Poke’ Bowls
Blog and recipe from the lovely Katrina Stones, Chef extraordinaire from UNE Life, Functions & Catering
Poke’ Bowls are all the craze at the moment not only because they look great, but because they give us the chance to be really creative and build a healthy balanced meal, using all of your favorite flavours, and maybe even a few new ones! Think of them as a cold layered salad so great for meal prepping ahead and for taking to work or on the run.
First things first, it sounds like “Poh-keh”—not poki, not poke.
Did you know…
- Poke’ is diced raw fish served either as an appetizer or as a main course and is one of the main dishes of Native Hawaiian cuisine.
- Essentially, poke’ is the Hawaiian take on the Japanese dish known as sashimi, but instead of cutting the fish into thin slices, they dice it into small cubes (then served with other delicious elements)
Makes enough for 2
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups of cooked brown rice
- 200gms diced fresh fish – Tuna or Prawn or whatever you like best!
- 50ml soy sauce
- Diced avocado
- Diced mango
- Diced cooked sweet potato
- Shredded vegetables – we love cabbage, kale, capsicum, cucumber, carrot, but again, you can add your faves
- Fresh chili – if you like it!
- Sesame seeds
- 20ml sesame oil to dress
METHOD:
- Pre-cook your rice (or you can get the steam cups from the shops)
- Start by cutting all your ingredients separately and cooking anything you need too, if you’re a mum like me or just love being prepared, you can do this a day in advance so they are in the fridge ready for when you need it! #hanger
- Mix together the soy sauce, sesame oil, and seeds to make a small dressing. If your making this for a work lunch just have it in a separate container until your ready to eat it or everything will get soggy, and no one likes a soggy lunch!
- When your ready you just need to let your creative flair run wild and start layering I always start with the rice on the bottom and then build from there, you can add as little or as much as you would like but be aware that this is a very filling dish.
- Once you have layered all your chopped ingredients just give it a little dress with your dressing and a few pieces of chopped chili and away you go. If you don’t like chili you can leave this off.
I always find looking at food gets me inspired, so check out these beauties! 🥰
Enjoy!
PS: We want to see what you put in your poke’ bowl tag us @lifefunctionscatering and we will share them in our stories!
