Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 30 minutes marinating) Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Quick Ingredients 2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces Marinade: 1/4 cup shoyu (soy sauce), 2 tbsp mirin, 1 tbsp sugar, 3 cloves garlic (grated), 1 tsp […]
Slow-Cooker Kalua Pork with Cabbage and Rice
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 9 hours on Low (or 5–6 hours on High) Total Time: 9 hours 45 minutes Quick Ingredients 4–5 lb pork shoulder (Boston butt), preferably bone-in 1 1/2 tbsp coarse Hawaiian alaea sea salt 1 tbsp liquid smoke (hickory, mesquite, or kiawe) 1/2 […]
Hawaiian Miso Butterfish with Rice and Pickled Cucumbers
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 12–24 hours marinating) Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 12 hours 50 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 1/2 lb (680 g) black cod/sablefish, skin-on, cut into 4 fillets 1/2 cup (130–140 g) white miso (shiro miso) 1/4 cup (60 ml) sake 3 tbsp (38 […]
Hawaiian Loco Moco with Onion Gravy and Eggs
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Quick Ingredients 2 cups short-grain white rice (Calrose), rinsed + 2 1/2 cups water 1 1/2 lb 80/20 ground beef 1/2 cup panko, 1 large egg, 2 tbsp milk 1 tbsp Worcestershire, 1 tsp kosher salt, […]
Hawaiian Kalbi Short Ribs Plate with Mac Salad
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 plates Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 9 hours 10 minutes (includes 8 hours marinating) Quick Ingredients 3 lb flanken-cut (LA-style) beef short ribs, 1/4-inch thick 3/4 cup shoyu (soy sauce) + 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 6 garlic cloves, minced; […]
Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken with Savory-Sweet Glaze
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 55 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Quick Ingredients 3 lb bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and/or drumsticks (8–10 pieces) 1 cup low-sodium soy sauce (shoyu) 1 cup water 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed 6 cloves garlic, smashed 2-inch piece fresh […]
Chewy Hawaiian Butter Mochi Squares
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 24 squares (9×13-inch pan) Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 55 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes (plus 1 hour cooling) Quick Ingredients 1 lb (16 oz/454 g) mochiko sweet rice flour 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp kosher salt 4 large eggs, […]
North Shore Garlic Shrimp with Butter and Lemon
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes (includes 10-minute rest) Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Quick Ingredients 1.5 lb large shell-on shrimp (16/20 or 21/25 count), deveined 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 2 tsp sweet paprika + 1/4 tsp cayenne 1 tsp kosher salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper 6 […]
Teriyaki Spam Musubi with Furikake and Nori
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 musubi (about 4 servings) Prep Time: 15 minutes (plus 20 minutes optional rice soak) Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes (70 minutes with optional soak) Quick Ingredients 2 cups short-grain sushi rice + 2 1/4 cups water 3 tbsp unseasoned rice vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp […]
Homestyle Hawaiian Saimin Noodle Soup
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 bowls Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 55 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 lb chicken wings or backs 8 cups water (yields ~6 cups broth) 1 (4×4 in) kombu sheet 1 cup katsuobushi/bonito flakes (about 10 g) 1 small onion (halved), 2 garlic cloves […]









