Vegetarian Poke Bowl

I bring you a true delight… Quick, light and vegetarian! This is the Poke Bowl, a little-known recipe, but one that I love to make. It’s an easy recipe to prepare that is perfect for getting back to work and meal-prep lunches, although you’ll enjoy it in countless lunches and dinners at home as well. You’ll see that it takes very little time to make, which is appreciated during the week, and its ingredients are also very healthy.

This is a vegetarian Poke Bowl. If you don’t know yet about this Hawaiian dish, you can’t miss it! "Poke" means "to cut" in Hawaiian, and that is the main trick of this recipe. Most of the ingredients used are fresh, so you won’t need to cook them. Easy, right? Let’s get to it, I’m more than sure you’re going to love it!

Ingredients

• White rice
• Smoked tofu
• Avocado
• Mango
• Carrot
• Cucumber
• Cherry tomatoes
• Hard-boiled egg
• Sesame seeds
• Aceite Thai Wok La Tourangelle
• Salt
• Oil and a bay leaf to boil the rice (optional)

Preparation

1. First you should boil the white rice. You can do it for 13 minutes in boiling water in a regular pot (with a tablespoon of salt, a splash of oil and a bay leaf to flavor it). You can also use the Cocotte Every, specially designed for cooking perfect rices using the traditional method (thanks to its inner ceramic lid).
2. Remove from heat, drain and rinse with cold water to cool it down, remove any starch and make the rice lukewarm and loose, perfect for salads.
3. Prepare the hard-boiled egg, cooking them 10 minutes in boiling salted water in a saucepan.
4. Sear the tofu on the griddle or in a pan (on both sides).
5. Slice and dice the rest of the ingredients, using a mandoline if you want thin, even slices or a sharp knife.
6. You can now assemble your Poke Bowl in your favorite bowl -I used the No.W bowl from Revol, I love it!. Start adding the ingredients, beginning with a base of rice, then arrange the rest of the ingredients on top (vegetables, fruit and the peeled, sliced hard-boiled egg).
7. Drizzle a good splash of wok oil or soy sauce, a little salt and you can enjoy your lunch or dinner.

Notes

• You can vary the ingredients to your taste: you can change these to add raw mushrooms, apple, zucchini, onion... Also nuts like cashews, hazelnuts, pecans...
• You can make your non-vegetarian poke bowl. You can do it with sauteed salmon, griddle-seared tuna tacos... The important thing is to add everyday ingredients you like so you enjoy your meal.
• For the cubes, you can use the Treppo mandoline by Gefu, it’s fabulous for that purpose and you can cut into cubes in no time.
• When serving, you can present the bowl with the sauce on the side or serve it with the sauce separately. For that, we have used the new No.W recycled porcelain bowl and the coffee cups as a Set, ideal for bringing to the table individual portions of sauce as well, as clearly shown.