Poke Bowl With Avocado

As acai bowls have become mainstream, spreading from niche juice shops and hippie-vibe cafés to Jamba Juice, poke is the bowl food to watch for. 

A traditional Hawaiian seafood preparation — take bite-size pieces of raw fish like ahi tuna, salmon, or octopus, marinade it in soy sauce and in essence you have poke (pronounced POH-keh) — poke was (and continues to be) a major trend in the Los Angeles dining scene last year.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, plus more for garnish
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 pound sushi-grade ahi tuna, cubed
• 2-3 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1 avocado

For serving:

• Cooked brown rice, at room temperature
• Seaweed salad, optional
• Pickled ginger, optional

DIRECTIONS

1. Whisk together the soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and seeds, and red pepper flakes in a medium mixing bowl. Add the cubed tuna and scallions, gently stir together to dress the tuna. Marinade for 5 minutes.ginger, optional
2. Meanwhile, pit and cube the avocado (the chunks should be of a similar size to the tuna. Add to the tuna, and gently mix together to distribute the avocado.
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