https://www.saltshaker.net/20060905/a-taste-of-hawaii Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060905/a-taste-of-hawaii#comment-180048 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:21:52 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060905/a-taste-of-hawaii#comment-180048 […] a sort of fusion of Hawaiian and Argentine cuisine for a dinner?” But of course, it’s old hat for us. So, dinner for seven, leis and aloha shirts […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060905/a-taste-of-hawaii#comment-1545 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:07:13 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060905/a-taste-of-hawaii#comment-1545 […] I made some very minor changes to the ingredients based on what I had – I still had a small bag of those green shishito peppers I used in last weekend’s Casa S dinner, so those substituted for standard green peppers, with much the same flavor, and I had green olive tapenade rather than sliced green olives, and I cut back on the butter (the original recipe used a ½ cup) and increased the olive oil. I browned the chicken breasts in the butter and oil, then added the onion, garlic, and peppers to the pot, cooking them until the onions were just transluscent. Then I added the rice, stirring to coat with the oil, and then the rest of the ingredients down through the wine, along with a couple of cups of water to cook the rice through since I wasn’t doing it separately. Then I covered the whole thing and left it to cook until the rice and chicken were cooked through – at the end, I added the cream and seasoned with parsley, salt and white pepper to taste. Henry, of course, looked at it and declared it a mess and inedible, and then promptly ate a double portion. It was really quite good! Poularde Portugaise As I made it… […]

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