Thursday, December 25, 2014

Pork or Spam Guisantis

Ingrediments:
1 lb. Pork
(where ever you see the word pork, you can substitute for Spam) which when translated from Hawaiian it is Pork or Steak!
1/2 packet green peas
2 bay leaves
1/2 round onions - diced
1 small jar pimentos
1 small can tomato sauce

Directions:
Put pork in sauce pan 2 bay leaves and cook well but don't burn the pork
After cooking mostly, add tomato sauce.
Pre-cook the peas in micro wave for 5min
add the diced onions
add the pimentos last
Stir and serve over white rice


Sunday, December 21, 2014

Deep Fried Zucchini

Get 2 kine - Here is #1
INGREDIMENTS
• 4 medium zucchini, about 2 pounds
• 3 eggs
• Salt
• Black pepper
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups bread fresh crumbs,
• Neutral oil, such as canola, for deep-frying
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley leaves for garnish
• 2 lemons, quartered, for serving (optional)


PREPARATION
1. Trim stem ends from zucchini and cut either crosswise into slices about 1/2-inch thick or into French-fry-like sticks. Heat the oven to 200. Beat eggs with salt and pepper in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Set up an assembly line of a plate of flour, the plate of eggs and a plate of bread crumbs. Have a baking sheet ready, and several rectangles of wax or parchment paper.
2. Coat a zucchini piece in the flour, dip in the egg and coat in the bread crumbs. You want a thin, even layer of each coating; shake off any excess. Put coated zucchini on baking sheet in a single layer, top with wax or parchment paper and repeat with remaining slices. Chill for at least 10 minutes or up to 3 hours.
3. Put a large heavy skillet or a deep broad saucepan over medium heat and pour in enough oil to come up the sides at least 1/2 inch. While the oil heats, line a plate with paper towels. The oil is ready when a pinch of flour sizzles immediately.
4. Put a few zucchini pieces in the oil without crowding. When the bottoms brown, after 2 to 3 minutes, turn and cook the other side for 2 to 3 minutes, adjusting heat to keep oil sputtering without smoking or burning zucchini. As each piece is done, put it on the paper towels to drain, turning to blot it on both sides if needed. Transfer to an ovenproof platter and keep warm in oven while you finish cooking. Add and heat up oil as necessary.
5. (Optional) Garnish with parsley and serve with lemon wedges.
6. I like to serve using Ranch Dressing dip instead of using #5 lemon wedges.





Here is #2
Ingredimiments
• 1 any kine size zucchini,
• Philadelphia cream cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups bread fresh crumbs or panco
• Neutral oil, such as canola, for deep-frying
• either ranch dressing or a dressing of your choice for dipping

Directions
Cut zucchini in thin slices
lay criss-cross on a cutting board then add slice of cream cheese then fold over the remaining zucchini slices over the cheese, stick with a tooth pick then dip into the eggs, then dip into the flour, then dip into the bread crumbs or Panco, then into the deep fryer. Fry up for about 2 min until golden brown. Dip and eat.

At this point, you can substitute just about anything to make any flavor you choose. You still use the same basic formula, only add the bacon, shrimp or whatever stuffings you like. Here are a couple ideas.







Sunday, December 14, 2014

Chicken Alfredo aka Creamy penne pasta


Ingrediments
•1 box (1 lb) penne pasta
•3 TB butter
•2 tsp. minced garlic
•3 TB flour
•1 cup chicken broth
•1 cup milk
•2 tsp dried parsley
•½ cup grated parmesan cheese
•salt and pepper to taste
• or you can get the Alfredo sauce in a jar, pretty much the same effect.



Instructions
1.Cook pasta according to packaged directions.
2.Melt butter in a medium sauce pan, add garlic.
3.Cook for 1 minute over medium heat
4.Add flour and cook for an additional minute, stirring constantly.
5.Add milk and broth, stirring constantly. Cook until sauce boils and thickens.
6.Add parsley and parmesan cheese. Add desired salt and pepper. Continue stirring until cheese has melted. Serve immediately.
7.Pour sauce over pasta and serve.


Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Skillet Potatoes & Baked potatoes

Ingrediments for Skillet Potatoes:
2 large russet potatoes, cut into 1" cubes...
14 oz. smoked sausage, thinly sliced
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 c. chopped bell pepper (red or green)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 c. chicken stock
1 1/2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper
1/4 tsp. dried parsley
2 tbsps. veg. oil

Directions:
In a large skillet heat oil...add in the smoked sausage and cook, turning often till browned on edges. Remove meat from skillet and add in the potatoes and cook over med. high heat till they begin to brown and become tender. Add in the onions, pepper and garlic cooking for about 5 minutes then add in the chicken stock and cover. Cook for about 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove cover and check potatoes for doneness. Add the spices, stir and add in the smoked sausage.

Then Bakes potatoes

INGREDIMENTS
•4 potatoes
•4 tbs butter
•4 tbs olive oil
•A few chives
•Rosemary
•1 or 2 cloves of garlic
•Salt and pepper


DIRECTIONS
1.Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C.
2.Wash and dry potatoes, trim off any eyes or unsightly bits. Leave skins on.
3.Trim a thin bit off the bottom of each potato, enabling them to sit flat without rolling.
4.Place on a cutting board two chopsticks, one on each side of the potato to avoid cutting right through.
5.Cut slits through each potato until you hit the chopstick. Cut approx 1/4 inch.
6.In a saucepan, add the olive oil.
7.Add the whole garlic, crushed and peeled.
8.Add the rosemary to the oil and heat up oil to sweat the ingredients a little.
9.Open up the potato slits and pour some of the infused oil or brush it on generously.
10.Season with salt and pepper.
11.Place in oven for 60-70 minutes (edges should be crispy).
12.Melt the butter in the same saucepan with garlic and rosemary.
13. Remove the potatoes from the oven and brush generously with the melted butter.
14.Chop the chives and garnish just before serving.


Sunday, November 30, 2014

WaterCress Burgers

Ingrediments
1 pound of hamburger
Water Cress
Teriyaki sauce - Aloha brand


How to make it
Take 1 pound of hamburger
chop up the water cress very small bites easy to mix in with the hamburger
mix all together in the hamburger
Then while mixing add small amounts to taste of the Teriyaki sauce.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Shoyu Chicken

Ingrediments:
Chicken - boneless skinless thighs
a couple of tbs minced ginger
same amount of garlic
a couple cups of aloha shoyu
White rice
Mac Salad


Directions:
cut the chicken into bite size bits
cook the chicken in a pot
put the ginger, garlic and shoyu in a cup and stir it together
pour it over the chicken.
pour the chicken and sabao over the rice.
WHITE RICE & MAC SALAD IS A MUST, with this dish.

Dinner is ready to eat.



And here's a second way - Shoyu Chicken #2
(by Marilyn Morikawa, page 61, who notes this recipe is used to feed hungry volunteers at Makawao's Hongwanji Mission Buddhist Temple.)
1 cup Kikkoman shoyu (soy sauce)
½ cup water
1 cup sugar
1 piece ginger, peeled and crushed
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 tablespoon oyster sauce (optional)
1 tablespoon Mirin (optional)
5 lbs. chicken thighs




And here's a 3rd way - Shoyu Chicken #3
(by Leslie Frankel of The Pukalani Club House, page 62)
6 chicken thighs, bone in
1 cup shoyu (soy sauce, any brand)
1 cup sugar (brown sugar if preferred - mine added)
1 cup water
1 tsp. sesame seeds
1 green onion stalk, chopped

Add shoyu, sugar and water together in a large pot. Add chicken to mixture.
Bring to a boil on stove top, then reduce to simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
Remove chicken from pot. Return pot to simmer and reduce remaining liquid for 10 minutes.
Pour mixture over chicken; garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.




Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Portugese Been Soup

Portugese Bean soup in Hawaii is called Portagee Bean Soup

Ingrediments:
1 pkg - Ham Hocks
1 can - Kidney Beans
1 round onion
2 8oz cans - tomato sauce
Hot peppers, salt & 1 1/2tsp garlic to taste
1 tsp - cumin
1 diced potato
1 whole portuguese sausage
2 handfuls macaroni
1/4 head cabbage chopped to size you like
6 carrots sliced

Directions:
Pressure cook ham hocks in 5 cups water for about 15min. Once cooled enough to handle, shred the meat from the bone. Put the meat back in the pot. (you can also buy the pre-cooked cubed ham which might taste as good with much less work)
Cut sausage to bite size, fry up separately, then add into the mix.
Microwave the carrots & potato's in the microwave, then add to the mix.
Cook up the macaroni, then add to the mix.
After everything is added together, then add the cabbage and let sit for about 15minutes before serving. Lots of noodles so rice with this dish is an option.




