How to Use Kaiulani Spices

 

Any one of my spices such as the Chinese 5 Spice, Exotic Curry Medium or Hot, Kona Coffee, Hawaiian Spice, and Hawaiian Cajun can be rubbed on poultry, pork, beef, fish, and shrimp.  Use approximately 1-1/2 tbl per lb., sprinkle spice on and rub it in, then add extra virgin olive oil, let marinade for 1 hour or more for more flavor.  For thicker cuts of meat, marinade for several hours or overnight.  For seafood sprinkle spice on, rub it in, then rub olive oil and marinade for about 20-30 minutes.

 

You can grill, fry, bake, saute, sear all of the foods.  Delicious also on eggs, pasta, noodles, and saimin.  Or where ever you want to kick your food up a notch, just use your imagination because all of the spices are mixable.  You can mix 2, 3, or 4 spices together and they all taste wonderful.

 

Flavor without the Labor!

 

Aloha, Kai

 

Kaiulani's Signature Dish
Kaiulani's Famous Exotic Curry
Fried Rice with Cranberries

1/3 cup
2 1/2 tbs
(or to taste)
1 tbs
1/4 cup

4 cups

2 tbs
3 or 4
Olive oil
Kaiulani's Exotic Curry
(Hot or Medium
)
Garlic - minced
Cilantro - leaves and stems,
chopped seperately
Jasmine Rice - cooked the
day
before
Cranberries or raisins
Green onion stalks- slice small


Put olive oil in pan. When oil is heated, add garlic, Kaiulani's Curry, cilantro stems and cranberries. Cook until garlic is done. Add rice. Mix well together with a fork. Add green onions and cilantro leaves to the rice and mix again. Taste the rice and adjust seasoning. Serve. Quick and so easy! The perfect taste for this rice dish is the color, it has to be a beautiful golden color just like the picture above.

Variation on my most popular Hawaiian recipe – Sprinkle toasted pine nuts or sliced almonds on top of rice; instead of using cranberries, substitute cooked shrimp, chicken or pork, or mushrooms and red bell peppers.




Check out The Tasty Island Blog's pictures and instructions on how to make Kaiulani's Exotic Curry Fried Rice with Cranberries...



Kaiulani's Crispy Hawaiian
Fried Shrimp

1 lb
4 tbs
2 tbs

1-2
1/3 cup

Shrimp - shelled and de-veined
Cornstarch

Kaiulani's Hawaiian Spice or
Curry Seasoning
Limes

Cooking oil

Sprinkle the Seasoning of your choice or you can mix Kaiulani's Curry and Hawaiian spice or any other two spices together on shrimp and toss well together. Put cornstarch in bag, add shrimp, toss well together, remove shrimp from bag. Shake off excess cornstarch. Before putting shrimp in the oil make sure the oil is very hot.
Fry shrimp until crispy.
Drain on paper towel. Put on platter; squeeze lime and serve.
Great Hawaiian recipe, and so easy !




Kona Coffee Burger
with
Wasabi Mayo

1 lb
2-3 tbs
(or to taste)



1/2 cup

Best beef you can buy
Kaiulani's Kona Coffee Rub
Hamburger buns - toasted
Lettuce
Tomato
Wasabi (paste to taste)
Mayonnaise


Mix wasabi and mayo together thoroughly. Set aside. Sprinkle Kona Coffee Rub all over hamburger meat, and gently toss together. Form patties, let marinate for at least 1 hour. Grill or fry. Spread wasabi mayo on bun, add cooked burger, lettuce, tomato and onions if desired.
Really good Hawaiian Hamburger recipe!
PS. Overworking the meat when mixing ingredients will toughen it.




Grilled Kona Coffee
Rubbed Steak


1 tbs per lb
(approx.)



Ribeye or N.Y. Steak
Kona Coffee Rub &
Seasoning per steak

Olive oil


Rub Steak thoroughly with Kona Coffee Rub & Seasoning. Rub it in. Then massage it with olive oil. Let marinate for at least an hour. Grill, fry or broil. Delicious Hawaiian steak recipe !

Note: Kaiulani Kona Coffee Rub & Seasoning is especially delicious on all beef dishes.




How to Roast and BBQ Chicken
Using Any Kaiulani Spices

Preheat oven 350 degrees



Whole Chicken -  4 to 5 tbls of any Kaiulani Spice, rub all over chicken inside and out and including under the skin of the breast. Marinate preferably over night, but 6 hours will do nicely or even 1 hour in a pinch. Put chicken on a roasting rack and place in a roasting pan, adding water, broth or wine and cook for 1 hr. 15 min. NO NEED FOR BASTING. Skin will be crispy. Meat moist and flavorful.

Chicken thighs or breast- Using approx. 1 tbs. to 1 1/2 tbs of your favorite Kaiulani spice (1 tsp if you're using Chinese 5 Spice), rub all over thighs or breasts and under the skin. Even if you don't eat the skin, leave it on thigh to keep chicken moist when cooked. Skin will be crispy and tasty but you can decide then whether to eat or discard it. Cook for 50 minutes for thighs and approx. 40 minutes for breast. So easy and so good!

Variation- You can mix any of the Kaiulani Spices together using two or three or even all of the spices together to create your own unique taste.

 

 
Barbecued Chinese 5 Spice Beer Chicken
 
1
4 tbl
1 can
1
2 cups
Whole Chicken
Kaiulani Chinese 5 Spice
Beer (Your Favorite)
Aluminum Pan 4 x 6 inch (if barbecuing)
Water
 
 
 

Indirect heating method using charcoal grill. Put aluminum pan in middle of grill surrounded by charcoal. Put 2 cups of water in the pan and about one third of the can of beer. 

