Secret Recipes L'Dat!
By World Wide Ed
Growing up with a mama with mad cooking skillz (and no written recipes), I was never really exposed to recipes and the art of putting them together. Now that I'm a bit older, I have a strange desire to be like Mike her and learn how to cook with my eyes closed.
But since I gotsta start somewhere, I've been going with tried and true recipes and then adding my own little touches to them. I think I've done a-ight with my own takes on Jambalaya, Furikake Salmon and my famous (in my own mind) homemade poke...
... but I'm still in my cooking infancy. Let's use this forum to share some of our favorite recipes with each other so we can all become better cooks together... or at least try! Hehe!
So we got the well-known, local miso chicken marinade recipe right? (1 cup miso, 1 cup shoyu, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup beer!). That's always an easy/quick one.
And then we got the secret ones: Aunty Eunice's Broccoli Salad, Johnny Mac's Sriracha Flap Meat Marinade, RRRRich B's wifey's Peanut Butter Brownies, and Mama's Recipe for a Happy Marriage... (Sorry, even if I may know some of them, I've been sworn to secrecy and will get murdered if I divulge anything, so please don't make me tell you. LOL!)
But here's one that turned out to be a pleasant surprise. We actually found this one on the back of a Chex cereal box and decided to try it. BRAH! Broke da mout'! Fo' real! She go! No joke! (And I'm not really a sweets person...)
Chex Muddy Buddies
Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:15 min
Makes:18 servings (1/2 cup each)
Ingredients:
9 cups Rice Chex®, Corn Chex® or Chocolate Chex® cereal (or combination)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Preparation Directions:
- Into large bowl, measure cereal; set aside.
- In 1-quart microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on High 1 minute; stir. Microwave about 30 seconds longer or until mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Pour into 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag.
- Add powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
Substitution: Peanut butter and chocolate are a favorite flavor combo, but peanut butter lovers can substitute peanut butter chips for the chocolate chips to intensify that flavor.
Chance um and let me know how it goes.
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| Speaking of recipes... If you've got a winning rice related "riceipe", feel free to submit it to our "Riceipe" Contest for consideration. Top 5 selected recipes will compete (Iron Chef style) at our Rice Fest event and the winner in each category (Amateur or Professional) will win $250 and have their recipe published in Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi's forthcoming book from Watermark Publishing tentatively titled "The Hawaii Rice Cookbook" (scheduled to be released April 2011). |
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No fo-get! Help a brutha out. Share your favorite recipe in the comment area below k? And Cup-O-Noodle no count yeah! 
Shooooooooooooooots! Happy Monday y'all!
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- Ed
1st Annual Hawaii Rice Fest
Waterfront at Aloha Tower Marketplace
September 11, 2010 @ 12pm-8pm
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World Wide Ed
August 30th, 2010 at 8:17 am
my secret recipe just go to my mother in laws for dessert..then jump to my sister in laws for dinner ( SHE IS GREAT COOK ) ...then go to my moms for more food..then when it is my turn to do the cooking I ORDER OUR FOOD....funny.....
August 30th, 2010 at 8:19 am
hey I went to a birthday party and this guy can cook great food so I order from him...as my boys get older I just eat out.... NO NEED TO RMEMBER ANY OF MY RECIPES....!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:20 am
my mother in law she read recipes etc etc..but I manage not reading any recipes and I just eat her dessert...funny!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:21 am
OKAY I TELL YOU MY SECRET..I OPEN THE FRIDGE I MIX AND MATCH THEN DINNER IS SERVE....then I teach my boys to cook on thier own whatever they want no recipe....they survive..funny!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:23 am
if a kid wants cheese sandwhich I found easy way to do it...stick the two bread in the toaster then peel the cheese thingy then throw in the microwave..food..then on my lazy day my husband makes sandwhich..no stress..cheap!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:26 am
I have recipe for you....go to store buy all sort of chocolate..... open choclate bar and serve!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:27 am
please give me my points.....i am telling you less stress and CHEAP DESSERT!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:36 am
oh one last recipes is teach the guy to bar b cue...FOOD FOOD I RELAX!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:36 am
... hey Ed ... hahaha!!! ... secret recipes??? ... now wait a minute ... if they're secret, no one's going to share the recipes, huh??? ...