Sunday, September 7, 2014

Chocolate chip macadamia nut or Peanut Butter cookies

Chocolate chip, macadamia nut cookies -
Ingrediments:
* 1 pound butter or margarine
* 4 eggs
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
* 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
* 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 8 ounces Island Princess Macadamia Nuts
* 36 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Mix first seven ingredients until thoroughly creamed. Add flour to creamed mixture slowly and a little at a time. Once batter is mixed, add Island Princess Hawaii macadamia nuts and chocolate chips. Be careful not to overmix batter to prevent batter from turning dark from the chocolate chips. Put batter in airtight container and chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cook on parchment paper or coated cookie sheet for about 10 minutes.

Makes about 300 bite-sized cookies or about 150 regular size cookies, just enough for you. If you want to make enough for your friends to enjoy, double the recipe.

Cookies can vary in flavor in texture by considering what & when you put in them.




Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingrediments :
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups sifted flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions :
Preheat oven to 375?. Mix first six ingredients. Add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well. Roll into balls and press down with a fork dipped in sugar or flour. Bake for 10-12 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet.


Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Marinara Sauce

Ingrediments:

2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

1 clove garlic, minced

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 tub sliced mushrooms

6 tablespoons olive oil

1/3 cup finely diced onion

1/2 cup white wine


Directions
1.In a food processor place Italian tomatoes, tomato paste, chopped parsley, minced garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth.
2.In a large skillet over medium heat saute the finely chopped onion in olive oil for 2 minutes. Add the blended tomato sauce and white wine.
3.Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.


Original recipe makes 4 cups Change Servings

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Onion Soup Roast

Ingrediments:
Chuck Roast or Rump of Roast
Onion Soup


Directions:
Take the roast and put in a large sauce pan with the onion soup water mix.
Slow cook on the stove for about 1-2 hours (a crock pot would also be a good idea)

Use any kind of garnishments, mixed vegetables or baked potato.

Steak with sauteed mushrooms, butter & onions

Ingrediments:
Steak
garlic salt
black pepper
butter
onions
mushrooms &
spinach (baby Kale)

Directions:
Cook up the steak to the grade you like in a frying pan with butter.
sprinkle on top the garlic salt and black pepper.
Put the potatoes in the micro-wave for about 6 minutes till pau.
In a separate pan put canola oil and heat up, adding the mushrooms, onions and kale (you have to use a lot of the kale because it shrinks a lot. Use at least 2-3 large handfuls)

Serves two

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Fried Chicken

It is very easy to cook simple but tasty fried chicken

Ingrediments:
Chicken with a skin
all purpose flour
1 egg
black pepper

Directions:
Take 1 egg and stir it up.
Take your chicken and dip it in the egg
Then coat it in the flour
Put it in a flat plan of canola or any type of cooking oil you prefer
Deep fry it till it is well coooked
As soon as you put it in the frying pan, sprinkle black pepper on it and as you flip it over, put black pepper on the other side.

I prefer to cook it with mixed vegetables on the side with rice.
Figure about 2 pcs per human.

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Chow Fun

Ingrediments:

1 pkg fettuccnini noodles
medium size piece of pork (I use red pork or Charsiu soaked)
1/2 pkg bean sprouts, fresh
1 bunch leaf onion( green part) sliced
1/2 tsp salt/pepper (to taste)
shoyu sauce ( i use aloha brand)
hot sauce (couple squirts, just to switch out the flavor)
3 Tbsp peanut oil or canola oil

SEASONING FOR PORK RUB
salt and pepper
garlic powder

Alternative Ingrediments:
Seasoning for chow fun:
1 slice ginger, crushed
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp sugar
2 Tb. shoyu
1/4 tsp. aji-no-moto (optional) I add about 1 tsp oyster sauce to taste for the seasoning, because I don't like to use MSG in anything, but like anything else, Aji is often mixed in with other seasonings I use, so no can help.
dash of pepper

or try:
1 Tb. oil
2 rolls look fun
1 c. finely sliced string beans
1 c. finely sliced celery
1 10-oz pkg beansprouts, rinsed
1 c. green onion, sliced in 1" pieces
2 Tb. toasted sesame seeds

Directions:

Cook pork good
Add all the other ingrediments and stir fry till pau.

