Japanese style poke with tune and avocado
Refreshing tuna poke with Japanese flavors like dashi and wasabi, perfect with sake.
Poke is a Hawaiian dish that’s become popular worldwide, often featuring marinated raw fish with fresh vegetables. This Japanese-style poke takes inspiration from the original but adds a unique twist with dashi powder and wasabi, creating a flavor profile that pairs beautifully with sake. This version uses sashimi-grade tuna, creamy avocado, tobikko (flying fish roe), and crunchy green onion, all tied together with a savory soy–mirin–sesame dressing. It’s refreshing, full of umami, and simple to prepare. Perfect for sake lovers, but it also goes great with beer or as a light appetizer for gatherings.
- Prep Time
- PT10M
- Cook Time
- PT5M
- Total Time
- PT15M
Ingredients
- 100 g sashimi-grade tuna
- 1/2 avocado
- 10–15 g tobikko (flying fish roe)
- Chopped green onion – to taste
- Shredded nori – to taste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp dashi powder
- 2–3 cm wasabi
- White sesame seeds – to taste
Instructions
- 1Cut the tuna into cubes and mix with soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil, dashi powder, wasabi, and sesame seeds. Let it marinate in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- 2Dice the avocado into 1 cm cubes. Add it to the tuna along with tobikko, chopped green onion, and shredded nori.
- 3Mix gently.Chill until ready to serve and enjoy cold.