Sashimi Lovers - Poke Salad

[Wheetsin 714]

Poke (pronounced Poh-Kay) salad is an absolute favorite of mine, but I didn't even know about it until about a year ago. I frequently ate this pre-op, but considering how great it is post-op (I couldn't get my daily Protein in until I added sashimi), hopefully sashimi lovers out there will enjoy it as well. For now I'm omitting a few ingredients (not yet on my OK foods list) but it's still awesomeness.

1/2 lb Maguro (or preferred type) tuna sashimi, cubed into 1/2" bites

1-2 stalks of green onions, chopped (not the onion part, just the green tops)

1.5 tbls of soy sauce

1 tbl of sesame seed oil

1/4 tsp chili oil

1/8 C purple laver (purple seaweed, can alsu use wakame, or a blend, or omit)

Sprinkle of white sesame seeds

Salt to taste (it's very nice when you have a fairly strong bite of salt)

Whisk together all the liquid ingredients. In anoher bowl: mix ahi, onion, laver and sesame seeds. Drizzle wet ingredients over fish mixture, refrigerate at least 15 minutes for flavors to mix.

Maguro has about 7 gm protein per ounce. I can eat 2 - 3 oz at a time (today I managed 4 oz spread over about 2.5 hrs). That's about 28 gm of protein deliciousness... and one less Protein Drink I have to force down.

[Jeni Martin 26]

it is off my okay list until 3 months post op

[Wheetsin 714]

Oh, that sucks. My nuritionist considers it a mushy (only salmon, tuna and whitefish) so I could have it @ 3 weeks, but waited until last weekend. It's the only thing right now that lets me get near 70gm Protein. With shakes and what not I'm topping out around 50 gm.

Well, save the recipe. It's worth the wait.

[Jeni Martin 26]

Mine keeps you off raw foods until three months... to avoid possible food posioning from it

[kimmy*custis 276]

That sounds sooo good, cant wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe. I made some lomi lomi salmon a week ago for my dad...it was delish!

[Dania621 9]

That sounds awesome! Already saved! Thank you very much....

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Can we cook it first? I know, it suppose to be raw, but I feel as if I can't eat raw fish without gagging. LOL

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

Sweet! Another modification I've seen is to sear the tuna (tataki), but keep the rest the same.

[BunnyLove 28]

Drat! This sounds really good, but I was hoping it was a recipe for the poke salad my grandfather used to make. Poke is a poisonous plant unless it's prepared right, but it's really delicious. There are two stalks growing wild in my yard right now and my mouth has been watering, but no one seems to know a truly safe way to make it!

Sashimi is one of my favorite things in the world, and I love sea vegetables, so I'll definitely try this. Thank heaven sashimi-grade fish is easy to find where I live.

[Rainydayz 27]

I may have to try this. Love me some sushimi. We have a grocery store here (Ingles) that claims it has sashimi grade tuna. I've never been brave enough to try it. Do you think it's OK? Or should I go find a real asian fish market? I live near Atlanta so I'm sure I can find one, but the Ingles is like next door.