... anyway, my mom was a great cook ... but sadly she's gone ... we never had that much interest to learn her "secret" recipes ... but now we realize we should have ... doh!!! ... thankfully, I did learn a couple of my favorites ...
... btw, are you the cook of the family??? ... does wifey cook??? ... who's the better chef??? ... growing up, hands down, my mom was the better overall cook ... she could cook anything and everything ... but for the few things that my dad could cook ... I have to admit, his version was better ... that was for only maybe 3 or 4 dishes ... he didn't cook that often ...
... sorry, I don't cook that often, either ... and the recipes I know are buried somewhere at home ...
... Have a Good One Everyone!!! ...
August 30th, 2010 at 8:39 am
oh I get it the secret to recipes is pass it down to my kids so they will cook for me! I REAX....oh funny
August 30th, 2010 at 8:41 am
... Hi Rosette!!! ... whew!!! ... in the time it took me to do one post ... I come back and you already did nine!!! ... Ed's gonna luv you!!! ... well, he already does ...
August 30th, 2010 at 8:47 am
HEY OKAY ED IF I TELL YOU MY SECRET RECIPES would you give me points?
August 30th, 2010 at 9:06 am
ROSIE!!!!Where have you been?!!!!
August 30th, 2010 at 10:40 am
OUT AND ABOUT
.......oh okay I got one cheap recipe...I teach my kids to eat all sorts of vegetables ...then I make the simple food..I send my oldest to grocery buy bulk skinless chicken ...then I separate the chicken in zilpoc I use only three skinless chicken..I brown the chicken no oil nothing simple then add seasoning salt ..... after it turns brown I add water..let it boil ..then add spinach cook in seconds...SERVE RICE ON THE SIDE ...food in ten minutes ....I train my kids to eat simple food so I don't get stress.....with skinless chicken I can make it last for weeks...funny.
August 30th, 2010 at 10:46 am
your poke looks ono! muddy buddies are yummy... but schmall kine messy!
i don't have any secret recipes but i do have this basic one...
teriyaki marinade:
1 cup shoyu (I use a little less if it's Kikkoman, more if it's Aloha)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cloves (or more) garlic, minced
1 inch piece ginger, minced
mix ingredients together until sugar is dissolved. use as marinade for chicken or beef or almost anything else (even hamburger for teriburgers - just don't add too much so it doesn't get too wet!). can also add sesame seed oil, sesame seeds, green onions, chili pepper flakes for korean style sauce.
August 30th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Howzit Ed!
Secret recipes? then it's no secret anymore....
Your poke looks really ono!
August 30th, 2010 at 10:50 am
I remember my oldest brother cooks gourment food when we visit..HE MAKES ME LOOK STUPID...my husband would say oh this is good food...so I said to my husband just wait until he has kids he will be reduce to cooking hotdog..so sure enough last timeI visit..HOTDOG..his kids like hotdog
see I am smart I teach my kids to eat vegetables then I cook easy simple food.....I RELAX NO STRESS looking for ingredience! my oldest brother he has his seasoning all in alphabetical order..OMG I only have one seasoning salt..so then my rascal youngest brother he goes and mess up my oldest brother seasoning he rearrange the seasoning in his drawer my oldest goes crazy he has to have it all in order he blame his wife hisseasoning at not arrange..omg..FUNNY!
August 30th, 2010 at 10:51 am
so tell me do you arrange your seasoning things in order?
August 30th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Hope you folks love this one: The Grease is trying be epicurean with . . . Italian food. The Sopranos cookbook is a really good source, believe it or not. I have given up many a normal free time activity the Grease normally does in doing Italian foods. Seems I have given my life to this thing.
Yeah, kinda' like La Gourmand Nostra or something, no?
