Easy Hawaiian Pupu Food

11 EASY HAWAIIAN APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a Hawaiian appetizer in 30 minutes or less!

CHICKEN PUPUS (HAWAIIAN APPETIZER)

Steps:

• Whisk together all ingredients, except the chicken, in a mixing bowl. Place the chicken thighs in the marinade and marinate for 2 to 4 hours in the refrigerator. After 2 hours, stir the marinade.
• Heat the grill until the coals are gray to white. Remove the chicken from the marinade and drain or shake off the excess marinade. Place on a lightly oiled grill and cook for 5 to 7 minutes on each side.
• Continue grilling until the chicken is cooked in the center. Remove the "pupu chicken" to a serving plate and insert wooden picks in each of the cubes. Serve immediately as an appetizer.

PUPU PLATTER

Steps:

• Assemble shrimp toasts:
• Pulse shrimp, ginger, oil, Sherry, soy sauce, and egg white in a food processor to a coarse purée. Stir together with cilantro, scallions, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spread on bread (a scant tablespoon each).
• Make bacon-wrapped pineapple:
• Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in middle.
• Wrap 1 piece of bacon around each pineapple chunk, then wrap scallion around outside, securing with a wooden pick. Arrange in a parchment-paper-lined 4-sided sheet pan. Bake, turning once, until bacon is crisp, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile make beef teriyaki:
• Stir together soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and ginger.
• Thinly slice zucchini lengthwise with slicer. Put each slice of steak on a slice of zucchini, then thread lengthwise onto a skewer. Brush with soy mixture. Arrange skewers, meat side up, on an oiled broiler pan.
• When pineapple has finished cooking, preheat broiler. Broil skewers 5 to 7 inches from heat until browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fry shrimp toasts:
• Heat 2 inches vegetable oil to 360° in a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Fry 8 bread rounds, shrimp sides down, until browned, about 1 minute. Turn and fry until golden, about 30 seconds. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Fry remaining rounds.
• To serve:
• Arrange skewers, bacon-wrapped pineapple, and shrimp toasts on a platter.

KOREAN PUPU CHICKEN

Steps:

• Thoroughly blend all Sauce ingredients in a medium-sized bowl until sugar is completely dissolved.
• Pour into 8 X 8 inch or similar sized dish.
• Set aside.
• Prepare serving dish by placing a piece of paper towel in bottom.
• Flour chicken, coating thoroughly.
• If chicken gets moist, flour again before frying.
• Fry in hot oil over medium heat until golden brown and crisp, turning as necessary.
• Remove from oil with tongs, allowing some excess to quickly drip back into pan.
• Place chicken directly into the prepared sauce. Let soak for 3-5 minutes, turning every couple minutes until chicken has been thoroughly saturated.
• Remove from sauce, again with tongs, letting some of the excess sauce drip back into dish.
• Place on paper towel lined dish.