Pork Long Rice Recipe Hawaii Food

HAWAIIAN LAU LAU

Steps:

• First, prep the two types of leaves. LUAU LEAVES: take the luau leaves and wash them thoroughly one by one. Chop off the bottom stem that extends past the bottom of the leaf. Chop that stem into 1/2-inch pieces and set aside. TI LEAVES: wash the ti leaves and pat dry. Remove the main/thickest vein that runs through the center of the ti leaf. Removing this vein allows the ti leave to be more pliable/easy to fold as you will be using it to wrap the fillings. Set aside.
• At a clean workstation, stack 3-5 luau leaves on the counter. Arrange them so that the biggest leaf is on the bottom and the smallest leaf is on top.
• In the center of the leaf, put in a few chunks of the pork butt and butterfish. Add 2-3 pieces each cubed carrots and purple Okinawan sweet potato, if using. Add several of the chopped luau leaf stems. Sprinkle over Hawaiian sea salt.
• Use the luau leaves to fold and wrap all the fillings in a tight bundle.
• Next, wrap the ti leaves around the luau leaf bundle. Use the ti leaf ends to tie a topknot. If the ends are too short, use a string to tie/secure the bundle.
• Put the wrapped lau lau in a steamer. Steam for three to four hours till nice and tender. Remove the ti leaf (you can't eat the ti leaf), and serve! Ideally with rice and/or poi, chili pepper water and all your favorite Hawaiian side dishes like lomi lomi salmon and chicken long rice. Don't forget the kulolo for dessert ^_^

HAWAIIAN RICE

Steps:

• 1. Combine pork, soy sauce, pineapple juice, vinegar, salt, pepper, and ginger in saucepan. Cook over low heat for 1 hour or till pork is tender.
• 2. Meanwhile, cook rice according to package directions.
• 3. When pork it tender, add green pepper and cook 7 more minutes.
• 4. Dissolve cornstarch in water and add to pork mixture---stir continually until thickened. Stir in pineapple tidbits and cooked rice. Garnish with peanuts and tomato wedges.

CROCK POT - HAWAIIAN PORK

Steps:

• In a skillet lightly brown pork pieces slowly in vegetable oil. Remove from skillet and place in bottom of crock pot.
• In same skillet cook onion and celery just until tender, but not browned.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer about 1 minute. Pour sauce over pork pieces in crock pot.
• Turn crock pot on high for 1st hour and then to low for 3-4 hours.
• Note: If using optional green pepper, brown with onion and celery.
• Note: If you want sauce thicker, add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch during last 30 minutes.
• Great served over buttered rice!
• Enjoy!

HAWAIIAN PORK & RICE DINNER

Steps:

• Bring pork and 1 cup water to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer 2 minutes.
• Drain, refrigerating the reserved liquid.
• Add rice and remaining 1 cup water, peaches & pineapple to meat.
• Simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove any grease from reserved liquid and return juice to the pan.
• Continue to cook another 5 minutes.
• Mash/puree.

LONG RICE NOODLE SOUP PORK OR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Before you start cooking, take the dried shitake mushrooms and long rice noodles and place both in a bowl of warm water. Let these soak for about 15-20 minutes until they are soft.
• While these are soaking, brown ground pork, minced garlic, and garlic salt in a large pot on medium heat. Do not drain.
• Once pork is cooked, add the cans of chicken broth to the pot. Start with four cans and if you prefer your soup thinner add a few more. Keep in mind that the long rice will soak up some of the soup. Bring this to a boil before adding other ingredients.
• Take softened long rice noodles out of the warm water and add to the pork/chicken broth. Also take the softened shitake mushrooms and cut off the stems and slice into 1/4" strips and add to broth. Cover pot and cook on medium heat for another 30 minutes. Stir soup periodically during this time.
• Now add the water chestnuts and bamboo shoots into broth and cook another 10 minutes uncovered.
• Take the eggs and crack these directly into the broth and mix the broth quickly with a spoon. This will scramble the eggs into the soup.
• This is now the time to taste your broth and add salt and pepper to taste. Just keep in mind that the flavors get more intense the next day.