This recipe is a quick and easy, multipurpose way to make your ahi tuna for an amazing poke. I like to turn it into a poke bowl with a spring mixture of baby lettuces, pickled ginger, seaweed salad, diced mango, cilantro and sometimes rice or quinoa, but you can also use it to fill lettuce wraps. Still, there’s nothing like fresh tuna poke served alone with plantain chips as a snack or appetizer. This is how I’ve had it on vacation, and I love it, because it’s well-balanced with a sweet, salty and fiery bite from the ginger and spicy honey.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 2 hr 20 min |
| Active: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 16 ounces ahi tuna steaks
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon hot, spicy honey (I like Mike’s Hot Honey: Extra Hot)
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 scallion, finely sliced on a bias
- White sesame seeds, for garnish
- Fried plantain strips, store-bought
Instructions
- Dice the tuna into 1/2-inch cubes and add to a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, honey, ginger, sesame oil, vinegar and scallions. Add the soy mixture to the tuna and stir to coat. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Scoop the chilled tuna into martini glasses or bowls, then sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with fried plantain strips.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 160 |
| Total Fat | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 5 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Sodium | 927 mg |
Reviews
I made this recipe and a spicy ahi tuna recipe using frozen Ahi tuna from the grocery store. The spicy ahi tuna was great, but the poke tuna was mushy and not edible. I am not sure what I did wrong. I know it was not the ahi tuna because the spicy tuna I made was so delicious.
Any ideas on what went wrong?
Any ideas on what went wrong?
Really good! Made these last night as a poke bowl with quinoa and all the fixings suggested. Couldn’t find plaintain chips so I bought veggie chips. Great summer meal!
i used frozen wild ahi tuna from my local grocery. super affordable and you can literally make it whenever you like. thawing the tuna in the fridge overnight was all the planning needed since i keep all the other ingredients on hand.
my husband and i loved it!! i added a little extra ginger for more heat and rice vinegar for a bit more brightness. i also added some sesame seeds to the dressing. i wasn’t sure about the hot honey but i’m glad i used it. my store only had the original, not extra hot.
this recipe is a great way to add more omega-3’s to your diet. it’s so different from the usual baked fish i make – great change of pace.
this recipe is definitely on repeat!
definitely reminds us of hawaii.
about to buy more tuna so i have it on hand when the craving hits…
thanks, sunny!
My husband absolutely loved it.
Amazing! Super simple and so much flavor! I also found sushi-grade ahi tuna in the freezer section of my local chainwide grocery store, so it’s also actually affordable
Fantastic!! Like a fancy island restaurant!!
I made this last night after watching whole Foods Tuna
This is delicious and very flavorful.
For pete sake people if you made rate if not do not. It is not rocket science
This is delicious and very flavorful.
For pete sake people if you made rate if not do not. It is not rocket science