And . . . I am also trying to precise down . . . FILIPINO FOOD!!!!! Barnes and Noble has a good text on recipes and I picked it up.
I have been getting complements on both.
Hey . . . congratulations to our Waipio Little Leaguers. They worked really hard. Really nothing to be ashamed of . . . they won the U.S. title and made history with the uku million games they played near the end, yeah? Our boys from Waipio have shown us true endurance in athleticism, indeed.
August 30th, 2010 at 11:03 am
hey I want you to rate my grilled cheese sandwhich fresh from toaster and microwave..voila ! and on the side fresh sliced cucumbers and fresh slice tomatoes from my father in law's garden....OMG FUNNY!
August 30th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
My mom was the same way. She also was a great cook, but didn't have any written recipes. All her recipes were in her head. Unfortunately she is no longer with us, so some of my favorite dishes are gone. I try to re-create them, but it is not the same. Even simple stuff like beef stew just doesn't taste the same.
I do something similar to your miso marinade, but I use it on pork butt and put it in the crock pot. Winnahs!
August 30th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Rosette - actually I heard that tomatoes in a grilled cheese sandwich is really good. Never tried it myself, sounds kinda funky to me.
August 30th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Aloha All.
Secret recipes...hmm...lemmee tink..
What do I want to divulge?
Kayden.
Clam Rice
1 can seasoned clams(dunno the brand name, but the can is blue and red)
2 cups rice
2 cups chicken broth
2 Tbs shoyu
put it all in the rice cooker and cook it.
Good stuff.
Sometimes I add more to it. Shitake mushrooms, chopped onions, whatever I am in the mood for. Great one pot meal.
August 30th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Here is annodah one for boost the postings..
Peanut Butter/Pancake syrup
All to your own taste.
mix the peanut butter and pancake syrup. Spread it on bread or toast. mmmm ono.
I did a demonstration speech in school using this. Everyone kinda had that look on their face, wth. But when I gave out samples, people were wanting more.
August 30th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
BTW Ed, your poke looks awesome.
August 30th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
miso chicken wat? why u giving out my secret? Its not all about the ingredients its about prep and execution. =) no say i don't post
August 30th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
ROSIE: marinate hot dog in SNOW's teriyaki sauce!
August 30th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
1 Bag chicken (drumettes/wings)
1 jar of your favorite kim chee (more if you want)
Brown chicken. Add kim chee. Simmer for 30-40 minutes. Super ono next day!
You can also replace kim chee with your favorite spaghetti sauce.
August 30th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Yo CG! I'm trying to get down the Filipino food, too. ....yes, remember, I'm one but no can cook. My Japanese friend asked how I cook Gisantes (pork and peas). I gave him a blank look.
August 30th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
@tita - Aisuss! Gisantes is one of the easiest Filipino foods to cook.
August 30th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Yes, yes, right on tita leerz . . . I am most intrigued with the salt items and vinegarinesses that go into Filipino foods. I have not really tried too much lumpia dishes (savve for a dessert-style lumpia . . . that one I'll keep a secret for a while as it drew raves [sorry, no mean for brag here] whilst keeping a decidedly Filipino feel to it). But, yeah, the pork and peas stuff, man, peoples go for that, and easy to make.
August 30th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Hi Ed,
Your poke looks ono!!!!!! Where da recipe? Kage has a awesome mango bread recipe.
Snow how about sharing your cornstarch chicken recipe? I have never been able to figure it out. I usually don't use recipes, I just throw stuff together. Here is my apple crisp recipe.
Throw can apples into a pan
sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over the apples
sprinkle a box of yellow cake mix over the apples
pour 1 or 2 blocks (depending on how rich you want it) of melted butter over the cakemix
Bake for about an hour
August 30th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
@Rosette - howzit!!!!
August 30th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
LOLOL!
Nah beej, I just have an interest in it and dabble hea and dea. Wifey is da bettah cook by far.
Hot dogs for you den Rosey!
LOL! Word!
Possibs, possibs. What's da secret recipes?
