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Year 5

Making a poke bowl

I can use food skills to make a poke bowl.

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Year 5

Making a poke bowl

I can use food skills to make a poke bowl.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Poke bowls originate from Hawaii, traditionally using fish. Modern bowls have many ingredients, attractively presented.
  2. Recipes can be modified to use different ingredients, depending on availability, cost and sensory attributes.
  3. Hands should be washed before and after cooking, after touching the bin, blowing your nose and cleaning.
  4. The food skills to make a poke bowl are: measuring, grating, slicing, dicing, mixing (shaking), juicing and arranging.
  5. A dish can be improved by evaluating its appearance, smell, texture and taste.

Keywords

  • Poke - a dish originating from Hawaii

  • Presentation - the arrangement of ingredients to make the dish look appealing

  • Sensory attributes - the features of a food: its appearance, smell, taste and texture

Common misconception

All fruit and vegetables should be peeled before use.

Not all fruit and vegetables need to be peeled, such as apples and potatoes. The peel, or skin, can be tasty and be good for us. However, they should be washed to remove any dirt, insects and bacteria.


To help you plan your year 5 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making a poke bowl, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Allow pupils to be creative and choose ingredients for their own poke bowl, from a selction you provide. A range of seasonal, school-grown and canned fruit and vegetables can be used. Pupils can use small paper bowls to create and present their poke.
Teacher tip

Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is this cutting technique called?
An image in a quiz
the bridge slice
the bridge claw
Correct answer: the bridge hold
Q2.
Match the measuring equipment to the ingredients:
Correct Answer:weighing scales,rice, flour, beans

rice, flour, beans

Correct Answer:measuring jug,milk, water

milk, water

Correct Answer:measuring spoons,oil, spices, herbs

oil, spices, herbs

Q3.
How many portions of fruit and vegetables should we have each day?
between 2 and 5
exactly 5
Correct answer: at least 5
Q4.
What should you do before you start to cook?
Correct answer: wash hands
untie long hair
Correct answer: read the recipe
Correct answer: wear an apron
Q5.
Before eating, rice, potatoes and pasta need to be ...
Correct Answer: cooked, boiled
Q6.
What is happening here?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: peeling
grating
slicing
dicing

6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? All fruit and vegetables should be peeled before use.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
Poke bowls originate from the island of ...
Hungary
Hong Kong
Correct answer: Hawaii
Helsinki
Q3.
Match the ingredients to the different types:
Correct Answer:rice,white, brown, wild

white, brown, wild

Correct Answer:vegetables,red cabbage, carrot, cucumber

red cabbage, carrot, cucumber

Correct Answer:fish,salmon, tuna, mackerel

salmon, tuna, mackerel

Correct Answer:dressings,lime juice, oil

lime juice, oil

Q4.
Which of these is the claw grip?
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q5.
Regular washing prevents dirt and bacteria touching the food, which can cause food poisoning, contaminating food.
Correct Answer: hand, hands
Q6.
Put this poke bowl recipe in the correct order.
1 - First, peel and grate the carrot.
2 - Slice the red cabbage and dice the cucumber.
3 - Make the dressing.
4 - Arrange all the ingredients together, with the rice and tuna fish.
5 - Pour over the dressing.

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