Feeds 4 humans


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Chicken Papaya

Ingrediments:
4pc Chicken Thighs
1 can Chicken broth
1/2 tsp Salt +/-
slices of ginger root to taste then add
1 small branch tanglad
1 whole big green papaya (must be very green, no orange)

Directions:
Put 1 can chicken broth and 2 cans water in a stew pot and bring to a boil
Then, cut up chicken to bite size chunks and cook thoroughly (15min)
Then, cut up ginger in 1/8" thin slices or wedges
Add ginger & or tanglad bring to boil or if you grate it, add 2tbs of grated garlic to the broth.
Add 1/2 diced onion,
Boil for about 15-20min
then add cut up papaya into small bite size 1/4" thin slices (bite size) Salt to taste
(if pre-frozen pieces, then let boil for another 15-20min)
Then let simmer for about 15-30min on low heat
Needs white rice


View of what you should be seeing when food is simmering



Dinner is pau - Serves around 4 hungry humans.



Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Fried Tuna

Ingrediments:
Tuna 2 cans
2 scrambled eggs (1 per can of tuna)
1/2 onion
1/2 tomatoe

Directions:
Cook up in a fry pan 2 cans of tuna
add the onion and scrambled egg and stir into the tuna
Add the tomatoe, stir up and serve over rice.

Dinner is pau
As small as the cans of tuna are nowadays, this meal only Serves 2-3 people

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Spam Watercress

Ingrediments:
Spam - 1 can
Watercress - 1 bunch
onions - 1 whole
tomato sauce - 1 8oz can
Catsup



Directions:
Dice up the spam into 1/2"x1/2" chunks - use the whole can
Cut up the watercress about 2" long pieces
Side cut the onions into 1/4" wide strips
Put the spam & onions into a stew pot and stir till spam is slightly browned
Add tomato sauce and a little water (about 1/4 can) a few squirts of catsup and stir
Add Watercress, stir and cover



Diner is pau and ready to serve 2-3 normal people, served in a bowl.




Oh, and always serve over rice and tastes juss as good on a plate like in a bowl.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Binoilos

Ingrediments:
All purpose flour
Sugar
Bananas
coconut oil

Directions:
First take your stove and cover all the non used burners since this will make a mess and you will spend hours cleaning your stove.


Pre-heat your coconut oil in a large frying pan or wok.
Next put about 2 cups flour into a mixing bowl,
add 3 serving spoons of sugar (not tsp or tbl spoons - military size serving spoon)
dry mix it all together.
For this size order, cut up 2 long bananas and stir inside
Add water to make a very thick paste and stir it all together.
Now put the batter into the heated coconut oil (set on high) and fry it all up.
Personally, I like them cooked on the medium dark side, but not too crunchy. Wifey likes them cooked till they're crispy uneatable, dark & crunchy. I cook them till they look like this when you're pau.



This will make about 15 binoilos. Each person usually eats 3-4 each.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Spam Cabbage

Ingrediments:
Spam,
Cabbage,
Onions
Aloha Shoyu
Vienna Sausage

Directions:
cut whole Spam slab into equil 1/4" (8mm)slabs and then
cut those slabs into 1/4"x2" strips and put into a pot
cut up vienna sausage into about 1/4"-1/2" pieces and put into the same pot
Also dump the vienna sausage into the pot to give it flavor and to keep the spam from sticking to the pot.
Then add the cabbage (cut into about 2"x2" leaves) and
add the onion.

Dinner is pau ready to serve - Will serve about 4-6 normal eaters tastes great with Mac Salad Or you can also serve it in small bowls for pupu's while playing cards and drinking.

