Lomi Lomi Salmon Recipes

LOMI-LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Pour a layer of salt into a large glass dish.
• Rinse the salmon filets, dry them well and place them on the salt in a single layer.
• Sprinkle salt on top of salmon, making sure all sides of the salmon are covered with coarse salt.
• Cover the salmon with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate the salmon for 2 to 3 days.
• Rinse the salmon thoroughly and pat dry before using it to prepare the lomi-lomi
• First taste the salmon and, if it is too salty, soak it for 3 hours in a large bath of cold water by changing the water every hour.
• Drain and pat dry the salmon well with a cloth or paper napkin.
• Mix all the ingredients by hand and serve the lomi lomi with crushed ice on top.

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Dice all the ingredients (salted salmon, tomatoes, onions, and green onions) separately. You want small, bite-sized pieces, think pencil eraser size.
• Put it all together into a big bowl.
• Lomi aka gently knead the ingredients together until well mixed. There is no need to salt or season because the salmon is already salted.
• Eat and enjoy!

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Cure the salmon in salt by putting a layer of Hawaiian salt in the bottom of a glass dish. Lay a salmon in it and gently press down. Sprinkle more salt on top and rub it all over the salmon. Top with even more salt, cover, and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours to pull out the water. Table salt is not recommended for this process.
• Rinse the salmon thoroughly in cold water to wash away a lot of the salt then blot dry. Cut the salmon in cubes and place in a bowl and add tomatoes, Maui onion, green onion and chiles. Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise. Make crisscross cuts in the flesh and scoop out the inside pineapple chunks; add to the bowl. Squeeze in the lime juice, add oil and black pepper, then toss the mixture to combine all the ingredients. Cover and chill for 1 hour. Scoop the mixture into the split pineapple shell and display as a decorative bowl. To eat, spoon the salmon salad into a lettuce cup.

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Cure the salmon: Mix the salt and sugar in a bowl. Place 2 long pieces of plastic wrap on a work surface, overlapping them to form a cross. Put half of the cilantro sprigs in the middle of the plastic wrap and top with half of the salt-sugar mixture. Press the salmon into the mixture, making sure the bottom of the fish is covered with salt and sugar. Sprinkle the salmon with the remaining salt-sugar mixture and rub it in, then place the rest of the cilantro on top. Wrap tightly in the plastic and refrigerate for 24 hours.
• The next day, unwrap the salmon, rinse off the salt and pat dry. Cut into 1/4-to-1/2-inch cubes.
• Make the salad: Toss the salmon, cilantro, tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno, vegetable and sesame oils and lime juice in a bowl. (Traditionally, the cured salmon is flaked and "massaged" with the other ingredients by hand.) Garnish the salad with chopped macadamia nuts, if desired.

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cover the salt salmon with water and soak overnight. Drain and rinse the salmon.
• In a large bowl, add the salmon, tomatoes, onions and green onions, and mix well. Add sea salt to taste. Chill. Just before serving, add the crushed ice.

SUNNY LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Wash salmon and pat dry. Mix to combine salt and sugar. Lay 2 long pieces of plastic wrap on top of each other to form a cross. Layer half the bunch of cilantro in the middle of the plastic wrap, add half the salt-sugar mix and press salmon into the mixture, covering the bottom well. Top with the salt-sugar mix, rubbing it in well and place the remaining cilantro from the bunch on top. Wrap salmon tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate 24 hours.
• Wash off salmon and pat dry. Slice into 1/3-inch cubes and place in a bowl, tossing with chopped cilantro, tomatoes, scallions, and lime juice. Serve on crackers.

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Make sure you use the freshest salmon you can get, preferably, it jumped right into your kitchen from the ocean.
• Place salmon in glass dish, cover completely with salt( you may not need all two cups)and refrigerate overnight.
• Drain salmon in the morning and pat dry - do not rinse.
• Dice salmon and place in favorite serving bowl.
• Chop tomato, green onions, placing on salmon.
• Sqeeze juice from half of the lime, removing seeds.
• Cover salmon mixture; placing freshly chopped cilantro on top. Refrigerate 3 hours before serving.
• Serve with avacado slices.
• Note: prep time does not include the overnight salting process.