- Fresh ahi tuna
- Shoyu (soy sauce)
- Sesame oil
- Lim seaweed, sweet onion
- Rice
Hawaiian Poke
Ahi poke, Hawaii. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Poke (poh-kay) is Hawaii's raw-fish dish: cubed ahi tuna or other reef fish tossed with soy sauce, sesame oil, seaweed and sweet onion, eaten over rice or straight from the bowl. It predates the mainland poke-bowl craze by generations.
The traditional version is simple: fish, salt, seaweed, kukui nut. The modern bowl adds rice, avocado and sauces, but the fish quality is the whole game. It is beach food, lunch food, everyday food.
Key ingredients
How it is eaten
The traditional version is simple: fish, salt, seaweed, kukui nut. The modern bowl adds rice, avocado and sauces, but the fish quality is the whole game. It is beach food, lunch food, everyday food.
Where to try it
- Ono Seafood and Tamura's in Honolulu
- Any island grocery's poke counter (Foodland's is famous)