She's been waiting for me to do non WIH Wednesday posts maybe.
Then again, we could ask you da same t'ing leerz! 
Ho, you ack like you no can cook, but it sounds like you can! Good job Rosey!
Mmmm, sounds ono! Gotta try that one day Informer! And what? You tried Muddy Buddies before? Dangit! I thought I made a sweet discovery. Ahahaha!
Hehe, thanks emmz! That batch worked out well cause I had the right sesame seed oil. Mmmmm!
LOL! I would be irate! LOL!
Nah, I'm not that anal. But I do like my bills in the right sequence in my wallet.
Oh yeah! Thanks for bringing that up Ceeg! I was sooo proud of them!
And Italian and Filipino foods eh? Impressive!
Saves on dishes right Rosey?
Isn't the crock pot like the greatest invention ever Pacs? LOL!
Holy cr@p! That sounds good. Like a maze gohan kinda thing eh Kagz? I go tryum! Perfect timing, what, with Rice Fest and all...
I have that look too. Still trying to figure out how the PB will stay with the Syrup, and vice versa. LOL!
Thanks bu!
True true. No wonder my miso chicken always tastes better than yours.
Or dip her microwaved grilled cheese sandwich in Kage's PB Syrup!
Fo real?
Poser. Hehe, nah, nah! I like samples. I know your pancit must be mean!
LOL! Preach on brutha! Preach on!
Sounds like you gotta throw a Filipino party and feed us your foods brutha Ceeg!
I actually covered it at the end of Part III of my Poke Paradise series.
Wea C Dubbs stay? The draft is stuck on him. What'd you think of that DeAngelo stunt?
August 31st, 2010 at 6:00 am
my best secret recipe making food from left overs....if I have left over spaghettin it turns into soup ..magic!.....omg....so I open my fridge I turn left over into SOMETHING..one time I have rice and potatoes..so I mix the two and I was craving for mexican food so I add taco seasoning...kind of funny my kids will eat anything!
so my secret do i get points for being cheap lazy cook!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:02 am
yes it is great cooking left overs ...mix and match I come up with things to eat......yesterday I was cooking spaghetti...I added mushroom soup ....so if my kids are tired of spaghetti..I will turn the sauce to chilli the next day...omg funny ! then with left oer spaghetti noodle I mix with chicken and spinach soup...VOILA food..yes lazy cook!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:03 am
yes it is great if you are lazy cook..I fnd simple food left over fun easy to make!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:05 am
but my secret I tell my husband I twill have him on tape saying my food is great or else he will geyt screaming from me...I get motivated to cook if he likes my make up food!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:07 am
okay you got me I pretend not to cook so my husbnad will order food!
August 31st, 2010 at 7:15 am
Yeah, negative points!
August 31st, 2010 at 9:56 am
@masako - per your request
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to make marinated fried chicken:
marinate boneless chicken thighs overnight in teriyaki marinade (using that recipe i posted earlier). dip chicken in beaten egg (try to let as much of the marinade drip off first), then coat with a mixture of half cornstarch and half flour. deep fry until golden brown and chicken is cooked (make sure your heat is not too high, otherwise it will be browned on the outside and raw on the inside).
August 31st, 2010 at 11:24 am
@masako - thanks eh. I think I will try out your apple crisps recipe one day. Looks simple enough.
August 31st, 2010 at 6:43 pm
OH YES cheap points giver!..hey for being frugal and creative lazy cook I should get lots of points! I am RESOURCEFUL COOK and I get no points!
so would you give me points for collecting a Cod sperm sac/semen sushi....(Shirako)
Shirako: one to remember... because if you're friend asks if you want shirako while at a Japanese sushi bar, you're probably best saying "no thank you." Shirako is a Cod sperm sac/semen sushi.
http://japanmania.honadvblogs.com/2010/08/31/japan-foods-to-avoid/
August 31st, 2010 at 6:44 pm
spread that Cod sperm sac/semen for toasted grilled cheese!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:45 pm
okay secret recipes..do I have to collect spit from alligator to make you happy soup and give me points !
