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Lomi-Lomi Salmon

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Lomi-lomi salmon is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine made of salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes, with an origin similar to poisson cru. It resembles pico de gallo both in appearance and in the way it is often eaten, typically as an accompaniment to other foods such as poi or kalua pork.

Facts
Classification
Course
Side Dish 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Fish or Shellfish 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1840 2
Origin Region
Hawaii, United States 1
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Salt Curing, Smoking and Drying, Food Traditions
Source Lomi-lomi salmon, Wikipedia

In Cuisine

Hawaiian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Lomi-lomi salmon, Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Salmon, Ingredients
Source Lomi-lomi salmon, Wikipedia
Tomato, Ingredients
Source Lomi-lomi salmon, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Originated In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Lomi-lomi salmon, Wikipedia
Sources
1. Lomi-lomi salmon, Wikipedia
  • Introduction, first sentence
    is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine containing salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes
  • Introduction
    Lomi-lomi salmon (or lomi salmon) is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine containing salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes. Its origin is similar to poisson cru.
  • Introduction
    Lomi-lomi salmon (or lomi salmon) is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine containing salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes.
  • Uses Ingredient: Salmon, infobox main_ingredient field
    salmon, onions, tomato
  • Uses Ingredient: Tomato, infobox main_ingredient field
    salmon, onions, tomato
  • In Cuisine: Hawaiian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Lomi-lomi salmon (or lomi salmon) is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine containing salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes.
  • Expresses Tradition: Salt Curing, Smoking and Drying, Lead paragraph
    Lomi-lomi salmon (or lomi salmon) is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine containing salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes.
  • In Group: Raw and Cured Fish Dishes, Lead paragraph
    Lomi-lomi salmon (or lomi salmon) is a side dish in Hawaiian cuisine containing salted salmon, onions, and tomatoes.
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2. Lomi-lomi salmon (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia 'Lomi-lomi salmon' 2026-09-27: Hawaiian laborers returning from the Pacific Northwest 'introduced salted salmon' circa 1840, which 'immediately became popular.'View the Source
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