lettuce to desired size and toss in a bowl with clover sprouts and tomatoes.
  7. For the spicy sesame sauce: Stir together sesame oil and sriracha in a bowl to taste.
  8. For the chile pepper shoyu: Stir together the soy sauce, cane sugar and Hawaiian chile peppers in a bowl.
  9. Prepare four plates with half sushi rice and half salad. Add 1/4 cup pickled ginger to each.
  10. For the Kealia poke: Add the avocado, mango, watermelon, limu, macadamias, sweet onion, green onion, red onion, inamona, crushed red pepper, basil, cilantro and mint to a large bowl. Add 3 ounces spicy sesame sauce. Add fish and mix thoroughly, but gently.
  11. Position the finished poke in the center of your prepared plates. Add 1/2 ounce chile pepper shoyu to the rice on each plate. Add 1/2 ounce ponzu to the salad on each plate.

 

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