Lomi Lomi Salmon

Name: Lomi Lomi Salmon
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: North America
Ingredients: Kosher salt (about 5-6 cups); 8 ounces salmon, skinned and deboned; 2 plum tomatoes, chopped; 1/2 cup chopped onion; 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions

Total Time Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield 4 servings

Test Kitchen Approved

Learn how to make lomi lomi salmon, an easy Hawaiian dish of simple salt-cured salmon, tomatoes and onions.

Ingredients

Kosher salt (about 5-6 cups)
8 ounces salmon, skinned and deboned
2 plum tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions

Directions

Add salt to a small baking dish until bottom is covered. Place salmon over salt. Cover with salt until salmon is covered. Cover tightly; refrigerate 24 hours.
Remove salmon from pan; discard salt. Rinse excess salt off salmon. Fill a large bowl with cold water; submerge salted salmon. Refrigerate 3-4 hours.
Place tomatoes, onion and green onion in a medium bowl. Remove salmon from water and cut into bite-size pieces. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight until flavors have melded.

Nutrition Facts

1/2 cup: 106 calories, 5g fat (1g saturated fat), 28mg cholesterol, 33mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 10g protein.