I got pretty motivated looking at recipes on #Pinterest the other day and decided to expand my cooking horizons. Did it turn out looking exactly like the Pinterest photo? no. Were there a few things I could've done better? Obviously. But arguably the most important question, was it edible? Yes. Therefore, not a complete #Pinterestfail.
I decided to try and make this recipe because it reminded me of the Aloha Poke bowls I'm obsessed with back home. *Disclosure: I was unsuccessful in making it taste the same, but maybe it could have been close.. read below!*
Here's the recipe: Feeds 2
Ingredients:
Jasmine Rice
Water
Salt
Lime Juice
Minced Fresh Cilantro
Honey
Chicken or Vegetable Stock
Salmon Fillets
Avocado
Chili Powder
Instructions:
Rice: Cook 1 cup of the jasmine rice in 1 and 1/2 cups of salted water per package instructions. Take off heat when it's done. Preheat a medium cooking pan over medium-high heat. Mix 3 tablespoons of chicken or vegetable stock, lime juice (1/2 of a lime), 1 tbsp honey, and 2 tbsp cilantro together. Pour the mixture into the preheated pan and let it simmer for about a minute, Take the pan off the heat and mix rice into the liquid. Season with a little bit more salt, mix well, and set aside.
Salmon: Preheat oven to 435 and cover a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease it. Rub the salmon skin with some oil and place the fillets skin down on the prepared baking sheet. Mix 1 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp honey, and 2 tbsp cilantro together and rub salmon fillets with it on all exposed sides. Pour all excess glaze over the top and season with some salt. Bake salmon for 12-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of your salmon fillets.
Avocado: Cut 1 avocado in half, take out the pit and take off the skin. Chop avocado and add it to a small bowl. Add 1 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp cilantro, 1/4 tsp chili powder, and salt. Gently mix.
To assemble the rice bowls: divide rice among two bowls, top it off with a salmon fillet, and top each bowl with half the avocado mixture.
Some things that went wrong on our end:
Our salmon Fillets weren't fully defrosted... We had our rice cooked and were still working on defrosting our salmon (anyone else bad at timing the different parts of their meals to be done at the same time?) so it wen't into the oven a little frozen still. Because of this we had a hard time telling if the salmon was done therefore overcooking it. Lesson learned... ALWAYS make sure your food is fully defrosted ahead of time!
We didn't have chicken or vegetable stock. Forgot it while at the grocery store and tried to substitute it. Probably would have tasted much much better that way... next time!
Our avocado wasn't fully ripe yet. I'm no avocado expert so I really had no idea what I was doing as I was picking out my avocado. Next time I'll be doing more research before grabbing one so it's a bit softer and blends better!
We're currently renting an apartment in Colombia and only have the kitchen utensils they have given us. Unfortunately that does not include measuring utensils so all measurements were guesses for us therefore were probably off.
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