Forum cooks have been busy supplying recipes for Chinese barbecued pork to keep Gracie Dinsmore and her family back there in Missouri from Asian-food starvation.
Well, today Jim Burns of Mukilteo shares a pair of recipes to help Gracie add to the meal.
“We were married in Honolulu in 1953,” he writes.
“We picked up a little cookbook of favorite island recipes while there. Here are two we really like.”
Fried rice
3/4cup diced Spam or any leftover cooked meat or shrimp
1small onion, diced
2tablespoons oil
1/2green or red bell pepper, diced
1rib celery, diced
2mushrooms, sliced
2-3 cups cooked rice
1/2cup peas
2tablespoons soy sauce
1egg, beaten
Fry Spam, leftover meat or shimp and onion lightly in the oil. Add bell pepper, celery, mushrooms, rice, peas and soy sauce. Cook over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes. Add egg and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Serve immediately.
Waikiki French toastwich
1can tuna, drained and flaked
3tablespoons mayonnaise
2scallions, chopped
1rib celery, diced
2teaspoons lemon juice
8slices bread, divided
2eggs, beaten
2tablespoons milk
2teaspoons soy sauce
Chunk of butter for frying
Mix tuna, mayonnaise, scallions, celery and lemon juice together and spread on 4 slices of the bread. Top with remaining 4 slices bread.
Stir together the eggs, milk and soy sauce, mixing well. Dip both sides of sandwiches in batter and brown both sides in butter in a skillet.
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