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Island fried rice with pineapple, ham and a touch of curry powder.
Main ingredient: pineapple
Pairs well with: macaroni salad, grilled shrimp, salad
HB-5862 · Hand-built original
Ahi tuna with sweet onion, scallion, shoyu and Hawaiian sea salt, with ogo and inamona, chilled an hour and served over Calrose rice with wasabi mayo among the toppings.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: sushi rice, seaweed salad, edamame, miso soup
HB-18547 · Hand-built original
Glazed in a simple soy and brown sugar sauce, Hawaiian shoyu chicken will be your new favorite one-pot dinner.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1088 · Hand-built original
Soft, golden, faintly pineapple-sweet rolls — the ones in the orange packet, homemade.
Main ingredient: bread flour
Pairs well with: kalua pork, ham, butter and jam
HB-5851 · Hand-built original
Soft, sweet yeast rolls made with pineapple juice, milk and vanilla, divided into twelve balls and baked golden with an egg yolk wash.
Main ingredient: flour
HB-7204 · Hand-built original
Skewers of tempeh, pineapple, bell pepper, red onion and zucchini marinated in a soy, pineapple, tomato and ginger barbecue marinade and grilled.
Main ingredient: tempeh
HB-7205 · Hand-built original
Thin beef marinated in a sweet shoyu teriyaki and grilled fast — plate-lunch style.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: rice, macaroni salad, steamed vegetables
HB-5844 · Hand-built original
Jumbo shrimp dusted with flour, paprika and sea salt, cooked quickly in garlic butter and olive oil until pink, with the garlic sauce spooned over.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-14010 · Hand-built original
The classic Hawaiian lomi lomi salmon in bowl form — salted salmon folded with ripe tomato and onion, then chilled so the flavors deepen before serving.
Main ingredient: Salmon
Pairs well with: Steamed white rice, Kalua pork, Poi
HB-8820 · Hand-built original
Chicken halves brined in soy sauce, grilled over charcoal with smoking wood and finished with a thick pineapple glaze.
Main ingredient: chicken
HB-7311 · Hand-built original
Sliced huli huli chicken over sticky rice ringed with fresh vegetables and two sauce drizzles.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: sticky rice, macaroni salad, coleslaw, grilled pineapple
HB-18579 · Hand-built original
Brined, pan-cooked chicken thighs with spiralized squash in a pineapple-ketchup huli huli sauce over rice.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: steamed rice, macaroni salad, coleslaw, grilled pineapple
HB-18580 · Hand-built original
Grilled huli huli chicken over jasmine rice with roasted broccoli and pineapple salsa.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: jasmine rice, macaroni salad, grilled pineapple, coleslaw
HB-18578 · Hand-built original
'Huli' means turn: chicken grilled and basted with a pineapple-soy glaze until it gleams.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: rice, macaroni salad, grilled pineapple
HB-5825 · Hand-built original
Huli-Huli Chicken is a Hawaiian nut-free, barbeque, easy chicken, weeknight meals, dinner, grilled, poultry. Ready in 1 h 50 min.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1151 · Hand-built original
Hawaiian-style pork shoulder pressure-cooked with liquid smoke and coarse sea salt until it shreds easily, then returned to its own juices so every strand stays moist.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-14176 · Hand-built original
Short ribs in a pineapple-soy marinade, grilled at every island barbecue.
Main ingredient: beef short ribs
Pairs well with: rice, macaroni salad, kimchi
HB-5863 · Hand-built original
Slow-cooked pork butt seasoned with salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce, shredded into its drippings and finished with wilted cabbage and soy sauce, ladled over cooked white rice.
Main ingredient: pork
HB-7385 · Hand-built original
Pig cooked in an imu in spirit: salt, smoke and time, shredded and juicy.
Main ingredient: pork shoulder
Pairs well with: rice, macaroni salad, lomi salmon
HB-5824 · Hand-built original
Banana-leaf kalua pork shredded over brown rice with grilled pineapple and red onion, lime and serrano.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: steamed rice, macaroni salad, grilled pineapple, coleslaw
HB-18575 · Hand-built original
Pressure-cooked kalua pork in a pineapple BBQ sauce over coconut rice with pineapple chunks and onion chips.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: coconut rice, macaroni salad, coleslaw, steamed cabbage
HB-18577 · Hand-built original
Braised kalua pork over brown rice with cabbage, carrot, edamame, daikon and mango under a teriyaki drizzle.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: steamed rice, macaroni salad, coleslaw, grilled pineapple
HB-18576 · Hand-built original
One bite of this lau lau dish will transport you to the Hawaiian paradise, using salted chicken, pork, and butterfish wrapped in taro leaves.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1334 · Hand-built original
The classic chewy butter mochi brightened with lilikoʻi (passion fruit): the puree stands in for the evaporated milk, and a glossy lilikoʻi glaze brushed over the warm squares cuts the rich coconut and butter.
