Hawaiian Bread Recipe

geoffrey on January 16, 2014

Hawaiian Bread
Hawaiian Bread
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Hawaiian Bread Recipe

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Hawaiian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 2 8x4 loaves

Ingredients

  • 1 cup margarine softened
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed banana approximately 1 large banana
  • 1 15 ounce can crushed pineapple with juice
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup flaked coconut
  • 3/4 cup macadamia nuts chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 8″x4″ loaf pans.
  2. In a large bowl, beat margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  3. Stir in eggs, banana, and pineapple.
  4. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  5. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture.
  6. Fold in coconut and walnuts.
  7. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and cover with foil.
  8. Bake for 45 minutes.
  9. Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

Recipe Notes

Original recipe: AllRecipe’s Hawaiian Bread III This bread is so moist and delicious! Now if only I were in Hawai’i and able to use all fresh ingredients!

SPAM Musubi Recipe

geoffrey on January 11, 2014

SPAM Musubi
SPAM Musubi
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SPAM Musubi Recipe

Course Main Course
Cuisine Hawaiian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2

Ingredients

  • 2 slices SPAM half a 12 ounce can
  • 3 ounces cooked white rice seasoned with furikake and toasted sesame seeds (Optional)
  • 1 tablespoon sweet ginger sesame sauce or Sam Choy’s cooking sauce Optional
  • 2 strips nori

Instructions

  1. In a medium skillet, cook SPAM until lightly browned
  2. Place 1/2 of rice into musubi press; I used my empty SPAM can.
  3. Drizzle with grill sauce or cooking sauce. Top with slice of SPAM and gently press down.
  4. Remove SPAM and rice from musubi press; if you used the can, flip it over, squeeze the end together slightly, and tap on the bottom.
  5. Place nori shiny-side-down. Set SPAM/rice on top and carefully wrap nori around to form a ring; apply a small amount of water if the nori does not stick well.
  6. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

I doubled the recipe and was able to fill 3 metal pie pans with the mixture. Original Recipe: SPAM’s SPAM Musubi.

Grilled Huli Huli Chicken Recipe

geoffrey on January 1, 2014

Grilled Huli Huli Chicken
Grilled Huli Huli Chicken
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Grilled Huli Huli Chicken

Course Main Course
Cuisine Hawaiian
Prep Time 15 minutes
overnight for marinading 8 hours 2 minutes
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup ketchup
  • 3/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1/3 cup cola such as Coke or Pepsi
  • 1/2 teaspoons mace
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 7 boneless skinless chicken breasts about 5 pounds

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, mix the first six ingredients; set aside 1-1/3 cups for grilling.
  2. Evenly divide the chicken and remaining marinade between two large plastic bags.
  3. Refrigerate at least 8 hours, or overnight if possible.
  4. Remove chicken from bags and discard marinade.
  5. Prior to starting the grill, lightly coat the racks with cooking oil.
  6. Grill chicken covered, over medium heat, for 6-8 minutes on each side, or until no longer pink.
  7. Baste occasionally with remaining marinade during the last 5 minutes.

Recipe Notes

Original recipe: Taste of Home’s Grilled Huli Huli Chicken Recipe.

Hawaiian Cookie Balls Recipe

geoffrey on December 11, 2013

Hawaiian Cookie Balls
Hawaiian Cookie Balls
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Hawaiian Cookie Balls

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings 32 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple in juice undrained
  • 1 package (3.4 ounces) vanilla flavor instant pudding
  • 40 square shortbread cookies finely crushed (about 3 cups)
  • 1-1/2 package (4 ounces each)4 oz. each white chocolate (6 oz.), white chocolate broken into pieces, melted
  • 3/4 cup coconut flakes

Instructions

  1. Combine pineapple and dry pudding mix in medium bowl. Immediately stir in cookie crumbs. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
  2. Shape into 32 (1-inch) balls. Roll 16 balls in coconut; place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Dip remaining balls in melted chocolate; add to baking sheet.
  3. Refrigerate 20 minutes or until firm.

Recipe Notes

Kraft also listed some handy tips for making whese cookie balls: How to easily dip cookie balls: Add cookie balls, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Use 2 forks to roll cookie balls in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove balls with fork letting excess chocolate drip back into bowl. Use a food processor to finely crush the shortbread cookies. For uniformly sized balls, use a mini cookie dough scoop to measure out the cookie mixture for each ball. Original recipe: Hawaiian Cookie Balls

Hawaiian-Style Loco Moco Recipe

geoffrey on October 1, 2013

Hawaiian-Style Loco Moco
Hawaiian-Style Loco Moco
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Hawaiian-Style Loco Moco

Loco Moco is a traditional meal found in many fast food restaurants in Hawai’i, especially local places such as Zippy’s and L&L Hawaiian BBQ. This recipe is really pretty simple, consisting of only 4 essential items: rice, a hamburger patty, an egg, and brown gravy. I was stationed in Hawai’i for 4 years during my time in the Navy, and I had more than my share of Loco Moco. This is definitely my favorite Hawaiian plate lunch. Although it’s much better to get this to go and enjoy it on a beautiful Hawaiian beach, it’s nice to have a little bit of Hawaiiana here in Ohio.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Hawaiian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

Gravy

  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • salt and pepper to taste

Patties

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/2 cup grated onions optional
  • salt and pepper to taste

Remaining Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 4 cups cooked white rice

Instructions

Gravy

  1. Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.

  2. Add flour; stir until mixture becomes a dark brown color, 6 to 8 minutes.

  3. Pour in Worcestershire sauce; stir.


  4. Cook 1 minute.

  5. Add beef broth, salt, and pepper to taste; bring to a boil.

  6. Reduce heat and cook until sauce is thickened, about 20 minutes.

Patties

  1. While the gravy is thickening, mix the ground beef, onion, salt, and pepper together.

  2. Divide the mixture into 4 balls; flatten them into patties.

  3. Fry the patties to the desired doneness.

Eggs

  1. Fry the eggs, sunny-side-up.

Presentation

  1. Evenly divide the rice between for plates.

  2. Place a hamburger patty on top of the rice.

  3. Place an egg on top of the hamburger.

  4. Drizzle gravy over the entire dish.

Hawaiian-Style Fried Rice Recipe

geoffrey on September 11, 2013

Hawaiian-Style Fried Rice
Hawaiian-Style Fried Rice
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Hawaiian-Style Fried Rice

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Hawaiian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces Portuguese sausage 12 ounce package of smoked sausage works
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons green onions 3-4 stalks
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 4 cups white rice cooked
  • 3 tablespoons shoyu soy sauce
  • 2-1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce

Instructions

  1. Dice sausage and cook until browned; drain and set aside.

  2. Scramble the eggs, breaking them into small pieces as they cook; set aside.

  3. Dice green onions; set aside.

  4. Heat sesame oil over medium-low burner.

  5. Add rice, shoyu, and oyster sauce; mix until rice is evenly coated.

  6. Stir in sausage, eggs, and green onions; mix until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.

Recipe Notes

 

  • This is hands down my favorite fried rice recipe that I’ve had. It’s absolutely ‘ono (delicious)!
  • You can usually find oyster sauce and sesame oil in the ethnic food isle at the grocery store. Wal-Mart has them in their “Asian” section.
  • This is my take on the original recipe: ONO Hawaiian-Style Fried Rice Recipe.