What Sides With Huli Huli Chicken?

[ecowper]

So, I'm making a big batch of Huli Huli chicken for Father's Day .... both my brother-in-laws and my father-in-law will be over, plus all the families .... 15 or so, of us. Question .... what sides would you serve with Huli Huli chicken for a Father's Day bbq and trying to be relatively Hawaiian about it? My FIL is not super adventurous, so I won't have Poke or Chicken Long Rice .... but I was thinking a shrimp ceviche, chicken fried rice, potato salad, fruit salad (tropical), green salad, strawberry shortcake. What else might work?

[Breadhead]

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[MBMorgan]

I was thinking a shrimp ceviche, chicken fried rice, potato salad, fruit salad (tropical), green salad, strawberry shortcake. What else might work?

You're definitely on the right track. Don't forget plain old steamed rice, too. Just for fun, remember that spam is a Hawaiian favorite. If you google "Hawaiian recipes" you'll find lots of good ideas ... many of which incorporate spam as the protein.

[Bruce54]

Not just potato, but Hawaiian potato mac salad. Straight up, real Hawaiian. I don't remember if it came from stretching the potatoes with macaroni, or the other way round.

[smokinfatties]

white rice and Mac salad to me is traditional hawaiian, like a plate lunch. have some kind of ateriyaki glaze.

[CandySueQ]

Grilled fresh pineapple, marinate in rum and teriyaki sauce.

[ecowper]

Okay, that sounds like the winner of the dessert round!

[CandySueQ]

I'm a big fan of grilled pineapple. Dizzy Pig BBQ's Pineapple Head rub is awesome, but you can adapt any spicy rub by adding raw sugar crystals. For dessert, I'd offer with vanilla ice cream and a warm, rum caramel sauce (just add a shot of Capt. Morgan to a store-bought caramel).

[JCGrill]

Rice of some sort for sure, plus I think you could do some kind of slaw. I've seen green papaya grated and used in slaw. I don't have a recipe though.

[ecowper]

hmmmmmm, gonna have to do a search for polynesian slaw now

[Greasy]

If you want to be really authentic you could replace the chicken fried rice with spam fried rice?

[ecowper]

yeah .... but none of us like spam .... I don't think that would go well

[EdF]

I like spam!

[tbob4]

Make sure you have some Huli Huli dancers on the side!

[JCBBQ]

hahaha

[ecowper]

tbob4 :-D

[Greasy]

Kalbi Ribs are really popular here as well. That might be an idea.

[JCBBQ]

Some kind of awesome fruity/boozy drink in one of these.

http://www.retroplanet.com/PROD/28245.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwvYPKBRCYr5GLgNCJ_jsSJABqwfw7aE_chzC9NmU0m8Q_VuK_iebCq14o3TSogyRv_JfOGhoCGXPw_wcB

$5.99 a cup...you can't go wrong.

[ecowper]

Ohhhhhhh, I need to do one batch of Mai Tai's or something

[ecowper]

So, here's the final menu

Huli Huli Chicken
Shrimp ceviche
Coconut rice
Oriental salad (my wife's recipe, it's awesome)
Fruit salad
Grilled pineapple and ice cream for dessert

Some nice Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc to go with it (and some Cab, cause my sis-in-law is just hardcore about only liking WA cabs)

Thanks for all the input and suggestions!

[tbob4]

That's a great menu!

[CandySueQ]

Wow! Please take pictures!