This week on the YouTube channel I'm featuring a lunch idea that you can prep ahead for the week. It's a super pretty vegan tuna poke made with red beets. How amazing is it that it looks like tender ahi tuna?!
I also convinced you to try (and love) beets with the golden beet pastrami sandwiches, and now you can try your hand at this recipe. The beets are sooooo tasty, especially when paired with this creamy avocado wasabi dressing.
Check out how easy it is to make vegan tuna poke in the video below, which will also cover how to use it in a beautiful bowl or keep scrolling for the recipe.
We're moving right along with easy vegan grain bowl ideas! Check out last weeks recipe for a chicken shawarma bowl using soy curls.
vegan tuna poké bowl
Beets make a tasty veg-friendly tuna poké in this grain bowl paired with a creamy avocado wasabi dressing, fresh julienne veggies, and brown rice.
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Ingredients
beet tuna poké
- 3 large red beets, scrubbed clean with stalks trimmed off
- ¼ C lime juice
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon white miso paste
- 2 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 2 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon red chili flakes
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
brown rice bowl
- 1 C short grain brown rice
- 1 ½ C water
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ C radish, sliced thin on a mandolin
- 1 avocado, cubed or sliced
- 1 C frozen shelled edamame beans
- 1 C julienne cucumber
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
- 1 to 2 green onions, thinly sliced, as garnish
- black and white sesame seeds, as garnish
avocado wasabi dressing (makes about ¾ cup)
- 3 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- ½ C vegan mayonnaise
- ½ an avocado, peeled and pitted
- ¼ C packed cilantro
- 2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon wasabi powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 to 2 tablespoon water (if needed to thin out)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- To make the vegan beet tuna, prepare the red beets by slicing off the round cheeks of the beets until you’re left with a beet cube with flat sides. Slice the beet into smaller ½-inch cubes.
- In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine lime juice, rice vinegar, white miso paste, soy sauce/tamari, water, sesame oil, red chili flakes and sea salt. Whisk to combine well and add the cubed beets. Boil uncovered for about 10 to 12 minutes. Then turn down the heat and let it simmer for another 5 to 7 minutes until the sauce reduces. It should look thicker and glossy.
- Use a fork so some of the excess marinade drips off, and lift beets from the saucepan and place in 1 layer on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. You don't need to flip the pieces at all during baking.
- To make the short grain brown rice, rinse the starch off the rice in a sieve until the water runs clear. Place the rice in a medium sized pot over medium heat with water, vegetable oil, and sea salt. Once the water begins to simmer, cover the pot with a lid and turn the heat down to low. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked and tender.
- To make the avocado wasabi dressing combine lime juice, rice vinegar, vegan mayonnaise, avocado, cilantro, granulated garlic powder, wasabi powder and sea salt together in a blender until smooth. If needed, add 1 to 2 tablespoon of water to thin it out.
- To make the edamame, boil water in a kettle. Place edamame in a heat proof bowl. Add boiled water over top of the edamame until it’s covered and let it sit for 10 minutes. Then drain through a sieve and set aside until ready to assemble the bowls.
- To assemble the bowls, add 1 cup of rice per serving. Top with fresh radish, avocado, edamame , cucumber and carrot. Add the beet tuna, and add the avocado wasabi dressing, black and white sesame seeds, and green onion.
Jasmine
Hold up. A taco IN a taco with guac in between? This is brilliant.
Tammy van Holst
I made this and I LOVED it!!! yum yum yum!
Ellen Lederman
This is fantastic! I can see where different things could be rotated in, like tofu or tempeh, red cabbage, bok choy, but the edamame, cucumber, carrot, green onions and avocado were the best. The beets were so delicious, as is the sauce. And I followed your method of cooking the frozen edamame, learning something new: that I don't have to boil them to oblivion---they were so much better in flavor and texture this way. Thanks! Just discovered your blog and am loving it!
Rebecca Longmire
Hits all the right flavors and texture and is so good! Will definitely add this to the menu rotation! Thank you!!
Katie
How many servings does this make? Thanks for the recipe!
Lauren Toyota
about 3 or 4! depends on how much you eat really.
Iris
THIS WAS AMAZING! YOU ARE SO CREATIVE AND I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR SHARING YOUR TALENT WITH US.
Amy
I just made and devoured this. It was AMAZING. YOU'RE AMAZING! Thank you!
Anisa Mustapha
This was delicious! I will make it again.
Morgan
I only made the beet tuna poke part of this recipe and it was delicious! Little bit of heat and a lot of flavor which was a perfect addition to the bowl I made!
Ashlee P
2nd time making it. Doubled the recipe this time because it's just too good
Nathan
Can you freeze it for making meals for the week?
Lauren Toyota
you just want to freeze the cooked poke? Ya once cooked and cooled you can do that. But it will also last a week
Amanda
This was awesome! The beets are packed with flavor and that avocado mayo is incredible. This one will be on repeat.
Lauren Toyota
NICE!!! so happy