Some notes from someone born and raised in Hawaii, and worked at asian-style restaurants: First, everything looks amazing Josh! Great job of really doing your homework on a lot of these elements. For the Teriyaki, you don't need the corn starch step. If your teriyaki sauce is made correctly, there should be enough sugar in it to thicken the sauce just by bringing it to a light boil for about 5 minutes. For the Katsu, I would add some grated ginger/garlic to any part of your flour/egg/panko process. The hint of flavor that adds to the "crust" of your Katsu is what makes it pop if you ask me. And the green onions never go on the Mac Salad, even as a garnish. Put it on the Teri Chicken next time 🤙
One thing I was shown by a local was a small adjustment to the mac salad actually gives it that authentic texture you find in many versions on the islands. Slightly overcook your noodles, not al dente. And shave in some washed white onion! Changes things to a whole new level. Try it out sometime!
Another delicious version similar to Ono Hawaiian’s version, use frozen uncooked peas, diced red onion, shredded carrot, and imitation crab meat, Mayo, salt, pepper, garlic powder or fresh minced garlic. Also very tasty.
As someone who has worked on their mac salad for years getting it as good as it is from home, this is correct! I also don't add celery, but don't mind it in there.
As a Hawaii Resident, you did a great job making what we call a plate lunch. The Mac salad is a staple with all of our local style plate lunches here and the Teri chicken/Pork Katsu combo is a winner. As we would say here, looks “Ono” which means delicious. Thanks for recreating this and featuring it on your channel.
A long time ago, I got a recipe for Hawaiian barbecue chicken from a local that was better than any of the side of the road places we tried in Hawaii. Great recipes should be shared. Here it is... Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken Chicken Thighs 1 C. packed light brown sugar 1 C. soy sauce 4-5 cloves of garlic chopped 1 1/2 T. fresh ginger root chopped 1/4-1/2 large onion sliced 1 stick of salted butter after grilling 4-5 green onions, sliced small In a bowl, mix the brown sugar and soy sauce together. Keep mixing until almost all the sugar is dissolved in the soy sauce. Add in the garlic, ginger and onion and mix. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes. Put meat into a zip lock bag and pour mixture over it. Depending on how much meat you have you may need to make more marinade and split this into 2 different bags. Let this marinade for at least 4 hours. When ready to grill, put melted butter in 13x9 Pyrex dish. When the meat is grilled, put them in the Pyrex dish to bath in butter. When all the meat is done, add the green onions.
@@jtsra7 The butter and scallion mixture is the magic. It makes the chicken glossy and flavorful. Same concept as filet in a pan being basted with butter.
@@bsainsbury1793 Ok thank you! Seemed like it would be just fine off the grill and adding fat on the dish that wouldn't change the flavor by much anyway.
Love this! Maybe you could do another round of Hawaiian food at a later date and show us how to perfect the garlic shrimp and spicy garlic shrimp plate lunch like they make in Kahuku on the North Shore! I miss it so much! 🌺
Naw. There’s flour and paprika and/or cayenne. I’ve never had shrimp scampi that good. I guess it helps to have an aquaculture shrimp farm in the backyard, lol, but there’s something to it.
As a person who not only grew up in Hawaii, but is also part-Native Hawaiian, I really appreciated this video. The only criticisms I have is with the mac salad. I personally have always overcooked the noodles for my homemade mac. Also adding some finely diced white onion and MSG will take it to a whole new level.
I think the mistake most people make with mac salad is putting too many ingredients in it. I like simple potato mac with mayo, maybe onion, salt pepper and that's it. Mainland style has celery, herbs and floofy stuff. You want a carb bomb with the usual plate lunch of katsu and teriyaki. Perfect.
