This is a list of dishes in Hawaiian cuisine, which includes Native Hawaiian cuisine and the broader fusion cuisine of Hawaii. The cuisine of Hawaii refers to the indigenous, ethnic, and local cuisines within the diverse state of Hawaii.
Meals
Breakfast
- Portuguese sausage or SPAM, eggs and rice is a common breakfast, so much so that it is featured item at places like fast food restaurants like McDonald's and Burger King.
Entrees and combos
Desserts
- Cakes: chantilly, Dobash, guava/rainbow chiffon once a perennial favorite at birthday parties for over 40 years, haupia
- Dole WhipâÂÂthough not invented in the islands, Dole and pineapples are associated with Hawaii
- Guri-guriâÂÂa sherbet originating from Maui via Japan
- HaupiaâÂÂa standalone dessert, or coconut flavoring accompaniment to others
- Hawaiian shave ice also known as "ice shave" in other parts of the state
- KÃ
ÂûelepÃÂlau â Pudding of mashed sweet potato mixed with coconut milk
- KÃ
«loloâÂÂa distant Austronesian relative of the dodol using taro and coconut milk
- â KÃ
«lolo-like dessert made with sweet potato or breadfruit
- Lilikoi bar â local variation of the lemon bar
- Mochi, including butter mochiâÂÂa favorite omiyage
- Pies: custard, pumpkin, pumpkin-custard, haupia, chocolate haupia, okinawan sweet potato haupia
- Pumpkin crunch â A variation on the "pumpkin (pie) dump cake" popularized by Sam Choy, often served chilled as a dessert bar.
Breads and pastries
- AndagiâÂÂpopular at pop up shops during festivals like Obon
- Anpan
- Apple turnoverâÂÂmade popular by Zippy's as "Apple Napples"
- Banana bread
- BlondiesâÂÂmade popular by Kamehameha Schools called "haole brownies"
- Bok tong goâÂÂgenerically known as "(Chinese steamed) rice cake," a classic item sold by the manapua man; a multiple layered version similar to kue lapis with a brown sugar top layer also exist
- Chinese almond biscuitâÂÂsimple known as "almond cookie
- Chinese shortbreadâÂÂor "kong sui ban" a very tender Chinese biscuit whose texture is between a cookie and a cake, often paired with hot tea
- Chinese style bakery buns such as hot dog and ham & cheese
- Chocolate chip cookies and shortbread made with the addition of macadamia nuts
- Coco puffsâÂÂa popular cream puff made by Liliha Bakery typically filled with a chocolate pudding and topped with chantilly frosting
- JinduiâÂÂa staple during Chinese New Year but eaten throughout the year
- Lavash (or "lavosh") glamourized in the 1960s as a high end alternative to toast
- MalasadaâÂÂa traditional staple on Mardi Gras but popular throughout the year. Modern recipes have it coated with cinnamon sugar or filled with various jams and creams like guava, haupia, or custard
- ManapuaâÂÂA local iteration of the char siu bao often 2-3 times larger than those found in dim sum restaurants. Popular fillings also include a whole lup cheong sausage, sweet potato, kalua pig, and sometimes is baked made popular by the Royal Kitchen in Chinatown in the 1970s
- ManjuâÂÂa favorite omiyage for travelers leaving Maui
- Molokai "hot bread"âÂÂa well-known export of Molokai that Anthony Bourdain featured it and was even a semifinalist for the renowned James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Baker
- Moon cakesâÂÂanother favorite during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival where local flavors are sometimes incorporated like mango and taro.
- Nian gaoâÂÂ(simply known as "gau") a staple of Chinese New Year sold at many Chinese and non-Chinese shops or made in bulk by local households to share with other families
- Poi donuts/ malasadas, mochi
- Portuguese sweet bread or "Hawaiian sweet rolls" outside of Hawaii
- Spanish rollsâÂÂa favorite staple to share in the office to go with coffee
- Snow puffies - A variation of the Napoleon pastry
Dairy
Drinks and beverages
Fruit and vegetables
Vegetable proteins and dishes
Seasonings and condiments
- Fermented bean products such as douchi, doubanjiang, gochujang, and miso
- Fina'denne'
- Fish sauce - including patis or nam pla
- Fish paste - such as bagoong monamon
- Shrimp paste - such as bagoong alamang or haam ha
- Furikake
- "Hawaiian" chili pepper and "chili pepper water"
- Chili paste similar to sambal or sriracha
- Chili powder like shichimi or gochugaru
- Chili oil including chili crisp and layu
- Curry (Japanese) powder or roux blocks
- Ginger scallion sauce - called geung yeung, traditionally served with cold ginger chicken, but now also being used as a dressing for fish in poke
- Honey from macadamia and ohia lehua blossoms
- Hoisin
- ûInamona
- Kalbi marinade
- Kiawe (mesquite) charcoal
- Mayonnaise
- Mirin
- Mandoo dipping sauce for mandoo and meat jun
- Chinese hot mustard sometimes made with Colman's powdered mustard hydrated with vinegar (or water) and often mixed with soy sauce or chili paste for dipping Chinese dim sum dishes, or sashimi (as an alternative to soy sauce and wasabi)
- Oyster sauce
- Salt or paûakai, most famously alaea salt
- Sweet onions, raw
- Liliko'i butter - Fruit curd made with passion fruit
- Ponzu
- Sesame oil
- Soy sauce, categorically known as
- Tabasco sauce
- Taegu - A combination of , , soy sauce and sesame oil
- Tonkatsu sauce
- Tsuyu dipping sauce, for noodles hot or cold
- Wasabi or imitations made with horseradish
- Umeboshi
- Vinegar - Popular styles include apple cider vinegar and rice vinegar
Meats
Beef
Chicken
- Siu mei dishes: cold ginger chicken, roast duck
- Minute Chicken
- Fried: Chicken katsu, karaage, Korean fried chicken, garlic chicken, "mochiko" chicken
- Grilled: Huli-huli chicken, teriyaki, Korean barbeque
- Stews: chicken adobo, chicken luau stew, Chinese soy sauce chicken, Japanese shoyu chicken, chicken papaya, chicken long rice, nishime
Fish
Pork
Noodles and pasta
Rice
Snacks and candies
Soups
Specialty products
Starch dishes
See also
Notes
References