Easy Peachy Dump Cake

Ingredients:

1 29 oz can sliced peaches with the juice
1 yellow cake mix
½ cup butter, melted
1 cup nuts, chopped (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place peaches and juice in a 9×13 pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over peaches. Carefully spoon melted butter over cake mix. Sprinkle with nuts if you are using them. Bake for about 45-50 minutes. Enjoy warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or cold. ONO!

PORTUGUESE BEEF & ONION

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 pound beef, thinly sliced
2 large onions, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 pound tomatoes, chopped
1 Tbsp chopped parsley
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

In a large skillet, heat oil. Add the beef and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes to brown on all sides. Add the rest of the ingredients and season with salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Uncover and continue to boil rapidly for about 5 minutes to reduce liquid. Enjoy over rice with either a green toss salad or kim chee on the side. Mahalo Mary P., for this recipe.

Beef Curry Stew

Ingredients:

3 lb stew meat
2 Tbsp butter
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 1/2 quarts water
3 stalks celery, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
2 carrots, into 1 1/2-inch pieces
2 potatoes, into 1 1/2-inch pieces
1 onion, cut into wedges
1 1/2 Tbsp curry powder
1/2 cup flour
1 cup water

Instructions:

In a large saucepan, melt butter and brown meat. Add garlic, salt, and pepper. Next, add the 2 1/2 quarts water; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is tender. Add vegetables and curry powder to stew; cover and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Now, mix the flour with the 1 cup water and slowly stir into stew. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Enjoy over rice or as is, with potato/mac salad on the side. ONO!!!

Easy Edamame (SOYBEANS)

Ingredients:

2 cups of edamame
2 cups of water
Hawaiian sea salt, to taste

Instructions:

In a large pot, bring water to a heavy boil. Add the edamame to the pot. Boil for about 5-10 minutes. Drain. Sprinkle and mix with the Hawaiian salt. Enjoy!

Panko Fried Chicken

Ingredients:

1 (2#) bag boneless/skinless chicken breast
1 bag panko flakes
2 eggs, beaten
Garlic salt to taste
Black Pepper to taste
Oil for frying
2 packets Brown Gravy

Instructions:

Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and pepper then dip in egg wash and roll in panko. Heat oil and fry until golden brown on each end, which should be about 5 minutes on each side. Then, when done frying, put chicken on paper towel, so it can soak off excess oil. Follow the directions on the brown gravy packets and when done cooking, pour over your chicken and serve with rice or mash potatoes and some steamed veggies or a nice fresh green salad. Easy & ono! ENJOY! Mahalo Mary F. for this recipe!

Ahi Tofu Patties

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs. Ahi, chopped
1 block firm tofu, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2 c. diced round onion
1/2 c. chopped green onion
1/2 c. diced celery
1/2 c. grated carrots
Garlic to taste
a dash of garlic salt
3 tsp. oyster sauce
2 tsp. shoyu

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Shape into patties.
Fry in a large pan over medium heat until golden brown. Enjoy with a nice green salad and/or rice.

Short Rib Stew

Ingredients:

3-4 pounds boneless beef short ribs, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 Tbsp oil
3 cups beef stock
6 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 large onion, cut into 1-inch
4 stalks celery, cut into1-inch pieces
1/2 cabbage cut in 1-2" pieces
2 bay leaves, chopped
Hawaiian salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions:

In a large bowl, toss the short ribs with the flour. In a large enameled cast-iron pot, heat the oil.  Drain oil.  Add the beef stock to the cooked meat and bring to a boil then turn heat down to simmer. Cover and cook over low heat until the meat is tender, for about 2 hours. Skim any fat from the stew. Stir in the vegetables. Cover and simmer over low heat until the vegetables are tender, which should be about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and enjoy with rice and/or poi. ONO!

Minute Chicken

Ingredients:

4 lbs Chicken
3 Tbsp Flour
2 cloves Garlic, crushed
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 tsp Sugar
1/4 C Hoisin sauce
2 Tbsp Oyster sauce
1/2 C Green onion, chopped
1/2 C Chinese parsley (cilantro), chopped
1 inch Ginger, crushed
1/4 C Oil

Instructions:

Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Create a marinade with the flour, pepper, sugar, hoi sin sauce, green onions, parsley, ginger, and oyster sauce. Add chicken to marinade and let sit in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. When ready to cook, heat the oil in large skillet until sizzling hot. Add chicken and stir quickly using high heat. Lower the heat and cook 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked thoroughly. Enjoy with rice and a nice green salad. ONO!

Baked Hamburger Steak

Ingredients:

2 lbs hamburger
3 cloves garlic minced
1 onion, cut in half with 1/2 minced and 1/2 onion ringed
Pepper, to taste
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup mayonnaise
2 slices bread soaked in either milk or water and slightly squeezed.
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 can chicken broth

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together except for the onion rings, mushroom soup and chicken broth. For into patties and place on a baking pan. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. While its cooking combine and mix the cream of mushroom and chicken broth. After 30 minutes of the hamburger steak baking, remove from oven and top with onion rings and pour soup mix over patties and bake for another 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:

3 Pound chicken thighs, boneless, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
1 1⁄2 Cup flour
1⁄2 Cup cornstarch
salt and pepper to taste
Garlic sauce
2 Cup shoyu
2 Cup sugar
1 Cup chopped garlic
1⁄2 Cup chopped green onion
2 Tablespoon sesame oil
1 Teaspoon chili flakes

Instructions:

Combine sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil, simmer until the sugar dissolves and the sauce thickens. Set aside. When the sauce is cooled, take some and marinate the chicken for an hour or two. When you're ready to fry,  in a plate or Ziploc bag, combine flour and cornstarch. Season the flour mix with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour mix & deep fry. Then toss in the extra sauce and serve. Ono as pupu or entree.

Pork and Pimentos

Ingredients:

1 lb pork, sliced
Garlic salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, quartered
1 small bottle pimentos
1 cup chicken broth
1 packet pork gravy

Instructions:

In a large pan or pot fry the pork with some garlic salt and pepper. Then add the garlic cloves, onion and pimentos. Stir and add teh chicken broth and gravy to the mix. Simmer until thickened and enjoy over hot rice. ONO!