Hawaii is a beautiful island, and nature has blessed this state with awesome scenery. This richly cultured island is really a place to visit once in a lifetime. The cuisine is also remarkable. There are a few dishes that you should never miss on your travels. Let’s learn more about it.
Poke
Poke is the most popular dish made with ahi tuna and limu seaweed. The other ingredients are onions, soy sauce and sesame seeds.
A Hawaiian plate
The Hawaiian plate costs very little money. Served with steak and chicken. The second dish will be a mayonnaise-based macaroni salad. Third will be 2 scoops of steaming white rice.Â
Poi
This traditional side dish is made from taro root, a vegetable like sweet potatoes. However, it tastes more obviously starchy. The taro is roasted and gradually combined with water to create a rich, delicious paste. It can also be steamed.Â
Lomi Lomi Salmon
This is prepared using raw fish. The salmon is gently salted and massaged numerous times. Later, onions, tomatoes, and chili peppers are added. A sour but pleasing bite.
Lau Lau
Large taro plant leaves are used in lau lau to encase fish or pork. The entire mixture is then put into an underground oven. The soft leaves and smokey meat are ready to consume after several hours of slow simmering.
Pipi Kalua
The flank steak is typically dried outside or in a drying box before being harbroiled for a rich, smoky flavour. The meat is often marinated in sauce or incorporated with other condiments.
Chicken Long Rice
Chicken long rice is also not a traditional Hawaiian food recipe.
Manapua
Manapua is a delicious dish filled with pork.Â
Spam Musubi
The ideal portable snack is spam musubi. Prepared with spam, soy sauce, rice, and nori.
Huli Huli Chicken
Chicken teriyaki on the grill. Huli, which means to turn, is the key to cooking the chicken that has been marinated in sweet soy sauce and basted, as doing so will prevent the glaze from burning. The sauce’s sugars caramelise the chicken, giving it crunchy edges and a surprising amount of juicy interior.
Ready with the list? Do not forget the tropical fruits after your main meal, and make your trip a memorable one.