Hoi Sin Chicken
Hoisin Sauce is a Chinese dipping sauce made from sweet potato, wheat or rice, water, sugar, soybeans, white distilled vinegar, salt, garlic, and red chili peppers. Literally translated Hoisin means seafood sauce but that hasn’t stopped the Chinese from using it on practically everything else. What is also interesting to know is that most Hoisin sauces contain no fish or seafood.
Chicken Long Rice #2
This is probably one of the easiest and fastest recipes for Chicken Long Rice but don’t let that fool you because the end product still manages to taste pretty good.
If you didn’t see the earlier post/recipe on Chicken Long Rice, just know that it a Hawaiian Luau dish created by Chinese immigrants in the 1800s. The Chinese immigrants brought long rice or the bean thread noodle to Hawaii and in return they got Hawaiian sounding names like Ako, Afong, Alo etc…….
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Chicken Stew in Wine
Wine is an acid ingredient which tenderizes, adds flavor and pulls in moisture to chicken, meat or seafood. Because this recipe has 1 cup of white wine and Mirin (Japanese Rice Wine Vinegar), you just know that it is is going to be extra juicy and delicious. The only problem we have with this dish is deciding how to categorize it. For example, is it Japanese because of the Mirin or is it Chinese because of the Oyster Sauce and Chinese Peas. That is the beauty of Hawaii food. It is blend of many unique flavors to form something new altogether.
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Ham & Chicken Rolls
If you went by name alone, Ham and Chicken Rolls definitely sounds like an American Dish but the five spice powder and spring rolls wrappers are a dead giveaway that this easy to make appetizer is anything but Chinese or Asian. Because the recipe does not sound exotic, it won’t scare off the kids and is your opportunity to get them to eat something different for a change. Besides who does not like ham and chicken?
Chinese Vegetable-Shrimp Soup
The recipe calls for ½ cup of shrimp but why stop there? Go for it and use one full cup instead and also throw in some Chinese Snow Peas and Abalone for kicks. Eat this soup with a good size bowl of rice and you got yourself a healthy low fat meal.
Brown Sugar Nin Gau
Gau is a sticky sweet brown rice cake served during Chinese New Years. There are several types of gau but what is traditionally served during Chinese New Years is the Brown Sugar Nin Gau.
Gau is relatively inexpensive and therefore it is probably best to just buy it from Chinatown. However if you live in Hawaii and have watched KHON News or seen the videos on youtube, you will probably be leary of anything from this part of town. If you are curious just google up “ogo” khon news or go to youtube and search “chinatown rats” Hawaii.
Yes making your own Gau might take some effort but the reward this tasty treat has to offer and piece of mind knowing your gau is clean and safe is well worth it.
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Hot & Sour Soup
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Hot and Sour Soup is a Chinese soup which contains ingredients that are supposed to make it both spicy and sour. Hot and sour doesn’t especially sound so nice and something was definitely lost in translation. This version has a Hawaii spin to it but don’t worry it tastes really good.