Corned Beef Cabbage

Ingrediments:
1-2 cans of corned beef
Aloha Shoyu
1 head (usually I use about 3/4 head Cabbage
1 Onions

Directions:
Put corned beef in a pan and cook it up, mix in a little Aloha Shoyu,
Cut up cabbage and onions and put in pot and let simmer with a pot lid

Dinner is pau - serve over rice and tastes great with mac salad
serves about 4-6 people

Hawaiian Beef Stew

Ingrediments:
Short Ribs cut into rib size chunks
(I prefer Short Ribs, but if cannot get good ribs, then get Chuck Roast)
Cooking Pot of water about 2" deep enough to cover the meat
3 heaping tsp. Beef Bullion
4Potatoes
1 lb. carrots
3 stalks celery
1 onion mid size to full size - Prefer Maui or Texas Sweet Onions
As an alternative, if you want more greens, just to mix it up a bit, sometimes I add cabbage.

Directions:
Cut up the meat into bite size chunks and put in a pan of water deep enough to cover the meat.
Boil the meat for about 15min - 30min at first on med-high range
Micro Wave carrots for 5 min. and put in the pot
Micro Wave potatoes for 6 min. and put in the pot
Cut up the celery and onions and put them in the pot last.
then reduce to low-med range after you put all the ingrediments are in the pot.

Let the whole stew simmer for about 10-15 minutes and then serve over rice. Goes great with mac salad. This meal serves about 8 servings.


Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Hawaiian Chili

1 lb. hamburger
Red pinto beans (1 Can)
Portugese Sausage
Vienna Sausage (2 cans)
Corn (1/2 can)
Chili Mix 1 packet

Heat up the hamburger in a pot
Add the Chili Mix
Add the Red Pinto beans
In a separate pan fry up the Portugese sausage
Add the Portugese sausage when pau cook
Add the Vienna sausage
Add the corn.
(sometimes I use onions)
Pour it over 2 scoops rice and add Mac Salad if you like

Pau Kaukau

Monday, April 28, 2014

Hamburger Curry

Ingrediments:

1 1/2 lbs hamburger
1 lb. frozen mixed vegetables
1/2 rack about 2-3 sections of curry

1. Take about 1 1/2 lbs of hamburger and put in a mid size sauce pan. Cook it up and
2. while it's cooking add the curry cubes.
3. Cook up frozen vegetables add butter, then after pau cook, add 'em to the hamburger mix. If you choose to microwave the vegetables, put in frozen for about 4 1/2min
4. Serve in a bowl over 2 scoops rice.

Dinner is served.



This meal serves about 6-8 mid-size people

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Huli Huli Chicken dinner

Huli Huli Roasted Chicken
Mixed vegetables
Rice
Cream of mushroom soup over the rice

Results:

Monday, April 14, 2014

Mushroom Chicken

Ingrediments
1-lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
cornstarch (for dusting)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 package fresh button mushrooms
4 small zucchini
option - water chessnuts

Instructions

1. Cut chicken breasts and zucchini into bite size chunks. Put cornstarch in a paper bag and shake up chicken with the corn starch until lightly coated.

2. Add vegetable and sesame oil to the wok and fry chicken pieces until golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels.

3. Add zucchini and mushrooms to the wok and stir fry for a few minutes. Add shoyu, balsamic vinegar, minced fresh garlic, and ground ginger to the wok stirring to coat and stir fry until mushrooms and zucchini are fully cooked.

4. Return chicken pieces to the wok and coat with sauce, heat thoroughly and serve over rice or even jazmine rice.


Monday, April 7, 2014

Breakfast - French Toast

French Toast Ingrediments
Bread (personally, I like Honey Oat
Eggs
Sugar
Butter
To make it sweeter, you could add a few drops of vanilla or if you're short on eggs, you could also add a little milk

Directions
Simply take 3 eggs and add a bunch of white sugar, (3 eggs makes 5 pcs)
Stir them up in a bowl large enough to hold a slice of bread
Dip the bread in the bowl till it's covered both sides
Then put in a frying pan that has been sprayed with a non-stick element
Fry up till browned on both sides.
Take the bread out and butter only. (There is no syrup in this recipe)



Repeat: No syrup is needed. Simply
1. butter the bread,
2. roll it up like a burrito and
3. eat.
I keep the heat high at first then to about medium to low. Unless I'm real hungry then I bump it up a bit.
3 eggs will make about 5 pieces of toast so plan your meal accordingly. Everybody going eat & you need 9-10 pcs., simple math, use 6 eggs.

