So per the usual, I was a little behind the healthy-times and it took me til this year to try a poke bowl!

Yes, I know, they’ve been the rage for a lot longer than that…but alas, it is what it is! Now that I’ve tried one and loved it (and coerced happy-hubby recipe-taster into loving it too!) it’s fast becoming a regular around here. Now to get the kids to love it…they’ll eat it if I serve a bit of grilled chicken in place of the tuna for them…still a fast and easy family dinner!

What I love about this dish is that it’s NO-cook - the kitchen and YOU stay cool while you make a filling, healthy, FRESH dinner dish! And hubby loves to take the leftovers the next day for work.

Ingredients

SAUCE:

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 Tbsp rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
good shake of crushed red pepper flakes
3 green onions, thinly sliced
good shake of sesame seeds, plus more for garnish

BOWL:

1-2 ahi tuna steaks (palm-sized) - depending on how many people you’re feeding - use one steak for each person
cooked brown rice
fresh spring greens or romaine or spinach
fresh cucumber, sliced
sugar peas, sliced thin (diagonally)
shredded carrots
avocado

Here’s how to make it:

Step 1: Mix up all the sauce ingredients to use as marinade for tuna.

Step 2: Dice up the tuna into 1 inch chunks. Marinate in sauce for about 15-30 minutes.

Step 3: While the tuna is marinating, chop and dice the rest of the fresh ingredients and begin plating (time-saving tip: I buy pre-packaged greens and pre-shredded carrots to save even more effort on this dish!)

Step 4: Once everything is chopped, spoon some rice into the bowl, lay some greens around it, then place the tuna and desired toppings over the bed of rice and greens.

I usually just lay out the ingredients buffet-style, and let everyone make their own bowl to their liking of amount and what’s in it…then they can drizzle more sauce over it!

ahi tuna poke bowl ingredients buffet style

I can’t wait for you to try this super-easy dish and then let us know if you are a converted poke bowl lover as well! Post a comment right here and tell us what you think of this fresh and easy dish!