Light the charcoal.  It will be ready for cooking when the charcoal turns white.  Rub chicken thorouly with Kaiulani’s 5 Spice inside and out.  Stick partially full beer can inside of chicken, using can to provide base to stand on the grill directly over the aluminum pan.  Juices from the chicken will drip into the pan as it cooks.  Cover the grill and cook for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.  No need to baste.  The chicken will be crispy on the outside, juicy inside.  Simple and delicious!!
 

Electric oven method 

Same as above except use larger pan with 2 or 3 inch sides to catch drippings and sufficient size to protect oven while holding chicken and beer can. 

Add some water to the pan and cook as above.
 
 

 
Kaiulani Organic Chicken Stir-Fry with Vegetables

2
3 tbl
2 tsp
2 tbl
1
2 tsp
4
1
3
1/2 cup
 
Sauce:
2 tbl
1 tbl
2 tbl
1/3
(Whisk all together and set aside)
Chicken Breast, cube 2 inches
Kaiulani Hawaiian Spice
Kaiulani Chinese 5 Spice
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Red Bell Pepper
Garlic, mince
Asparagus, cut into 2'
Yellow Onion, cube
Green Onion, cut small
Cilantro leaves, chopped, stems separately
 
 
Local Honey
Low Sodium Soy Sauce
Fresh Lemon or Lime Juice
Cup of water
 

Cut chicken breast into 2 inch cubes.  Mix 2 tbls. of

Hawaiian Spice and 1 tsp. of the Chinese 5 Spice together in a bowl.  (The left over spice will be used later.)  Toss the chicken with the mixed spices and let marinate for an hour or more.  Set aside.  Put 1 tbl of oil in a pan on high heat.  When hot add vegetables (except green onions) and stir fry for about 2-3 minutes. Take out of pan and set aside.  Put 1 tbl of olive oil in the pan and add the chicken, garlic and cilantro stems and stir fry on high heat for another 2-3 minutes until the chicken is no longer pink inside, add the vegetables back into the chicken with the sauce and most of the cilantro leaves and stir fry for about 1 minute more.  Put on a platter and sprinkle remaining cilantro leaves and green onions on top.  Easy & Delicious.

 
 

 
Kaiulani's Pasta with Fresh Local Tomatoes and Spices

1 lb
8
 
1-2 tbs
1/2 cup
6
6 tbs
1 1/2 tbs
1 1/2 tsp
1/2 tsp
1 cup
Penne Pasta cooked according to the directions, should be Al Dente
Roma tomatoes chopped or one container of cherry tomatoes. 
Cut tomatoes in half
Garlic, chopped
Cilantro chopped, chop the leaves and stems separately
Green onion stalks, cut 1/2 inch across
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Kaiulani's Hawaiian Spice
Kaiulani's Curry Medium or Hot Spice
Kaiulani's Cajun Spice
Pasta water

Boil pasta according to the directions, when cooked drain pasta, save one cup of the pasta water and add 3 tablespoon of olive oil and mix it in with pasta to prevent from sticking, set pasta aside.  Put 3 tablespoons of olive oil in pan when heated, add garlic, cilantro stems, and all the spices.  Stir all together.  When garlic is cooked add tomatoes, and the pasta water.  Turn up the heat and bring to a boil, then lower heat.  Simmer sauce for about 3-5 minutes, add the pasta, cilantro leaves and green onions, then mix again thoroughly.  Simmer for a few minutes more, taste the pasta and add more spices if needed.  Delicious and easy!

 

(Variation)
Dice 4 strips of bacon and fry until semi crisp, drain on paper towel, add to sauce.  You can also add raw shrimp to sauce, when pink add pasta.
 
 

 
Kaiulani's Kona Coffee Roasted Potatoes
 

4
3 tbl
1 tbl
2 tbl
Russet Potatoes (cube medium)
Kaiulani Kona Spice
Kaiulani Hawaiian Spice
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

 
Preheat oven 350°. Toss potatoes with olive oil then sprinkle the spices, toss all together. Spread potatoes on baking sheet and bake for about 1 hour or until potatoes are cooked. Mix potatoes once while in oven after 30 min, adjust seasoning to taste.
 
 

 
Kaiulani's Cajun Roasted Potatoes
 

4
2 tbl
2 tbl
Russet Potatoes (cube medium)
Kaiulani Kona Spice
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

 

Preheat oven 350°. Toss potatoes with olive oil then sprinkle the spices, toss all together. Spread potatoes on baking sheet and bake for about 1 hour or until potatoes are cooked. Mix potatoes once while in oven after 30 min, adjust seasoning to taste.

 
 

 
Kaiulani's Teriyaki Chicken
 

 
12-18 pieces
 
Sauce:
1/2 cup
1/2 cup
1/2 cup
2 tbs
2 tbs
1/4 cup
1 cup
2 tbs
1/3 - 1/2 cup
2 tbs
3 tbs
 
Chicken thighs
 
 
Mirin (Sweet cooking wine) OPTIONAL
Brown Sugar
Soy Sauce (low sodium)
Ginger (chopped)
Garlic (chopped)
Sake (OPTIONAL)
Water
Green Onions, cut small
Cilantro, chopped
Kaiulani's Chinese 5 Spice
Kaiulani's Hawaiian Spice

 

Preheat Oven 350.

Combine sauce ingredients, put chicken in roasting pan, pour sauce over it.  Bake for about 1- 1˝  hour in the oven.  When chicken is cooked, put on platter, pour the sauce over it and sprinkle green onions all over it.  Delicious!!!