While I love a quick plate lunch, I've gotta say. Nothing beats a good loco moco. Fantastic in every single way imaginable. The soft rice, a savory beef patty, a rich gooey egg, and the gravy bow to tie it all together. My go to every day when I don't know what to eat. I like to caramelize some onions to put in between my beef patty and rice for a little extra OOMPH, and add mushrooms to my beef gravy
I grew up in Hawaii. This is one of the best treatments of Hawaiian style cuisine I've seen from a non-Hawaiian. The Katsu is more commonly chicken, by far, but nothing wrong with a good pork cutlet katsu at all, and it's 100% authentic. It would nearly always be served with a side of katsu sauce, and on a bed of shredded cabbage. If you make it with chicken breasts, cut the breast in half so that it's only half as thick. That way it will cook through much quicker and you are less likely to have to 'rescue' it because of a raw spot in the middle. The pork should be cut so it's not too thin (and you can also pound it out flatter, but I haven't done that personally.) Another commenter is correct... No garnish on the Mac salad normally. Garnish on the chicken teriyaki. Green onions and/or sesame seeds are authentic on the Teri chicken. The very saucy Teri presentation would be unusual in a Hawaiian plate lunch place. Usually just a marinated thigh, which may or may not be chopped up. No need to add an extra round of sauce. I'd finish the teri chicken under the broiler to give it a nice char, then garnish with sesame seeds and maybe green onion. Serve with POG juice. ONO!
Aloha Joshua, this was amazing! Can you please make *LOCO MOCO* next? This is also a great meal here in Hawaii ❤🔥🔥🔥 never stop doing what you love Joshua and keep on going bro! 🤙🏽
YES, THANK YOU JOSH! I moved from Las Vegas to Charleston, SC a year ago and while I miss a lot of food that I can't get here, I think I miss the Hawaiian plate lunch most of all. This is one I will almost certainly try my hand at making.
Yeah, L&L is a big chain. We had them in Vegas too, and honestly I really didn't care for them. The mac salad in particular was just super thick and not very flavorful in my experience. If you ever go to Vegas (and are willing to get off the strip), Ohana is a good smaller chain, and honestly the best local spot is called Volcano Grille. It's awesome!
I’m not a native Hawaiian at all, but I was fortunate enough to be stationed there for a few years and have mac salad all over. It’s the best mac salad you can get anywhere, hands down. The one in the video doesn’t look quite right. I don’t know what you would do differently, but one thing, I never saw green onion in the mac. That said, I’m sure it’s still good, but not as good as local.
I love this so much! I Live in Hawaii on the island of kauai. This was beautifully made, I no longer need to spend money for a plate lunch when I can just make my own at home.
Mac salad is hard to fck up, unless youre ungodly bad at cooking, but ive seen people that will mess up anything they try to cook. Even store bought macaroni salad tastes good.
I ate the mixed plate at a place called Aloha Mixed Plate on Maui. It was amazing, we went back several times! One note, the mixed plate also can be made with Kalua pork (a type of pulled pork that is perfect without BBQ sauce). 10/10. Would recommend!
Kalua pig.. SO good! Slow cooked, super meaty and super fatty. I don't have a pit in which I can bury a whole pig sadly, but a crockpot works just fine. Cannot recommend enough
I would love to see your take on authentic Hawaiian food. Laulau, kalua pig, lomi salmon, or squid luau just to name a few. That would be real interesting! Btw, that Teri chicken looked bomb AF!
I don’t think you meant to do that but that’s what it reminded me of😅😂 but I also do agree with your statement, he could even try and tackle some desserts like haupia, butter mochi, or even malasadas
Add huli-huli chicken to the list. Also, seconding the dessert recommendations, particularly trying to make okinawan sweet potato butter mochi, my favorite coffee shop makes it, and it’s addicting
@@Aloho50 ho, u saying that a coffee shop sells ube butter mochi? Why have I not heard of this. There’s actually a little booth that we have that apparently sells it. I never saw something so delicious. I need to try this.
@@crazytimetraveler7348 did kamaʻāina just colonize this thread 🤣yea, there's a booth that does the farmers market rounds that sells ono butter mochi, but check out 9Bar
Hawaiian Mac salad is the only Mac salad I’ll ever eat. If you’re doing Hawaiian food you should make a Hawaiian beef stew. The veggie chunks are huge, the tomato gravy is is sweet and tasty, and the beef is fall apart tender and filled with flavor. God I miss living in Hawaii 😭😭
Had this a lot when I was in honalulu. Some places either had amazing mac salad or good katsu. But I did find out some people can easily mess this dish up and it's upsetting. Thanks to you I will be making this now
The best mayonnaise for Hawaiian style mac salad is to get "Extra Heavy Mayonnaise", usually from a restaurant food supplier, it does make a difference.
I love that my little sister (22) mentioned you, apropos of nothing, at dinner the other night. She has your cookbook and everything. We both grew up in a very cooking centered family and idk why I was surprised that we both religiously watch your videos.