August 31st, 2010 at 6:46 pm
pigs toe nails and monkey armpits hair ...soup is ready!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:48 pm
well maybe frog legs and pigs tongue.....my secret recipe.....!
August 31st, 2010 at 6:52 pm
the problem is you need to taste ants egg yes have you seen the show the guy cooks ants eggs....
August 31st, 2010 at 6:56 pm
oh I got an idea you have to make friend with my friend who wont eat meat....I have to be creative with her food..or try cooking with my sister in laws kids full of food allergies..so I told my sister in law to keep her food simple...her daugter cannot eat fish or oils or milk products etc etc.....with my food cooking skills I can feed a diabetic and kids full or allergies.
August 31st, 2010 at 6:56 pm
so do I get points now?
August 31st, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Ed- regarding the PB/Syrup. In a small bowl you will mix it to incorporate the syrup into the peanut butter. Mix too much and it gets too thick.
My Dad used to do this with molasses, but that is too much for me.
September 1st, 2010 at 5:45 am
I am still trying to be frugal and not waste food by cooking left overs and no points for me? HEY POINTS I NEED POINTS .... I cannot stalk you to the other restaurant that you go so at least give points for being frugal and saving cash..with my cooking I can feed the poor...!
September 1st, 2010 at 5:45 am
yes you can make cook book..title lazy cook !
September 1st, 2010 at 5:47 am
HEY BOOK TITLE COOKING FOR DUMMIES.....!
September 1st, 2010 at 5:49 am
yes my friend I told her seeing she has to watch her food she cannot eat flour..etc etc..so I told her she can cook her egg in microwave...SHE PUT THE WHOLE EGG inside the microwave..it exploded..OMG I figure she can scramble the egg not stick whole egg in microwave! Even my boys know how to cook scrambled egg in microwave..
September 1st, 2010 at 5:58 am
okay fine I can give you my recipe fried rice...THE fastest way to cook..I put left over lobster left over bar b cue chicken ..then add left over steak and left over roast beef ....I rummage for left over ham .. I use a big square pan ...then add rice in the pan I use oven to cook..add seasoning drizzle with green onions after..voila....FOOD! the next day I add taco seasoning OKAY EAT THAT no complaining kids or else!
September 1st, 2010 at 5:58 am
see I don't waste
September 1st, 2010 at 6:01 am
if I have to make muffin I use yogurt with mine....I don't follow recipes because I keep adding what I want...
September 1st, 2010 at 6:03 am
after two kids and I am not stuck with the little tykes I prefer to go out to eat ..just me and my husbnad enjoying NO PESKY KIDS! then after I go home and cook whatever I had in restaurant voila...but usually my food tastes better..omg funny.
September 2nd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Recipes!!!!! YAAY!! bahahh I luv this stuff.. even though I hardly cook! hee hee.. Thanks everybody!! hahah sooo I don't have any recipes to pass on... I eat the easy "s" foods... soup, salad, saimin, sandwiches... and if I'm feeling chefish? Then maybe spaghetti! bahhaha
....and Rosette's BACK!!!!
Ed, I don't eat poke but that looks guud!! Ohh Muddy buddies.. that's ono stuff... addicting, ono stuff.. I wish I could go to the Rice Fest! bummers.... I'm sure it'll be AWESOME Ed!!
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:25 am
ED! For reals...go try and tell me how it goes. I learned those "techniques" (LOL) back in the college days.
Um...I no make pancit either...but I have been known to do other ethnicity noodles.
I know...I'm such a poser!
September 6th, 2010 at 9:58 am
*GROWL* My tummy's talking to you Informer!
Let us know how it comes out Kagz...
Yum! That's my favorite!
See #40.
Wifey saw this one and was interested too...
WHAT!? You make lobster fried rice? If we ever have a get-together, you bes be making that for us! Hehe, nah!
Maybe next year you'll be in town H2L... or possibly moved back?
Poser! LOL! Nah!