Squid Luau Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 lbs. calamari (squid) (can use 1 pkg of cleaned calamari from Safeway)
3 lbs. luau leaves (leaves of the taro plant) (can use ½ of a bag from Wong’s farm in Kahaluu, found online.)
3 cups of water*
1 tsp. Hawaiian salt*
1/2 tsp. baking soda*
6 tbsp. butter
2 medium onions, diced. (can use 2 Kula Country and Kula Maui Sweet Onions)
3 c. coconut milk (can use 2 12 oz. pkgs of Hawaiian Sun frozen coconut milk)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
* for every 3 cups of water adjust the Hawaiian salt and baking soda
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Directions:Clean calamari and slice in rings, then set aside (cut all parts of squid into small bite size pieces). Wash luau leaves, remove stems and thick veins. In a pot, boil water with the Hawaiian salt and baking soda. Add the leaves to the boiling water and reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered for 1 hour. Drain, and squeeze out liquid. (Hint: wash and devein leaves night before. Note: the 1 hour is needed to get rid of the substance in the leaves that makes one itchy. Make sure to drain and squeeze out liquid). Sauté onions and cleaned calamari in the butter until the onions are translucent. Add the coconut milk (add frozen and let it melt in pot with onions and butter on low heat). Then add cooked luau leaves, salt and sugar. Simmer for 30 minutes. |
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Notes: Traditional menu item for our annual Christmas Hawaiian family get together. This recipe is courtesy of Sam Choy's sampler, Mutual Publishing, 2000.
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