Awesome job! I'm Hawaiian and the plate lunch is a classic. Your food looks amazing! Also, we call it "Mac salad" :) I don't know if I've ever heard a Hawaiian person call it macaroni salad xD not that it matters lol
Would love to see basics cooking from you. I know everyone has done it to death. But I've watched dozens of cooking channels and yours have been the easiest for me to understand.
Josh, thank you so much for emphasizing the importance of mac salad. My family is from Hawaii and I grew up with "2 scoop rice, 1 scoop mac salad" imprinted in my brain. Love your videos. If you're in the islands, try plate lunch from L&L Drive In
Looks delicious will definitely have to make it!! Very serendipitous since I just finished watching the Hawaiian episode of Street Food: USA on Netflix and they talked about the plate lunches (and the macaroni that you CANNOT miss out on!!)
I love this combo tried it once at a restaurant and went out of business. Also have a filipino coworker who makes a chicken macaroni salad with pineapple in it 🤤
A plate lunch without Kal-bi or meat jun? It seems to me that we need a SECOND plate lunch video. It's really the only way to be sure you hit all the options! :D
1 pro tip, even though I usually like my macaroni and pasta al dente, for a true authentic Hawaiian mac salad you need to slightly overcook the macaroni not soggy but just soft. Trust me
Pretty good overall! The pork katsu looks ono. My only issue is the macaroni gotta be boiled PAST al dente. Once the elbows are fat, that's when you know it's done. And the mayo, of course, must be Best Foods/Hellman's 🤙
There’s a great Hawaiian BBQ place in Jersey Village that this reminds me of. Maybe you can do a But Faster against them at some point (if they’re still open).
Jersey village? Damn. Makes me proud to know plate lunch made it that far east coast. Kinda a big deal on the west coast and *especially* around Vegas where lots of locals will move.
I'm totally with you there on the macaroni salad. I know it's a rice bowl but rice is so plain. I'm the weird guy who substitutes the rice for an extra serving of MAC. Love Hawaiian BBQ
In hawaii we also use potatoes for our mac salad, and I know it sounds weird but if you can get the mixture of mayo, vegetables, and meat then you have the best potato salad anyone can ask for.
tupperware: so you can throw out your food another day lol well, he probably doesn't that much seeing as he has a cooking youtube channel and probably finds a way to use things
To take the mac salad to the next level add a can of crab meat (my grandma's recipe, a staple at all family gatherings). Also fresh ground pepper on top to serve.
Two videos I'm dying to see from this channel: 1) tips on kitchen cleaning, especially for dishes with nasty cooked-on or dried out stains. 2) Steak n Shake Frisco Melt
As Hawaii local, this is somewhat close to what is usually made. Although tasty looking, the meat choices are atypical. It would be chicken Katsu instead of the traditional Japanese version with pork. And it would be either a thin cut of teriyaki beef or kalbi short ribs.
As someone from Hawaii, your kinda close, katsu with pork is called Tonkatsu, and nobody calls it teri chicken, we just call it bbq chicken, the plate lunch is all about portioning, its about getting a good meal for a decent price
There's something so different about Hawaiian macaroni salad that makes it taste so good compared to regular macaroni salad. The Hawaiian BBQ place I order from in my town (it's a chain, Ono Hawaiian BBQ) includes steamed cabbage with their plates and I love it so much.
Can you make a gingerbread cookie recipe this year for the holidays? I only trust your recipes. You’re the reason my pumpkin pie slaps during Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Some notes from someone born and raised in Hawaii, and worked at asian-style restaurants:
First, everything looks amazing Josh! Great job of really doing your homework on a lot of these elements.
For the Teriyaki, you don't need the corn starch step. If your teriyaki sauce is made correctly, there should be enough sugar in it to thicken the sauce just by bringing it to a light boil for about 5 minutes.
For the Katsu, I would add some grated ginger/garlic to any part of your flour/egg/panko process. The hint of flavor that adds to the "crust" of your Katsu is what makes it pop if you ask me.
And the green onions never go on the Mac Salad, even as a garnish. Put it on the Teri Chicken next time 🤙
yea I second the ginger in the crust
nigga what
You should create your own RUclips channel .. I would watch your content ;)
@@faustinuh would nearly 7m people do so? prolly not.
@@CALLOFBEWTY420 stop being a hater Trevor, I would watch your content too ;)
Wait.. papa didn't extrude his own elbow noodles from scratch? Unacceptable!
