Look no further for the local recipes you love and crave. Jean Watanabe Hee has handpicked the most delicioius, can’t-miss dishes from her five “Hawaii’s Best” cookbooks and put them into one handy volume-complete with a few new recipes you won’t find anywhere else. With a bounty of pupus, salads, sides, soups, desserts, and fifty-two mouth-watering main courses, these recipes have been gathered from family tables, group picnics, and school cookbooks across Hawaii, then tested and perfected in Hee’s homestyle Kaneohe kitchen. Decades of culinary history are distilled in this treasury of island cooking-a history that’s rich, delicious, and still putting smiles on even the youngest faces.
RECIPES
PUPU
‘Ahi Limu Poke
Shoyu Poke
7-Layer Dip
Curry Mango Cream Cheese Spread
Clam Dip
Guacamole
Barbecue Stick
Spinach Dip
Spring Rolls
Buffalo Wings
Sesame Seed Chicken
Cocktail Shrimp
Furikake Seared ‘Ahi
Spinach Rolls
Mimi’s Shrimp
Oyster Bacon Wrap
Shrimp Lumpia
Crispy Gau Gee
Stuffed Aburage with Somen
SALADS
Broccoli Salad
Pasta Salad
Bean Salad
Broccoli Shrimp Salad
Chinese Chicken Salad
Pine Nut Salad
Soba Salad
Spinach Salad with Hot Dressing
Strawberry Salad
Taegu Ocean Salad Linguine
Tofu Salad
Potato and Macaroni Salad
24-Hour Lettuce Salad
SIDES
Baked Beans
Scalloped Potatoes
Choi Sum
Green Bean Casserole
Kinpira Gobo with Portuguese Sausage
Namul
Nishime
Ong Choy and Harm Ha (Shrimp Sauce)
Cucumber Namasu
Takuan
Roasted Vegetables
Gon Lo Mein
SOUPS
Mushroom Soup
Black Bean Soup
Watercress Egg-Drop Soup
Chinese Cabbage Soup
Country Comfort Corn Chowder
Hearty Miso Soup
Hot and Sour Soup
Jook (Chinese Rice Porridge)
Imitation Bird Nest Soup
Minestrone Soup
Oxtail Soup
Portuguese Bean Soup
Seafood Bisque
Turkey Chowder
Kim Chee Soup
Won Ton Soup
MAIN DISHES
Beef Broccoli
Beef Tomato
Corned Beef Hash Patties
Jumbo’s Restaurant’s Beef Stew
Sukiyaki
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Easy Pot Roast
Lasagna
No-Fail Roast Beef
DeLuz Vindha D’Ahlos Roast
Roast Lamb
Lazy-Style Laulau
Tonkatsu
Sari Sari
Black Bean Spareribs
Sweet-Sour Spareribs
Pork Hash
Roast Pork
Mushroom Pork Chops
Pork-Tofu Casserole
Ma Po Tofu (Pork Tofu)
Chicken Cacciatore
Cashew Chicken
Chicken Chili
Chicken Enchilada
Chicken Adobo
Chicken Katsu
Flavored Chicken for Chinese Stir-fry
Chicken Long Rice
Gay’s Easy Potluck Chicken
Yakitori
Fried Chicken
Cold Chicken with Ginger Sauce
Lemon Chicken
Shoyu Chicken
Easy Roast Chicken
Mochiko Chicken
McCarthy’s Marinade
Butter Yaki
Baked Fish
Miso Butterfish
Honey-Glazed Walnut Shrimp
‘Opakapaka with Chinese Cabbage
Chinese Steamed Fish
Shrimp Curry
Butterfish with Shoyu Sauce
Easy Seafood Pasta
Furikake Salmon
Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce
Spanish Rice
Tofu Burgers
Oriental-Style Fish
Stuffed Tofu
DESSERTS
Chocolate Banana Bread
Watergate Cake
Bacardi® Rum Cake
Cocoa Cake
Chiffon Cake
Kahlúa® Cake
Mango Bread
Carrot Cake
Corn Bread
Creamsicle Cake
Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
Mandarin Peach Cake
Pumpkin Crunch
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Arare Cookie Crunch
Moist Banana Cake
Chocolate Delight
Fresh Mango Pie
Banana Cream Delight
Lemon Meringue Pie
Okinawan Sweet Potato Pie with Haupia Topping
No-Fail Pie Crust
Shortbread Cookies
Tofu Pie
Pumpkin Custard Pie
Haupia Chocolate Pie
Kona Coffee Mud Pie
Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie
Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies
Sponge Drops
Sugar Cookies
Furikake Chex® Mix
Lemon Bars
Hawaiian Chocolate Chip Cookies
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
Almond Cookies
Andagi
Almond Float
Blueberry Mochi
Goodie Goodie Dessert
King’s Hawaiian® Sweet Bread–Bread Pudding
Rainbow Finger Jell-O®
Tri-Colored Mochi
Moist Chocolate Cake
Broken Glass Dessert
Coconut Butter Mochi
Fruitcake Bars
Melt ’em Cookies
Energy Bars with Fruits
Zucchini Cake
Author: Jean Watanabe Hee