Lomi Salmon

Taste Hawaii at home with this classic side dish with easy substitutes for the traditional salted salmon that can be harder to find. Recipe adapted from The Aloha Kitchen cookbook by Alana Kysar.

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine Hawaiian

Diet Gluten Free, Low Calorie, Low Fat

Keyword condiments, hawaiian appetizer, make ahead appetizer

Prep Time 20

Servings

Calories 68kcal

Author Agile Test Kitchen

Ingredients

Salted Salmon

4 oz fresh salmon, skin and bones removed See Notes 1 and 2
1 Tb sea salt or Pink Himalayan salt or 2 Tb kosher salt

Lomi Salmon

1 lb ripe tomatoes, diced 1/4-1/2" thick pieces 1 lb is about 3 medium sized tomatoes or 2 1/2 cups diced tomatoes, see Note 3
2 ea green onion sliced 1/4-1/2" thick pieces
1/2 c diced sweet onion, 1/4-1/2" thick pieces see Note 4
salt to taste black pepper to taste if you like pepper

Optional

1/4 tsp Korean chili flakes or hot sauce of your choice

Instructions

Put the salmon pieces in a nonreactive container, such as one made of glass, stainless steel or ceramic material.
Sprinkle both sides with the 1 Tb of salt between both sides. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.
Rinse salt off thoroughly or soak in water for an hour in the fridge. Drain, dry, and dice in to 1/4-1/2" thick pieces.
Gently mix salmon with remaining ingredients.
If you have time, refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving to give time for the flavors to meld. Store up to 3 days in the fridge.

Notes

If you make your own salted salmon, this is a great use of salmon trim or leftover bits of raw salmon, since the salmon just gets diced up in this dish anyway.
If you don't want to make salted salmon, you can substitute this with smoked salmon or a 4 oz can of salmon or tuna packed in water that has been drained.
Deseeding the tomatoes is optional. (You really don't have to if you don't want to.)
Instead of sweet onion, you can use red onion or white/yellow onion. Just rinse under water after chopping to remove harsh compounds.
Serve as an accompaniment to meat/fish dishes, bagels and cream cheese, scrambled eggs, or just with some tortilla chips.

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