Not for a macaroni salad like this.
Nope. If you want Al dente you need dried pasta. Trying to do this with fresh would turn to mush
UNACCEPTABLE!!! 🍋🍋🍋
He also didn’t make his own mayo
That wouldn't be authentic
One thing I was shown by a local was a small adjustment to the mac salad actually gives it that authentic texture you find in many versions on the islands. Slightly overcook your noodles, not al dente. And shave in some washed white onion! Changes things to a whole new level. Try it out sometime!
this is correct, also add some sour cream! soooo good
Another delicious version similar to Ono Hawaiian’s version, use frozen uncooked peas, diced red onion, shredded carrot, and imitation crab meat, Mayo, salt, pepper, garlic powder or fresh minced garlic. Also very tasty.
Yes!!!!!!
As someone who has worked on their mac salad for years getting it as good as it is from home, this is correct! I also don't add celery, but don't mind it in there.
I like adding some canned tuna in my mac salad sometimes.
As a Hawaii Resident, you did a great job making what we call a plate lunch. The Mac salad is a staple with all of our local style plate lunches here and the Teri chicken/Pork Katsu combo is a winner. As we would say here, looks “Ono” which means delicious. Thanks for recreating this and featuring it on your channel.
A long time ago, I got a recipe for Hawaiian barbecue chicken from a local that was better than any of the side of the road places we tried in Hawaii. Great recipes should be shared. Here it is...
Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken
Chicken Thighs
1 C. packed light brown sugar
1 C. soy sauce
4-5 cloves of garlic chopped
1 1/2 T. fresh ginger root chopped
1/4-1/2 large onion sliced
1 stick of salted butter after grilling
4-5 green onions, sliced small
In a bowl, mix the brown sugar and soy sauce together. Keep mixing until almost all the sugar is dissolved in the soy sauce.
Add in the garlic, ginger and onion and mix.
Let the mixture sit for a few minutes.
Put meat into a zip lock bag and pour mixture over it. Depending on how much meat you have you may need to make more marinade and split this into 2 different bags. Let this marinade for at least 4 hours.
When ready to grill, put melted butter in 13x9 Pyrex dish. When the meat is grilled, put them in the Pyrex dish to bath in butter. When all the meat is done, add the green onions.
Thank you soooo much !!!!!
thanks a lot :D
Thanks for the recipe, it sounds like a good base! Why is the butter step necessary after grilling btw?
@@jtsra7 The butter and scallion mixture is the magic. It makes the chicken glossy and flavorful. Same concept as filet in a pan being basted with butter.
@@bsainsbury1793 Ok thank you! Seemed like it would be just fine off the grill and adding fat on the dish that wouldn't change the flavor by much anyway.
Love this! Maybe you could do another round of Hawaiian food at a later date and show us how to perfect the garlic shrimp and spicy garlic shrimp plate lunch like they make in Kahuku on the North Shore! I miss it so much! 🌺
Pan fried in Browned butter and a jar of minced garlic?
Giovanni’s 🍤 truck. Damn I miss that stuff
The garlic shrimp from the North Shore is literally just Shrimp Scampi, but served with rice....
Naw. There’s flour and paprika and/or cayenne. I’ve never had shrimp scampi that good. I guess it helps to have an aquaculture shrimp farm in the backyard, lol, but there’s something to it.
@@kingslayer3796 shrimp scampi is a really funny name. It's shrimp shrimp...
As a person who not only grew up in Hawaii, but is also part-Native Hawaiian, I really appreciated this video. The only criticisms I have is with the mac salad. I personally have always overcooked the noodles for my homemade mac. Also adding some finely diced white onion and MSG will take it to a whole new level.
yea I was bout to say, overcooking noodles for mac salad is the move. White onion is mando. I like put canned tuna in mine sometimes too
Another native-Hawaiian here, I've always used a cheese grater to put the onion in.
Always gotta be overcooked, use a fine grater for the onion which is also a must, not to much though. The juices from the onion gives it da flava
I think the mistake most people make with mac salad is putting too many ingredients in it. I like simple potato mac with mayo, maybe onion, salt pepper and that's it. Mainland style has celery, herbs and floofy stuff. You want a carb bomb with the usual plate lunch of katsu and teriyaki. Perfect.