This is what the end product looks like


Saturday, April 5, 2014

Mahi Mahi

Ingrediments:
1 lb. MahiMahi
Onion
Black Pepper
Mayonnaise
Ritz Crackers

Directions:
Cut MahiMahi into small bite size chunks and put into a mixing bowl
put about 1 cup mayonnaise and black pepper into the bowl and stir it up
Cut onion into thin wedges and put it in the bowl and stir it all together and that should look something like this:




Put entire mix into a frying pan and cook it till onions are soft and mahimahi is well cooked.



Crush up Ritz crackers in a separate bowl.
Put the cooked meal into a small serving pan and place crushed Ritz crackers over the meal as a topping.

Serve with mixed vegetables and rice. Should look something like this:


Friday, March 28, 2014

Crab cake
















Ingrediments:
1 egg
2 1/2 table spoons Mayo
1 1/2 tea spoons dijon mustard
1 tea spoons Worchester sauce
1 tea spoons Old Bay seasoning
1/4 tea spoons salt
1/4 cup finely diced celery(about 1 stalk)
2 table spoons finely diced parsley
1 pound imitation crab meat
1/2 cup panko
canola oil

Directions:
1. Line a baking pan with tin foil
2. Add all the ingrediments above, then add the imitation crab meat and finally after all is mixed together, then add the panko and squoosh in lightly. (this keeps the panko from getting too mushy. This mix makes about 6 crab cakes, which is about a minimum order to make.
3. Cover and refrigerate for about an hour to let the flavors settle in.
4. Fry up in a non-stick pan over a thin layer of canola oil.

Can eat straight or with tartar sauce, but if you're going to dip these crab cakes in something else, you'll have to apply for permission first.



Thursday, March 20, 2014

Mama Marsha's Beef Tomato

Ingrediments:
Garlic
2-3 tbs Cooking Mirin (we use Shirakiku brand)
2 tbs level or 1 very heaping tbs Corn starch
6 tsp white sugar
1 can chicken broth
2 tbs Oyster sauce
2-3 tbs Catsup
1/2 lb. flank steak (or round steak)
1/2 reg. size onions
3-4 stalks Celery
green onions to taste
1 Bell Pepper 1, 2 or 3 kinds
2-3 small - mid size whole tomato
Wesson oil enough to cover the pan for frying the meat.

Directions:
Soak flank steak in shoyu, mirin & garlic & stir up in one bowl
take corn starch, sugar & chicken broth, shoyu, oyster sauce & catsup mixed together in another measuring cup (at this point you should have about 3/4cup of sauce)
(Now you have two measuring cups with ingrediments going)
(1) with the sauce
(2) with the meat soaking in the shoyu, mirin & garlic
Cut up celery, green onions,
bell pepper (I use green) Can add yellow &/or red bell pepper if you like cut in smaller strips
cut tomatoes into small wedges
Put oil in the stir fry pan and put on high heat and put in meat mix
Stir fry till meat is cooked
Add Celery chunks, onions, bell pepper,
Stir fry up and let flavors blend
Add tomatoes & green onions last
Then add sauce mix.
Cover and let flavors blend - the longer the better. Tastes best after 3-4 hours.
Serve over 2 scoops white rice

Best thing is after you cook it once or twice, you will find a flavor that you might add more or less of an ingrediment and then you will know the flavor that best suits you.


Friday, February 28, 2014

Cajun Oyster Shrimp

It's actually Garlic Shrimp but with Oyster sauce, It's kinda an oyster shrimp. And besides it sounds more tastyer

Ingrediments:
Shrimp
Mushrooms
butter
garlic
Oyster sauce
Alternative flavor - Add Cajun Spice, here's the brand we use


Directions:
1. Pre-heat the frying pan on High (you're going to fast cook the shrimp)
2. Add butter
3. Add crushed garlic
4. Add a dash of Oyster sauce or Shiriachi (red rooster) sauce - I wouldn't add them both
5. Add the shrimp & mushrooms and stir until cooked. You could cook up the mushrooms separate if you like, but might have to add more butter.
6. Serve over 2 scoops of rice. with mixed vegetables if you don't want the mushrooms.

