159 minutes•Easy•Serves 1
Lomi Lomi Salmon with Sweet Potato Poi and Light Coconut Rice
By @chef1
A simplified and quicker version of traditional Hawaiian dishes, featuring smoked salmon, sweet potato, and coconut rice.
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Ingredients
- ●4 oz Smoked Salmon
- ●1 medium Tomato
- ●0.25 cup Maui Onion (or sweet onion)
- ●1 tbsp Green Onion
- ●0.5 Jalapeño
- ●1 tbsp Lemon or Lime Juice
- ●to taste Salt
- ●to taste Pepper
- ●180g, weighed after baking and peeling Sweet potato, baked flesh, skin removed
- ●as needed Water
- ●60g Dry jasmine rice
- ●120ml Light Coconut Milk
- ●1 pinch Salt
- ●1 Pandan Leaf
- ●30g Water for rice
Instructions
- 1Prepare Lomi Lomi Salmon: Combine diced smoked salmon, tomato, Maui onion, green onion, and jalapeño (if using) in a bowl. Add lemon or lime juice, salt, and pepper. Mix gently and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- 2Prepare Sweet Potato Poi: Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Bake the sweet potato until very soft (about 45-60 minutes). Let cool slightly, then peel, weigh 180g of the baked flesh, and mash the measured flesh. Gradually add water until the mixture reaches a smooth, slightly sticky consistency.
- 3Prepare Light Coconut Rice: Rinse the measured 60g dry rice. Combine it with 120ml light coconut milk, 30g water, the measured pinch of salt, and pandan leaf (if using) in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 18-20 minutes, or until the rice is cooked and the liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.
- 4To Serve: Plate the measured sweet potato poi, top with all the Lomi Lomi Salmon, and serve alongside the coconut rice. This full plate is one meal serving.
Recipe details
- Cuisine
- Hawaiian-inspired
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 22 minutes
- Cooking
- 97 minutes
Estimated total: 159 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare salmon and diced vegetables: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Preheat oven: 15 min planning allowance (oven_preheat)
- Cool slightly: 5 min planning allowance (brief_cool)
- Peel, weigh baked flesh, mash and add water: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Rinse rice and combine measured rice ingredients: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Bring rice to boil: 10 min planning allowance (boil_heat)
- Fluff, plate and serve: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Chosen 10-minute combined prep block includes dicing pre-smoked salmon, vegetables, seasoning and mixing; optional jalapeno excluded.
- Written order retained; no presumed overlap with the earlier chill.
- 45–60-minute source range midpoint; doneness governs.
- Selected 'Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked, (lox), regular' as a general smoked salmon reference.
- Tomato: USDA medium whole (2-3/5" dia) portion weight
- Maui Onion (or sweet onion): USDA ordinary raw-onion chopped cup weight (160 g), used separately with sweet-onion nutrients; cultivar/moisture and packing vary (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/170000/nutrients)
- Sweet/Maui onion: USDA raw sweet-onion nutrients with separate ordinary raw-onion chopped cup weight; cultivar and packing vary.
- Green Onion: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Excludes optional Jalapeño
- Lemon or Lime Juice: USDA cup portion weight
- Using lemon juice as the first option for 'Lemon or Lime Juice'.
- Unweighed Salt: only documented zero nutrients included
- Pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- Pepper: Seasoning allowance: 1/4 tsp per 4 servings
- USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
- Explicit weighed baked flesh; USDA baked-in-skin flesh without salt, after removing skin. No raw weight or cooking yield inferred.
- Unweighed Water: only documented zero nutrients included
- Plain dry jasmine/basmati/long-grain white rice: generic USDA raw enriched long-grain rice; cultivar/enrichment variation disclosed, not cooked rice or a seasoned blend.
- Light Coconut Milk: A Taste of Thai Lite Coconut Milk manufacturer label, read 2026-10-22 (022218 label): 1/3 cup (80 mL), 50 kcal, 5 g fat, 2 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 5 mg sodium, protein less than 1 g. Protein omitted, not rounded to zero. Chosen unsweetened canned lite formulation; not full-fat milk, cream or sweetened beverage. Measured volume only; no gram density. (https://atasteofthai.com/coconut-milk/)
- Chosen A Taste of Thai unsweetened canned Lite Coconut Milk label; measured volume, no gram density; protein less than 1 g omitted.
- Unweighed Salt: only documented zero nutrients included
- Excludes optional Pandan Leaf
- USDA plain tap drinking water; unknown amount includes only documented zeros and omits nonzero sodium.
- Dry jasmine rice: New chosen single-meal rice portion replacing the original one-cup dry-rice portion; not a unit conversion. The 4oz smoked salmon and 180g cooked sweet potato are preserved. Original: {"item":"Rice (Jasmine)","amount":"1 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Dry jasmine rice","amount":"60g"}.
- Light Coconut Milk: Chosen one-person coconut-rice liquid allocation, using the existing reviewed light-coconut-milk label by volume. Original: {"item":"Light Coconut Milk","amount":"1.5 cups"}. Authored: {"item":"Light Coconut Milk","amount":"120ml"}.
- Water for rice: Chosen measured water addition for the coconut rice; separate from water used to loosen the poi. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Water for rice","amount":"30g"}.
- Dry jasmine rice: New chosen single-meal rice portion replacing the original one-cup dry-rice portion; not a unit conversion. The 4oz smoked salmon and 180g cooked sweet potato are preserved. Original: {"item":"Rice (Jasmine)","amount":"1 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Dry jasmine rice","amount":"60g"}.
- Light Coconut Milk: Chosen one-person coconut-rice liquid allocation, using the existing reviewed light-coconut-milk label by volume. Original: {"item":"Light Coconut Milk","amount":"1.5 cups"}. Authored: {"item":"Light Coconut Milk","amount":"120ml"}.
- Water for rice: Chosen measured water addition for the coconut rice; separate from water used to loosen the poi. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Water for rice","amount":"30g"}.
- Smoked Salmon: 113.4 g · USDA reference 171985
- Tomato: 123 g · USDA reference 170457
- Maui Onion (or sweet onion): 40 g · USDA reference 170008 · Portion reference
- Green Onion: 6 g · USDA reference 170006
- Jalapeño: optional ingredient excluded
- Lemon or Lime Juice: 15.25 g · USDA reference 167747
- Salt: documented zero nutrients only · USDA reference 173468
- Pepper: 0.57 g · USDA reference 170931
- Sweet potato, baked flesh, skin removed: 180 g · USDA reference 168483
- Water: documented zero nutrients only · USDA reference 173647
- Dry jasmine rice: 60 g · USDA reference 168877
- Light Coconut Milk: 120 mL · Food reference
- Salt: documented zero nutrients only · USDA reference 173468
- Pandan Leaf: optional ingredient excluded
- Water for rice: 30 g · USDA reference 173647
lomi lomi salmon · sweet potato · coconut rice
Estimated nutrition per serving
630 calories · 97.8 g carbohydrate · 13.4 g fat · 8.9 g fiber
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; measured inputs included with disclosed retention or uptake estimates where supported. Excludes optional Jalapeño; Excludes optional Pandan Leaf Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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Tuesday
breakfast
winter
Requested: 8 min
1 person