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Never disappoints to make me hungry first thing In the morning with his amazing cooking videos 😅
And I’m not even mad about it. 😂
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While I love a quick plate lunch, I've gotta say. Nothing beats a good loco moco. Fantastic in every single way imaginable. The soft rice, a savory beef patty, a rich gooey egg, and the gravy bow to tie it all together. My go to every day when I don't know what to eat. I like to caramelize some onions to put in between my beef patty and rice for a little extra OOMPH, and add mushrooms to my beef gravy
Lunch at Isaaac’s house!
I tend to make a beef and onion gravy for that (sometimes made from leftover onion soup), but I hadn't thought of mushrooms
I'm with you on the mushrooms in the gravy!
Heck ya for mushrooms in the gravy, also some onion soup mix in the beef patty
Yeah, its odd but somehow gravy and rice do go together to become super comforting.
I grew up in Hawaii. This is one of the best treatments of Hawaiian style cuisine I've seen from a non-Hawaiian.
The Katsu is more commonly chicken, by far, but nothing wrong with a good pork cutlet katsu at all, and it's 100% authentic.
It would nearly always be served with a side of katsu sauce, and on a bed of shredded cabbage. If you make it with chicken breasts, cut the breast in half so that it's only half as thick. That way it will cook through much quicker and you are less likely to have to 'rescue' it because of a raw spot in the middle. The pork should be cut so it's not too thin (and you can also pound it out flatter, but I haven't done that personally.)
Another commenter is correct... No garnish on the Mac salad normally. Garnish on the chicken teriyaki. Green onions and/or sesame seeds are authentic on the Teri chicken.
The very saucy Teri presentation would be unusual in a Hawaiian plate lunch place. Usually just a marinated thigh, which may or may not be chopped up. No need to add an extra round of sauce. I'd finish the teri chicken under the broiler to give it a nice char, then garnish with sesame seeds and maybe green onion. Serve with POG juice. ONO!
Soooo many chickens on the islands. I'm actually curious how Josh would twist a loco moco.
Teriyaki in Hawaii???
The last time that happened was in 1941 and it didn’t go very well…
@@brixenlang3207 Shhh. Grown-ups are talking. Meanwhile, go look up the 442nd Infantry Regiment, fool.
@@jasonvansteenwyk5984 Um, sir? Is my platoon going to France or the Pacific? Me and my homies are getting nervous.
@@brixenlang3207 Keep showing your ignorance, fool. It's entertaining.
Aloha Joshua, this was amazing! Can you please make *LOCO MOCO* next? This is also a great meal here in Hawaii ❤🔥🔥🔥 never stop doing what you love Joshua and keep on going bro! 🤙🏽
I wanna see this.
My family typically calls any meat with gravy on rice Loco Moco but I’ve yet to see the original
Would love fo see one too, garenz be real cherreh brah. Mahalos.
YES, THANK YOU JOSH! I moved from Las Vegas to Charleston, SC a year ago and while I miss a lot of food that I can't get here, I think I miss the Hawaiian plate lunch most of all. This is one I will almost certainly try my hand at making.
If you're ever in the Charlotte Metro area, there's a spot called L&L Hawaiian Grill that scratches this itch something fierce.
Yeah, L&L is a big chain. We had them in Vegas too, and honestly I really didn't care for them. The mac salad in particular was just super thick and not very flavorful in my experience.
If you ever go to Vegas (and are willing to get off the strip), Ohana is a good smaller chain, and honestly the best local spot is called Volcano Grille. It's awesome!
@@Ludamister brah. No.
9th island!
One of my favorite Hawaiian dishes! You should also do Loco Moco next!
But do you wanna know what else you should do?
A B-roll compilation.
I’m not a native Hawaiian at all, but I was fortunate enough to be stationed there for a few years and have mac salad all over. It’s the best mac salad you can get anywhere, hands down. The one in the video doesn’t look quite right. I don’t know what you would do differently, but one thing, I never saw green onion in the mac. That said, I’m sure it’s still good, but not as good as local.
I love this so much! I Live in Hawaii on the island of kauai. This was beautifully made, I no longer need to spend money for a plate lunch when I can just make my own at home.
Macaroni salad is soooo underrated! Even the bad ones taste really good!
I used to eat at ono hawaiian bbq back when I lived in CA, unfortunately they don’t have it on the East Coast but I think this might be my best bet!
