Favorite Hawaiian/Polynesian dish?

Question

I'm throwing a luau style party this memorial day wkend for about 15 guests, and looking for opinions on your favorite luau dishes. Main dishes, sides, veggies, desserts- tell me what you liked the most, and I can find the recipes online.
PS-No, I can't roast a pig underground...

Answer 1

Not only does he have a great internet Hawaiian radio station, but Aloha Joe also has a great website with lots of recipes: http://www.alohajoe.com/recipes.htm

Here's the Kalua Pig recipe:
SUPER EASY CROCK POT KALUA PIG
Karan Pua Spencer

What you need.
CROCK POT
Pork butt or shoulder.
2 cups Apple Cider

Just regular Apple Cider...non-alcoholic
(I.E. "Tree Top Brand")
Gene Uttenger in Seattle says he use
"PINEAPPLE JUICE and it worked GREAT!!!
1/2 cap Liquid Smoke********
(read listener review below)

How to do it!
Early in the day, put pork butt (or shoulder)
in CROCK POT.
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Add Apple Cider (or Pineapple Juice)
& Liquid Smoke.
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Turn CROCK POT on LOW and leave it alone till evening. (Cook 9 - 10 hours)
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Take meat out of CROCK POT and shred.
(Salt to taste)
THAT'S IT!!!

Karan note: Use cheap cut of pork for this recipe. Leftovers taste great with cabbage. It freezes well too. And everybody loves it!!!
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Aloha Joe note: Mahalo Karan for sharing your secret recipe with us.

Answer 2

I like bird in Mole Sauce but do not get it in Utah, they can not make it right here unless you go to Saint George to a little bit situation known as three Amigos close the airport they've the first-rate i've tasted in a long time it is just like the stuff I got in California at the Mexican weddings, i might supply anything to get my palms on a recipe like that! It has animal crackers in it and they're floor nice and some peanuts and floor chili's and just right mexican chocolate, however everything is simply superb and so excellent. I additionally love Pozole a good soup made with hominy after which chili verde of path and well there are such a lot of excellent things tamales are good but I do not like them blanketed with that nasty pink sauce that so many places like to quilt things in that masks the flavour of the meals. I assume developing up in California has particularly made me picky about me taste in good Mexican food.

Answer 3

Hawaiian BBQ

Marinate meat in a mixture of

soy sauce beer (optional) or water it all depends on how much meet you have. 1 to 2 tbls of ginger 1 to 2 cloves of garlic brown sugar for sweetness almost like a teriakey sauce marinate over nite is best then grill best with chicken or steak

Answer 4

Pig Out Cake
1 box of yellow cake mix
1 small can (11oz) of mandarin oranges, undrained
1/2 c. oil
4- eggs
Icing:
12-16 oz Cool whip (I use 16 oz)
1 lg. can crushed pineapple, undrained
1 sm. pkg. instant vanilla pudding
Combine cake ingredients and mix well. Bake in rectangle pan at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes or until inserted tooth pick comes out clean.
Combine icing ingredients and spread on cooled cake.
Cake does need to be refrigerated until ready to serve.
* I sometimes add flaked coconut to the icing mixture.

Answer 5

This site will give you some authentic recipes. You'll find other things of interest on this site also.
http://www.alohafriendsluau.com/recipes.html