Tuna or Salmon Poke Bowl - with Jukes 8
This simple recipe only takes minimal preparation and then you can either throw it together speedily or take some time to beautify your presentation by preparing the vegetables carefully. Either way, it tastes amazing and has the added benefit of working beautifully with three of our Jukes drinks.
Ingredients
500g Sushi-grade salmon/tuna (the finest quality you can find) sliced into 1cm square chunks
500g Sushi rice, but short-grain white, brown rice or even black rice all work well
Garnish ingredients
Half a cucumber – half peeled in strips then finely sliced on the diagonal
12 Radishes, finely sliced into discs
Two small pots of Edamame beans
Two carrots, shredded into fine matchsticks
2 Avocados, sliced into small cubes
Pickled ginger (optional)
A handful of finely sliced red cabbage
12 Cherry tomatoes, quartered
Sauce ingredients
50ml Soy sauce
Half a lemon (juice)
20ml Sesame oil
A dash of mirin (to taste)
2 Spring onions, finely slice the white section after removing the roots and the dark green parts
A couple of dashes of rice wine vinegar (to taste)
2cm squared block of fresh ginger, grated
Sesame seeds (black ones if you can find them for extra drama)
Method
First, make the sauce with all of the ingredients listed above. Play around with the flavour, if necessary, so it suits your palate precisely. Use one-third of it to marinate the cubed fish (for approximately half an hour), one-third to marinate the avocado (for five minutes) and retain the final third for dressing the bowls. While the fish and avocado are marinating, cook the rice and allow it to cool (it can be warm, but not hot, if you wish).
Now you can build the bowls. Divide the rice between four bowls and pile a quarter of the salmon (or tuna) in one corner and a quarter of the avocado in another corner. Discard the two marinating sauces as you have some extra to dress the bowls at the end. Then arrange the various vegetables artfully (or not) around the bowls and finally sprinkle some of the dressing over your creation while retaining some for your guests if they like a more potent flavour.