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Recipe for Lomilomi Salmon
Lomilomi salmon is an appetizer that appears on the menu of nearly
every Hawaiian luau. It is a mixture of salted salmon, fresh tomatoes,
and fresh onions and it is often served on a bed of crushed ice to
keep it chilled and tasting fresh. The lomilomi salmon recipe on
this page includes optional chile peppers to give an extra spike of flavor.
Photo Credit: Hawaii Tourism Japan
The fish-salting procedure
used to make lomilomi salmon was introduced to Hawaii by early
western sailors, who usually included salted fish in their
on-board food provisions. Lomilomi salmon also has origins in
a traditional Polynesian dish known in Tahiti today as "Poisson Cru"
that mixes fresh raw fish with lime juice, coconut milk,
tomatoes and onions.
How to Make Lomilomi Salmon
Ingredients:
4 cups salted salmon, diced (see salting procedure below)
12 tomatoes, diced
4 small Maui onions, or other sweet onions, diced
1 cup green onion, thinly sliced
2 Hawaiian chili peppers or 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional)
Instructions:
Taste the salmon. If it is too salty, soak it
from 3 hours to overnight, rinsing twice
and changing the water during that time.
Mix all ingredients and serve the lomilomi salmon on top of crushed ice.
LOMI SALMON PUPU VARIATION: Cut the tops off of cherry tomatoes, remove the pulp,
drain and dry the tomato shells, and fill them with the lomilomi salmon
mixture. This variation can also be made using larger tomatoes filled
with side-dish size portions.
Fish Salting Recipe for Lomilomi Salmon
When salted salmon is not available, some cooks add
salt to fresh raw salmon to give it the flavor of
salt-cured salmon, but that method will not result in
the most traditional flavor. Here are some instructions
for salting fresh salmon:
Put a layer of Hawaiian salt or kosher salt in a large glass baking dish. Note
that table salt is not suitable for salting fish. You must use coarse salt.
Rinse salmon fillets, dry them well, and place them on top of the salt in a single layer
Sprinkle more salt on top and make sure all sides of the salmon are covered with salt.
Cover the salmon with plastic wrap, and weight it down using another
glass dish or heavy pan.
Refrigerate the salmon for 24 hours to 3 days.
A longer salting period will pull more water out of the salmon and
will result in a saltier and more heavily cured fish.
Rinse the salmon and dry it well before using to make lomilomi salmon.
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