Best Poke Recipes

Recipe Courtesy of Alaska SeafoodPoké is a raw fish salad that is popular in Hawaii, but the culinary phenomena has recently taken hold in the U.S. Traditional poke seasonings include classic Japanese ingredients like sesame oil, green onions, and soy sauce. Poké can be part of a healthy lunch because raw fish is low in calories, high in protein, and rich in heart-healthy fish oils.

Switch up the usual mashed potatoes this year and instead serve them au gratin style for Thanksgiving. 

Each bite explodes with red, white, and blue flavors in the festive cake. OK, maybe it’s the popping candy. But there’s no denying this dessert is a blast.This recipe is courtesy of McCormick.

Once you secure sushi- grade tuna, this meal in a bowl takes almost no effort to make. I upgrade the typical tekka don — sliced raw tuna, often briefly marinated in soy sauce— by merging it with the Hawaiian dish tuna poke (pronounced PO- kay), which I fell for while opening my restaurant in Waikiki. The cubes of luscious crimson fish dressed with a little salt, sugar, and spice taste great over wonderfully plain white rice or less traditional but no less delicious sushi rice.Recipe excerpted with permission from Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking by Masaharu Morimoto. Click here to purchase your own copy.

A great sandwich has a fine balance between salty and sweet. In this sandwich, by pickling the figs you're adding a bit of both sensations. The whole package is rounded out by a meat no one can argue with — proscuitto — and ricotta cheese for a subtle addition of texture and flavor. Picked figs can be kept for any rainy day, but they make an excellent addition to a sandwich like this. See all prosciutto recipes. Click here to see 8 Fantastic Fig Recipes.