@@mikeoxmaul837 I need to try some more Hawaiian food. Always used to see alot of it on diners, drive-ins and dives and it looked delicious!
@@mikeoxmaul837i can only eat mac salad with Hawaiian food only. Paired with any other food it isnt good imo
Mac salad is hard to fck up, unless youre ungodly bad at cooking, but ive seen people that will mess up anything they try to cook. Even store bought macaroni salad tastes good.
@@diodelvino3048 🤣
Joshua Weissman never disappoints us. Can we all agree?
No
Hell yeah
Very agreeeee bro every food tutorial video (even tho some of us cant cook them all) is hella amazing
You wanna know what never disappoints us, and is something that we can all agree on?
B-roll.
Agreed
This one's getting added to a favorites list. I'm absolutely going to have to make it!
You wanna know what else is getting added to a favorites list?
B-roll.
@@gbalao8885 well played!
yeah this one looks like one I have to make!
As a Ohio resident you did an amazing job at an authentic Hawaiian plate! 🙏🏽
This is also really delicious to mix and match with chicken katsu, chili bbq salmon belly, and raw fish like tuna, salmon, yellowtail.
I ate the mixed plate at a place called Aloha Mixed Plate on Maui. It was amazing, we went back several times!
One note, the mixed plate also can be made with Kalua pork (a type of pulled pork that is perfect without BBQ sauce).
10/10. Would recommend!
Kalua pig.. SO good! Slow cooked, super meaty and super fatty. I don't have a pit in which I can bury a whole pig sadly, but a crockpot works just fine. Cannot recommend enough
I have ate at the Aloha Mixed Plate in Maui too!
Unfortunately Aloha Mixed Plate closed a couple years back.
Listen.... listen.... that macaroni salad I've made it twice so far with just a few mods and it hits every time. Bravo man, Bravo
I would love to see your take on authentic Hawaiian food. Laulau, kalua pig, lomi salmon, or squid luau just to name a few. That would be real interesting!
Btw, that Teri chicken looked bomb AF!
I don’t think you meant to do that but that’s what it reminded me of😅😂 but I also do agree with your statement, he could even try and tackle some desserts like haupia, butter mochi, or even malasadas
Add huli-huli chicken to the list. Also, seconding the dessert recommendations, particularly trying to make okinawan sweet potato butter mochi, my favorite coffee shop makes it, and it’s addicting
@@Aloho50 ho, u saying that a coffee shop sells ube butter mochi? Why have I not heard of this. There’s actually a little booth that we have that apparently sells it. I never saw something so delicious. I need to try this.
@@crazytimetraveler7348 did kamaʻāina just colonize this thread 🤣yea, there's a booth that does the farmers market rounds that sells ono butter mochi, but check out 9Bar
@@Aloho50 bro I wish, it’s jus one Hawaiian who loves her deserts😂 will definitely try 9bar when get the chance
Hawaiian Mac salad is the only Mac salad I’ll ever eat. If you’re doing Hawaiian food you should make a Hawaiian beef stew. The veggie chunks are huge, the tomato gravy is is sweet and tasty, and the beef is fall apart tender and filled with flavor. God I miss living in Hawaii 😭😭
Had this a lot when I was in honalulu. Some places either had amazing mac salad or good katsu. But I did find out some people can easily mess this dish up and it's upsetting. Thanks to you I will be making this now
Guessing you were in Honolulu. No such place as honalulu on or in the isles of Hawai'i. Did you have Kailua pork as well?
The best mayonnaise for Hawaiian style mac salad is to get "Extra Heavy Mayonnaise", usually from a restaurant food supplier, it does make a difference.
Yeah, whenever I mac mac salad at home, it doesnt quite taste the same. It's the mayo
The best Mayo you make yourself!
Kewpie mayo ... Most Hawaii locals use that.
@@meriahaiello bullshit, Best Foods all day.
@@3318kk I was gonna say Best Foods is consistently great
I love that my little sister (22) mentioned you, apropos of nothing, at dinner the other night. She has your cookbook and everything. We both grew up in a very cooking centered family and idk why I was surprised that we both religiously watch your videos.
Awesome job! I'm Hawaiian and the plate lunch is a classic. Your food looks amazing! Also, we call it "Mac salad" :) I don't know if I've ever heard a Hawaiian person call it macaroni salad xD not that it matters lol
I’ve been eating this so much the last few months one of my favs, was already planning on making my own but now I have to
Of all the many shots I’ve ever watched and there are many! You are by far my favorite. Thank you so much for what you do ordering my shirt right now!