Eat with Rice and pour the extra butter sauce over the rice and enjoy. Tastes good with Mac salad or green salad.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Hawaiian Sriracha Garlic Shrimp

INGREDIMENTS:
2 lbs 16-20 U Shrimps, head off, shell on and butterflied (the bigger the shrimps, the better!)
Butter (any kine)
Minced garlic to taste
Sriracha Chili Sauce
Worcestershire sauce (optional) . . . personally, I no use this
Optional - baste flower and then cook up.

Directions:
1. In pan #1 - Put butter & garlic in pan, put shrimp in butter.
2. In pan #2 - Put Olive oil in pan and heat, add onions & mushrooms.
3. In pan #2 now add sriracha over the mushrooms and stir up.
3. Mix together and your good to go.






2. Over medium heat, melt 1/2 stick butter with 1 tablespoon Olive Oil. Add a heaping spoonful of garlic and begin to saute' 20-30 seconds. Add shrimp in a single layer and allow to fry 1-1/12 min. depending on the size of shrimp







3. Flip shrimp over and cook for another 30 seconds before adding 1/4 cup Chicken Stock, 1/8 tsp salt, 3-5 dashes of Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, squirt of lemon juice and 2 squirts of sriracha sauce. Toss together another 30 seconds and pull off the heat immediately. Repeat process with remaining shrimp until all is cooked.






4. Serve over rice with extra lemon on the side for the perfect Hawaiian shrimp truck experience. Must be eaten with hands, sucking the delicious garlic butter off before peeling and shoving rapidly into your waiting mouth.




COOKING NOTES:
1. I had a small pan at my sister’s house so I did this recipe in 3-4 batches. But you can easily do it in 2 if you have a bigger skillet. This is all to your taste, if you don’t like spicy, go easy on the pepper sauce and vice verse. I was cooking to my family’s taste.
2. Don’t over cook the garlic! It shouldn’t be crispy by any means. It should be soft, sticky and a bit nutty.
3. It occurred to me after the fact, but some sliced scallion would be dead nice with all this shrimpy butter goodness.
4. If you aren’t a rice eater, get some bread and toast it up nice and crispy to dip into the gorgeous butter broth.






Saturday, February 8, 2014

Spicy Mochiko chicken by Ka'ui

Ka'ui's Spicy Mochiko Chicken:

INGREDIMENTS:
- Boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- Dash of shoyu - (we only use Aloha brand Shoyu)
- Dash of onion powder
- Dash of garlic powder
- Pepper to taste
- Mochiko flour (we use Koda Farms brand)
- Oil to fry

WHAT TO DO:
1. Cut chicken into bite size pieces
2. Add dash of shoyu, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper.
3. Add mochiko flour (enough to evenly coat all chicken) and mix with hands.
4. Let chicken sit in refrigerator for approx. 20 minutes to marinate.
5. After letting chicken sit, heat about 2" of oil and fry chicken until brown.

Honey-Garlic Sauce:
INGREDIENTS:
- Fresh minced garlic (about 5 big cloves)
- Butter
- Shoyu (lots of it)
- Mirin *1/4 cup mirin to 1 cup of shoyu*
(MIRIN SUBSTITUTE: Dissolve 1/4 cup sugar in 1/2 cup white wine)
- Sesame Oil (1 teaspoon)
- Honey *2 tablespoons to every 1 cup shoyu*
- Sugar *1 cup sugar to every 1 cup shoyu*
- Spicy chili pepper flakes (3 tablespoons)

WHAT TO DO:
1. In a pot, brown garlic in butter.
2. Add shoyu, mirin, sugar, honey, sesame oil, and chili pepper flakes.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Add more sugar, honey, & chili pepper flakes if needed, depending on how sweet & spicy you want it.

WHEN FINISHED:
Add fried chicken into pot with sauce and let sit for 3 minutes.
Remove from pot and serve.




Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Fried Egg Sandwich

Butter a frying pan (sometimes I use a cover)
Take 2 large onion rings and place in pan
Add 2 eggs inside onion rings (1 in each)
Add garlic pepper to taste
Add cheese if you like - I prefer provolone
Toast & butter two pieces of wheat bread
Egg will be round and will stay inside of onion ring
Add lettuce if you like

As a side dish on top of the egg and under the onions, add 2 slice spam

Sunday, January 26, 2014

chocolate bowls

using balloons you too can make chocolate bowls
http://www.wimp.com/chocolatebowls/