Need to bring a side dish?!
Need to bring a side dish?
Need to bring a side to a hawaiian-themed party. The hostess is grilling hot dogs and burgers. What should I bring??
Answers:
a tropical fruit basket - you can shape the fruit like flowers (there are examples online of this using grapes for the center of the flower).
What's neat is that later you can put the skewers on the grill with a little honey at the last minute for a warm dessert if you wish.
Something a little less work intensive would be sweet and sour meatballs.
a pineapple. cuz it's hawaiian
Hawaiian salad or prepare some fruit kabobs with yogurt dip.
fruit salad (with pineapple of course) and some chips.
poof! you're done
pinapple ?
a nice pea salad
small tomatoes and purè (mashed potatoes)
a fresh fruit salad would compliment the food and the party and it is very easy to do and can be done ahead of time
Hawaiian Luau: Chicken Long Rice
From Chef and Author Emeril Lagasse and Sam Choy
Friday, May 18, 2001
Make it a traditional Hawaiian luau with all the extras! From Good Morning America's Emeril Lagasse and Hawaiian chef Sam Choy, Chicken Long Rice.
Ingredients
2 lbs. chicken, skin and bones removed, cubed
4 cups chicken broth
2 inch finger of fresh ginger, crushed
1 medium onion, minced
2 cups celery, sliced thin
2 carrots, julienned
20 shiitake mushrooms
4 oz. long rice
6 green onions, cut 1 inch in length
Directions
1. Soak long rice in warm water for one hour.
2. Soak mushrooms in warm water for 20 minutes, drain, then remove stems and slice caps.
3. Pour chicken broth into large pot, add chicken and ginger and simmer for five minutes.
4. Add onion, celery, carrots, mushrooms and simmer for another 4 to 5 minutes.
Drain long rice and cut into 3-inch lengths.
5. Add green onions and long rice to pot and cook five minutes or until long rice becomes translucent.
well one thing you could do is put some pineapple and melon on skewers and grill them or make shrimp skewers and put a lemon wedge on each skewer with the shrimp. they work great for parties.
or something like a tropical fruit salad.
a plate filled with fruit
fruit salad with lots of tropical type fruits in it - maybe with a light rum dressing?