With Sam Choy

For Sam, cooking should be easy and from the heart, and this is why he did this new edition of “With Sam Choy.” This collection of recipes emphasizes natural farm-to-table ingredients. All the cooking is one step, including the accompanying dips and sauces.

And being a Sam Choy cookbook, the recipes reflect Hawaii’s ethnic culinary traditions and the original Hawaiian cooking, flavors, and ingredients with which Sam grew up.

Recipes:

• Sam Choy’s World Famous Fried Marlin Poke
• Ginger Marinated Seared Sashimi
• Mahimahi Macadamia Nut Fingers
• Deep-Fried Won Ton Brie with Fresh Pineapple Marmalade
• Hot, I Mean Hot, Miniature Beef Kabobs
• Sam’s “Da Kine” Coconut Sweet Pork
• Ginger Ono
• Spicy Chicken Wingettes

• Broiled Garlic Garlic Chicken Breast Salad
• New Wave Marinated ‘Ahi Salad
• Fried Marlin Poke Salad with Nori-Wrapped Firecracker Salmon
• Hawaiian Barbecued Shrimp Salad with Papaya/Pineapple Marmalade
• Oriental Macadamia Nut Chicken Salad with Fried Noodles
• Poached Fish Salad with Honey/Lime Vinaigrette
• Lasagna-Style Hibachi Tofu Salad
• Lemon-Pepper Mahimahi Fillet Salad
• Scallops and Spinach with Ginger Pesto
• Wasabi Vinaigrette
• Creamy Oriental Dressing
• Island French Dressing
• Garlic Ranch Dressing
• Sweet and Sour Cucumber Vinaigrette

• When You’re Hungry Bean Soup
• Cold Papaya, Mango, and Pohā Berry Bisque
• Sam Choy’s Southpoint Chowder
• Pumpkin Bisque
• Taro Corn Chowder
• Creamy Macadamia Nut Soup
• Big Island Avocado Bisque
• My Dad’s Ong Choy and Chicken Soup
• Lū‘au Coconut Crabmeat with Taro

• Nutty Crusted Lamb Chops
• Island Braised Lamb Shanks
• Oriental Lamp Chops with Rotelli Pasta
• Marinated Lamb Loin
• Crusted Pork Loin Roast
• Hale‘iwa Barbecued Pork Ribs
• Sweet and Sour Pineapple Pork
• Pork Tofu
• Pork Cutlet Koloko
• Huli Huli (Rotisserie) Beef
• Traditional Backyard Beef Teriyaki
• Local-Style Veal Osso Bucco with Shiitake Mushrooms
• Hawaiian Pūlehu Tri-Tip Steak
• Stir-Fried Beef with Honaunau Snow Peas
• Papa Choy’s Beef Tomato
• Big Island Beef Shortribs
• Braised Anise Beef Brisket
• Chinese Pasta Primavera
• Pūlehu Rib Eye

• Sam’s Special “Big-O” Thanksgiving Turkey
• Sam Choy’s Award-Winning Roast Duck
• Rotisserie Chicken
• Easy Chicken Lau Lau
• Chicken Hekka
• Hibachi Chicken Breast
• Chicken Tofu with Watercress
• Macadamia Nut Chicken Breast

• Baked Local Boy Mahimahi in Ti Leaves
• Steamed Mahimahi Lau Lau
• Crusted Mahimahi with Coconut Cream Spinach Sauce
• Baked Whole Fish in Coconut Cream
• Steamed Whole ‘Ōpakapaka
• Sam’s Amazing No-Fat Steamed Fish and Vegetables
• Sautéed Island Fish Trio
• Poached Salmon with Tropical Fruit Salsa
• Steamed Opah (Moonfish)
• Steamed Weke ‘Ula, Local-Style
• Pan-Fried Onaga with Fresh Dill Cream
• Deep-Fried Calamari with Ginger Pesto
• Calamari Taro Cakes
• Sam’s Clams with Black Bean Butter
• Lā‘ie Seafood Quiche
• Shrimp Tempura, Sam’s Way
• Island Seafood Stew
• Paradise Shrimp Scampi with Dill Cream Sauce Over Taro Pasta
• Ginger Boiled Fresh Shrimp with My Dad’s Favorite Dipping Sauce

• Yankee Pot Roast
• Creamed Chicken with Harvard Beets and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• The Best Beef Stew
• Hawaiian Prime Rib Au Jus
• Sunday Roast Chicken with Stuffing
• Deluxe Meat Loaf

• Traditional Lomi Lomi Salmon
• No-Imu Kālua Pig
• My Mom’s Squid Lū‘au
• Can’t Get Enough Otaru Poke
• Da Kine Poke Supreme
• Sweet Potato Palau
• Poi
• Chicken Long Rice
• Pineapple Haupia

• Black Goma Asparagus
• Ginger Carrots
• Bok Choy Broccoli
• Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• Quick Snow Peas
• Island Ji
• Macadamia Nut Eggplant

• Macadamia Nut Banana Cake
• Mango Bread
• Papaya Passion Fruit Cake
• Liliko‘i Chiffon Cream Pie
• Macadamia Nut Pie
• Easy Banana Pie
• Pineapple Coconut Yum Yum
• Papaya Sorbet
• Guava Mousse
• Ginger Pineapple Sorbet

Author: Sam Choy