Sunday, September 7, 2008

Numbers for Next Luau and Lessons Learned

Entrees:
140 pounds of chicken
1 Gallon Soy Sauce
4 46 oz cans Pineapple Juice

3 Batches 'Ekolu Sauce include:
3 Large cans Pineapple
1 Large bag Brown Sugar
Soy Sauce to taste (from gallon)

40 pounds of sirloin
6 Bottles Kalbi Sauce

10 Costco packages of sausage
3 Bottles Chimichurri including:
5 Large Heads Garlic
5 Bunches Parsley
1 Small Bottle Olive Oil
Medium Bottle Red Wine Vinegar

100 pounds of pork
2 bottles liquid smoke
1 box kosher salt

20 pounds of potatoes
Five pounds of carrots
1 64 oz. bottle Best Foods Mayo
4-5 Lemons

10 pounds of rice (precooked weight)

Notecards w/pictures, in order on the line:

Rice: Short grain rice
Serving suggestion: Good to temper everything, I like it with Yoshida's Sauce and Potato Salad.

Kalua Pork:
Slow Roasted, Smoked Pork
Serving suggestion: Great alone, with rice, or with poi.

'Ekolu Chicken:
Teriyaki Style Chicken with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
Serving suggestion: Great alone or with rice. Add additional homemade teriyaki sauce to taste.

Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Kalbi Top Sirloin:
Sliced Sirloin with Korean Style Kalbi Sauce

Choripan:
Mild Italian Sausages
Argentine Style Bread

Chimichurri Sauce:
Garlic and Parsley sauce suggested for use on sausages

Chicken and Long Rice:
Soy bean thread (Long Rice)
Ginger, Tomatoes, and Chicken
Serving Suggestion: Spoon over rice with soy sauce.

Lomilomi Salmon:
Raw Salmon with Vine Ripened Tomatoes, Scallions, and Sea Salt
Serving Suggestion: Eat with poi

Poi:
Cooked, pounded, and strained taro root.
Serving suggestion: An acquired taste. Eat with pig, kalbi, and/or lomi salmon

Haupia:
Uncle Kuhia's home made coconut pudding made with coconut milk and dairy milk. Tinted haupia include additional fruit flavors.

Assorted Salads, Deserts, Fruits from the Crowd

Lessons:
Bring Plenty of Water and Soda and get something for the water hose.
Bring 2-3 tables for use in the prep area.

For prep table, bring kitchen shears, a stack of clean dry towels, a large chef's knife, large cuttingtwo sets of long tongs, a cleaver, towels with a disinfectant liquid, and used towel bins.

Considered 30-40 hot dogs for picky kids.

Additional Equipment to Acquire:
Large cooler or insulated equipment rack(s)
More extra long tongs.
Extra long tongs
Better quanity-sized spill proof sauce containers for transport and filling sauce bottles.