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YES!!! Hawaiian macaroni salad is amazeballs!!!
Would love to see basics cooking from you. I know everyone has done it to death. But I've watched dozens of cooking channels and yours have been the easiest for me to understand.
Today I can tick "Having the same Rice Cooker as Joshua Weissman" off my bucket list
A truly noble achievement 🙇♂️
I don’t even eat chicken but this looks so good oh my goodness! 😋😋😋
You're here too?! How on earth you watch 15 hours of RUclips and study for Med? ! ?!
Josh, thank you so much for emphasizing the importance of mac salad. My family is from Hawaii and I grew up with "2 scoop rice, 1 scoop mac salad" imprinted in my brain. Love your videos. If you're in the islands, try plate lunch from L&L Drive In
Looks delicious will definitely have to make it!! Very serendipitous since I just finished watching the Hawaiian episode of Street Food: USA on Netflix and they talked about the plate lunches (and the macaroni that you CANNOT miss out on!!)
Hawaiian macaroni salad is the King of the macaroni salads!
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My husband brought me a plate home from a work event one time and I’ve dreamed about it ever since. I can’t wait to make this one!
I love this combo tried it once at a restaurant and went out of business. Also have a filipino coworker who makes a chicken macaroni salad with pineapple in it 🤤
Watched this with my 2 year old son. Food looked so good he tried to eat my screen
Loco moco. Best breakfast ever... and Im chilean and never been in Hawaii
The way he shapes his delicate rice balls, on the hard round plate. ❤ papa*
I could eat mac salad literally all day it is my favorite food I swear
A plate lunch without Kal-bi or meat jun? It seems to me that we need a SECOND plate lunch video. It's really the only way to be sure you hit all the options! :D
Mac salad slaps on a whole other level!
BBQ Is life.
I love when you cook, it looks so doable! 💕 Thanks for uploading as always!
1 pro tip, even though I usually like my macaroni and pasta al dente, for a true authentic Hawaiian mac salad you need to slightly overcook the macaroni not soggy but just soft. Trust me
I trust you with my heart esp with that username
It's a preference you can make tweaks where you like
@@lizzylivin27 not really a preference, you need to slightly overcook the pasta because it'll loose water and dry out when chilled.
That macaroni salad is the most incredible thing I've ever eaten. Thanks L&L
Pretty good overall! The pork katsu looks ono. My only issue is the macaroni gotta be boiled PAST al dente. Once the elbows are fat, that's when you know it's done. And the mayo, of course, must be Best Foods/Hellman's 🤙
I’ll just leave it to the pros on this one! Nothing like a real Hawaiian making this full of love!
There’s a great Hawaiian BBQ place in Jersey Village that this reminds me of. Maybe you can do a But Faster against them at some point (if they’re still open).
Jersey village? Damn. Makes me proud to know plate lunch made it that far east coast. Kinda a big deal on the west coast and *especially* around Vegas where lots of locals will move.
JOSH!!! It was so good I made it last Friday and today!!! Pure perfection!!! My family says thank you!!!
Hey Josh, I’m an endurance athlete. Could you do one or more simple and delicious high carb dishes? Thank you.
As a Hawaiian born n raised in Hawaii!! I approve!!! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
I hope he makes a series for recipes but simplifies it the best way possible. Basically a “but easier” series
I like that idea no confusing named ingredients no rare stuff no bs just basic ingredients
I think that would be a fundamental contradiction to everything we know and love about JW cooking.
Whoever edited this video and added all the sound effects to Josh's movements... My stoned brain thanks you dearly
Never seen Mac salad Al Dente, always cook 1-3 minutes over, not under. Noodles firm up once refrigerated so a soft noodle is best
I'm totally with you there on the macaroni salad. I know it's a rice bowl but rice is so plain. I'm the weird guy who substitutes the rice for an extra serving of MAC. Love Hawaiian BBQ
Yes! More Hawaiian!! This is god’s cuisine, right here. Would love to see some loco moco and some kalua pig as well.
This video is so good! The 4k so I can see the glorious food. Makes me wish I could eat this whenever I want!