Main ingredient: Sweet rice flour (mochiko)
HB-8822 · Hand-built original
Loco Moco is a Hawaiian dinner, main dish built around chicken. Ready in 30 min.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1378 · Hand-built original
Hawaiian loco moco: seasoned beef patties browned and simmered in an onion beef gravy, served over white rice and topped with crispy fried eggs.
Main ingredient: beef
HB-7511 · Hand-built original
Beef patties and sunny-side-up eggs over rice, covered with an onion gravy made in the patty pan.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: macaroni salad, steamed rice, miso soup, pickled ginger
HB-18572 · Hand-built original
Salted salmon 'massaged' with tomato and onion — the luau side that cuts through rich pork.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: kalua pork, rice, poi
HB-5829 · Hand-built original
Cured salmon lomi-lomi with hijiki, chili oil and salmon roe in a shoyu dressing over white rice.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: steamed rice, taro chips, seaweed salad, miso soup
HB-18585 · Hand-built original
Salt-chilled sockeye lomi-lomi with tomato, sweet onion and sesame-soy dressing, served over sticky rice.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: sticky rice, taro chips, seaweed salad, miso soup
HB-18586 · Hand-built original
Salt-cured salmon lomi-lomi with cucumber, tomato and onion in a shoyu dressing over sushi rice.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: steamed rice, taro chips, seaweed salad, miso soup
HB-18584 · Hand-built original
Mahi mahi under a golden macadamia and panko crust.
Main ingredient: mahi mahi
Pairs well with: rice, steamed vegetables, salad
HB-5848 · Hand-built original
One taste of these pillowy, sugar-dusted Hawaiian favorites and you may never go back to glazed raised.
Main ingredient: flour
HB-1409 · Hand-built original
Fluffy steamed buns filled with sweet barbecued pork — Hawaii's manapua.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: tea, soup, pickles
HB-5865 · Hand-built original
Mango and papaya in a vinegar-soy dressing over seasoned sprouted rice with spinach, watermelon radish, pistachio and nori.
Main ingredient: mango
Pairs well with: grilled fish, teriyaki chicken, steamed rice, iced green tea
HB-18561 · Hand-built original
Butter mochi with culinary-grade matcha sifted into the butter: earthy, vivid green, and every bit as dense and chewy as the original.
Main ingredient: Sweet rice flour (mochiko)
HB-8823 · Hand-built original
Hawaiian-style chicken thigh pieces marinated in a mochiko flour and egg batter, dredged in flour and cornstarch, fried crisp, and served with a garlic-sriracha mayo.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10390 · Hand-built original
The Kahuku food-truck plate: prawns fried in a blizzard of garlic butter, over rice.
Main ingredient: prawns
Pairs well with: rice, macaroni salad, lemon wedges
HB-5849 · Hand-built original
Purple sweet potato pie crowned with a layer of haupia coconut pudding.
Main ingredient: sweet potato
Pairs well with: coffee, tea, ice cream
HB-5858 · Hand-built original
Chicken breasts simmered in a honey and Dijon mustard pineapple sauce, topped with pineapple rings and served over rice, in the sweet-sour style associated with Hawaiian cooking.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: boiled rice, bulgur, roasted potatoes, salad
HB-5537 · Hand-built original
Chicken thigh pieces marinated in coconut milk, pineapple juice and lime, threaded onto skewers and grilled or pan-cooked with a reserved marinade baste.
Main ingredient: chicken
HB-7912 · Hand-built original
Meatballs simmered in a pineapple teriyaki sauce with peppers and onion.
Main ingredient: beef mince
Pairs well with: rice, macaroni salad, steamed vegetables
HB-5846 · Hand-built original
Hawaiian pipi kaula: soy-marinated beef dried until chewy, then quickly fried or grilled to eat.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: rice, beer snacks, salad
HB-5864 · Hand-built original
The plate lunch: chicken katsu with two scoops of rice and mac salad, sauce for dipping.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: macaroni salad, coleslaw, pickles
HB-5826 · Hand-built original
Cooked taro pounded to a smooth, pale paste with just water and an optional pinch of salt. Poi is Hawaii's foundational starch, its stretchy body made for scooping up with the fingers alongside pork and fish.
Main ingredient: taro
Pairs well with: kalua pork, lomi salmon, poke
HB-5868 · Hand-built original
Cubes of sushi-grade ahi tuna marinated in soy, sesame and ginger, served over rice with avocado, cucumber, edamame, carrots and radish. Extra green onions and sesame seeds finish the bowls.
Main ingredient: tuna
HB-7937 · Hand-built original
Pork (and fish) wrapped in taro leaves and steamed until the leaves melt into the meat.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: rice, lomi salmon, poi
HB-5836 · Hand-built original
Linguiça and scrambled eggs over rice — the local breakfast plate.
Main ingredient: sausage
Pairs well with: rice, toast, fruit
HB-5852 · Hand-built original
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