Food Works Hawaiian Ham

HAWAIIAN HAM AND CHEESE SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook and stir onion until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add mustard, poppy seeds, and Worcestershire sauce; cook and stir for 5 minutes.
• Arrange the bottoms from each roll in the prepared baking dish. Spoon 2/3 the onion mixture over the roll bottoms. Add ham and Swiss cheese to each roll. Put tops of rolls over the Swiss cheese layer. Brush the remaining 1/3 onion mixture over tops of rolls. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and bake until tops of rolls are lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.

HAWAIIAN HAM STRATA

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients. Transfer to a 13x9-in. baking dish; top with cheeses., Whisk together remaining ingredients. Pour sauce over layers, pushing down, if necessary, with the back of a spoon to ensure muffins absorb liquid. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. Remove strata from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake, uncovered, until strata is golden and bubbly, 30-40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

HAWAIIAN HAM STEAKS

Steps:

• Pour 1/2 inch juice into skillet and stir in brown sugar. Make slashes in fat around steak to keep it from curling.
• Place ham in skillet with juice mixture and top with pineapple slices.
• Cook on medium low heat and turn twice.
• Cook until sauce becomes thick and serve with pineapple slice on each serving.

KINGS HAWAIIAN HAM & SWISS SLIDER

Steps:

• Step 1.
• Spread mayo onto 1 side of roll. Place a slice or two of ham and slice of Swiss cheese in roll. Replace the top of the rolls and bunch them closely together into a baking dish.
• Step 2.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together poppy seeds, Dijon mustard, melted butter, onion powder and Worcestershire sauce.
• Step 3.
• Pour sauce over the rolls, just covering the tops. Cover with foil and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Step 4.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Uncover and cook for additional 2 minutes until tops are slightly browned and crisp. Serve warm.

HAWAIIAN SAUCE--FOR HAM OR CHICKEN

Steps:

• If doing this for chicken use pineapple chunks.
• Strain the pineapple.
• Place the juice of the can of pineapple and the two 6 ounce cans of pineapple juice in a saucepan.
• Add the two sugars and heat.
• Mix the cornstarch and water and stir into the pineapple mixture--stir till thick.
• Add the crushed pineapple and the cut up cherries along with the cherry juice.
• Put in gravy boat at serve warm at the table to be ladled over the ham on the plate.

HAWAIIAN HAM AND SWISS SANDWICH

Steps:

• Cut 8 rings each from red and green bell peppers; set aside.
• Finely chop remaining bell peppers. Combine chopped bell peppers, chopped jalapeño, cream cheese and pineapple in medium bowl; mix well.
• Spread 1 side of each bread slice with 2 tablespoons pineapple spread. Layer 1 bread slice, spread-side up, with 1 slice cheese, 1 lettuce leaf, 1/8 ham, 1 red pepper ring, 1 green pepper ring and 1 bread slice, spread-side down.