''Generous scoop' is key. Don't cheap out one me dogg. looks deadly. love it
Dude! Yes!! Utah has actually surprised me with its Hawaiian bowl places. And I absolutely want to make this at home!
In hawaii we also use potatoes for our mac salad, and I know it sounds weird but if you can get the mixture of mayo, vegetables, and meat then you have the best potato salad anyone can ask for.
I love the portions you cook bc we know either you cook for your crew or you throw that in some tupperware and have a meal prepped week.
tupperware: so you can throw out your food another day lol
well, he probably doesn't that much seeing as he has a cooking youtube channel and probably finds a way to use things
This might actually be your best video
Cayenne on the mac salad is *chefs kiss*
Today I did the most “Josh” thing ever…made my own breadcrumbs for this…second time making today!
You nailed the real secret ingredient of good Teri-Sauce: Fruit! I like using Korean Plum Extract. OMG
I love the sound effects! 🤣
Aloha brother! This does the islands proud 🔥👏
Mah MAN! Some heat in some form on mac salad is where it's at. Thanks again, Josh!
To take the mac salad to the next level add a can of crab meat (my grandma's recipe, a staple at all family gatherings). Also fresh ground pepper on top to serve.
Two videos I'm dying to see from this channel: 1) tips on kitchen cleaning, especially for dishes with nasty cooked-on or dried out stains. 2) Steak n Shake Frisco Melt
World class editing... +cooking.
As a Hawaiian born and raised…I approve of this hahahaha much aloha brother!!
As Hawaii local, this is somewhat close to what is usually made. Although tasty looking, the meat choices are atypical. It would be chicken Katsu instead of the traditional Japanese version with pork. And it would be either a thin cut of teriyaki beef or kalbi short ribs.
As someone from Hawaii, your kinda close, katsu with pork is called Tonkatsu, and nobody calls it teri chicken, we just call it bbq chicken, the plate lunch is all about portioning, its about getting a good meal for a decent price
I was wondering why he put Tonkatsu on the plate lunch. I never seen that. I was expecting kalbi or something but not that
@@MrBrandonblaze2002 l&l does all the time what you mean
@@iforgor6806 tf!? The bbq mix plate!?!? I’ve only seen it come with kalbi bbq chicken and thin steak
Alooooha bradda!😁🤙
@@MrBrandonblaze2002 brah where are you getting your plate lunches from? There are so many variations!
Maaaaaaan, that chicken is gonna be my weekend project! Looks goooooood!
Love that idea of adding the chopped garlic at the end (3:05), simple but so brilliant.
Brah!!!! When I was stationed in Hawaii, this was the dish!!!!
I'm gonna try that mac salad with kewpie mayo instead and sprinkle on some black salt! Looks DELICIOUS!
I made this tonight and it turned out fantastic.
Biggest and best surprise from spending three weeks in HI, was discovering plate lunch trucks.
There's something so different about Hawaiian macaroni salad that makes it taste so good compared to regular macaroni salad. The Hawaiian BBQ place I order from in my town (it's a chain, Ono Hawaiian BBQ) includes steamed cabbage with their plates and I love it so much.
This guys kitchen is legit
Damn this channel has exploded! I remember congratulating him on 1 million subscribers, now he’s close to 7m! Crazy! Good for you, Josh. 👏
While seeing local food is awesome, I would also love to see some traditional hawaiian food! Such as laulau, luau, kalua pig, poi, kulolo and haupia!
Great video. On a similar note, would love to see a video on a diy island fire chicken from Ono Hawaiian BBQ.
I’m not gonna be able to swallow for 2 days from all my drooling🤤
Sending you love back from Molokaʻi!
so much better w/out the cartoon antics! awesome recipe!
I work at mobettahs a Hawaiian style restaurant and make this every day, hell yeah Josh
I absolutely LOVE Hawaiian food, this video was superb!
I was like something is different, then realized it's the sound effects. Nice editing.
Wow, just landed from my honeymoon in Maui and yup… this was it chief🌺😚 I was really wanting to learn more about that Mac salad and pork katsu!
That Mac salad is beautifullll
Can you make a gingerbread cookie recipe this year for the holidays? I only trust your recipes. You’re the reason my pumpkin pie slaps during Halloween and Thanksgiving.
GUMP! You're a GOD DAMN genious! My good sir... my attention is all yours!
I approve as a Hawaiian and am glad to see my culture get some rep