Ahi Poke Recipe (Hawaiian Raw Tuna with Inamona)
Classic Hawaiian Ahi Poke recipe, with soy sauce, spring onions and topped with homemade inamona, or crushed kukui nuts.
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Servings:
Calories: 216kcal
Equipment
- Knife
- Chopping board
- frying pan
- spoons and ladles as needed
- large bowl for mixing everything
- serving bowls or side plates
- cutlery
Ingredients
- 3 spring onions (scallions)
- 1 small onion or 2 shallots
- 500 g fresh, sashimi grade tuna
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 3 Tbsp light soy sauce not dark, not sweet, click to read more
- 3 Tbsp inamona see below
- 1 Tbsp toasted seaweed like Nori or seaweed of your choice (optional)
Homemade Inamona (Roasted, Ground Kukui Nuts)
- 6 kukui nuts or 4 macadamia nuts
- pinch salt
Instructions
Homemade Inamona
- Pound the candlenuts lightly with the back of your knife to halve. Don't worry about exact proportions.
- Tip all the candlenuts, including any bits, into a small frying pan and dry roast them on medium-low heat for 3 minutes.
- Then turn the heat down to its lowest setting and continue toasting for another 7 minutes or so, flipping the nuts regularly. We are going for a medium brown to semi dark brown colour. The smaller pieces will darken first. Take them out if you want, I just leave them all in the pan. The burnt bits just mimic the smokiness of kukui nuts toasted in their shells.
- When done, tip them out onto a plate and leave to cool while you get the other ingredients ready.
Chopping and Slicing
- Slice the spring onions (scallions) thinly, we'll be using all of the spring onion, green and white.
- Finely chop or slice the onion.
- If your tuna isn't already pre cut by your fishmonger, do it now. Cut the tuna into little cubes, about 2 cm (just under 1") wide, or slightly smaller, if you like. Place the tuna cubes in a large bowl.
- Remember our toasted kukui nuts? Place them in a chopper and pulse to a semi fine state. Don't keep your finger down on the button, as they'll grind too much and you will end up with a paste. Candlenuts have a very high fat content.
Assembling the Ahi Poke
- Now we are going to add all the other ingredients to the tuna in the bowl. Tip in the sliced spring onions and the chopped onions.
- Drizzle the sesame oil and soy sauce all over, followed by 3 Tbsp of inamona and some crushed nori, about 1 Tbsp. Just crush the nori with your fingers. Now mix this all up thoroughly.
- Dish up into individual bowls or side plates and top with a small sprinkling of more inamona and seaweed. Serve immediately.You could also turn this into a poke bowl by serving it over a bowl of plain white rice, with more soy sauce and sesame oil on the side.
Notes
Cook time is for the roasting of the Kukui Nuts
Nutrition
Calories: 216kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 806mg | Potassium: 417mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 2819IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 2mg
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