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Hawaiian Recipes

Authentic Hawaiian dishes cooked in tallow and coconut oil — seed oil free.

Huli Huli Chicken in Tallow — Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Hawaiian Recipes

Huli Huli Chicken in Tallow — Hawaiian BBQ Chicken

Huli huli chicken is Hawaii's roadside BBQ — whole chickens or pieces glazed in a sweet-savoury sauce of soy, ginger, pineapple juice and brown sugar, grilled over charcoal. Basted in tallow instead of seed oil.

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad — Seed Oil Free Version Hawaiian Recipes

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad — Seed Oil Free Version

Hawaiian macaroni salad is a staple of the plate lunch — creamy, slightly sweet, and essential alongside kalua pig and rice. This version uses olive oil-based mayonnaise instead of commercial mayo made with soybean oil.

Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp in Butter — Giovanni's Style Hawaiian Recipes

Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp in Butter — Giovanni's Style

Hawaiian garlic shrimp trucks line the North Shore of Oahu, the most famous being Giovanni's shrimp truck. The recipe is simple: head-on shrimp cooked in an aggressive amount of garlic and butter. This is the seed oil free version.

Laulau — Hawaiian Pork and Fish Wrapped in Taro Leaves Hawaiian Recipes

Laulau — Hawaiian Pork and Fish Wrapped in Taro Leaves

Laulau is one of Hawaii's oldest dishes — pork and butterfish wrapped in taro leaves and steamed until meltingly tender. The taro leaves act as a natural steamer and add a subtle earthy flavour. Cooked in its own rendered fat.

Haupia — Hawaiian Coconut Pudding in Coconut Cream Hawaiian Recipes

Haupia — Hawaiian Coconut Pudding in Coconut Cream

Haupia is the Hawaiian coconut pudding served at every luau — made from coconut cream, sugar, and arrowroot or cornstarch, set firm enough to cut into squares. Three ingredients, no seed oils, pure coconut fat.

Hawaiian Poke Bowl With Coconut Oil and Sesame Hawaiian Recipes

Hawaiian Poke Bowl With Coconut Oil and Sesame

Ahi tuna poke — cubed raw yellowfin tuna marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, and Hawaiian sea salt — served over rice with pickled ginger, avocado, and edamame. The finishing oil is coconut oil and sesame. No seed oils.

Kalua Pig in Tallow — Hawaiian Slow-Roasted Pork Hawaiian Recipes

Kalua Pig in Tallow — Hawaiian Slow-Roasted Pork

Kalua pig is Hawaii's most iconic dish — pork shoulder slow-roasted in an imu (underground oven) until it falls apart and smokes. This home version uses beef tallow and liquid smoke to replicate the imu's rendered-fat environment in a standard oven.

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