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Poisson Cru

Poisson Cru

On Family Ingredients, Ed Kenney travels to Tahiti and learns the quintessential Tahitian dish: poisson cru, or raw fish.

From Family Ingredients

Recipe Ingredients

  • - 1.5 lbs sushi grade fresh tuna
  • - 3/4 cup coconut milk
  • - 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • - 1/2 sweet onion thinly sliced
  • - 1 medium sized carrot shredded
  • - 1/2 in a cucumber seeded and sliced half moons
  • - 3/4 cup fresh lime juice about
  • - 5 - 8 small limes
  • - Salt and pepper to taste
  • - Green onion to garnish

Recipe Instructions

- Cut the ahi into one-inch cubes. Add the fish to a medium size bowl. Pour the lime juice over the fish and mix well so each piece is coated in lime juice. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest in fridge for 20 minutes.

- After the fish has rested, pour off about half of the excess lime juice.

- Add the cherry tomatoes, sweet onion, carrot, cucumber and coconut milk and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with sliced green onions. Serve cold.