Our prom is april 11. The theme is hawaii! i need some ideas for the food menu! can you help me?

Question

The menu has to be something that is not messy due to girls in dresses. I would like for it to be something nice but not fancy!

Answer 1

you could do pinapple upside down cake as a desert, thats simple clean and tropical-ish.

Answer 2

Tropical pinapple pie

1 graham cracker crust

1 container cool whip thawed

1 can condensed milk

1 can crushed pinapple drained

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Mix cool whip, condensed milk and crushed pinapple in bowl then add to pie crust...add coconut on top and refrigerate for at least 3 hours

Hawaiin chicken

INGREDIENTS

6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

2 cups teriyaki sauce, divided

6 pineapple rings

1/2 cup butter, melted

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup soy sauce

3/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice

6 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

DIRECTIONS

Place the chicken breast halves in a dish with the 1 1/2 cups of teriyaki sauce. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

Preheat a grill for high heat.

Lightly oil the grill grate. Place chicken b*****s on grill, and discard marinade. Cook for 8 minutes per side, or until juices run clear. Brush with the remaining teriyaki sauce during the last 5 minutes. When almost done, place one pineapple ring on top of each breast, and brush with melted butter.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, mix the brown sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Serve with chicken for dipping!

hawaiian fried wontons

1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e.g. Spam), chopped

1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped

3 tablespoons green onions, chopped

3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce

1 (14 ounce) package square wonton wrappers

1 quart vegetable oil for frying

DIRECTIONS

In a medium bowl, mix together the lunchmeat, water chestnuts, green onions, parsley, hard-cooked eggs, pepper, and oyster sauce. Set aside.

On a clean flat surface, such as a cutting board, lay out 4 to 6 wonton skins at a time. Place a tablespoon of the meat mixture into the center of each one. Keep a small bowl of water next to the work area to dip fingers in. Use wet fingers to moisten the corners of each wrapper. Quickly pinch all 4 corners together to seal in the filling. If it doesn't hold, use more water. Keep filled wontons covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying while the others are made.

Heat one inch of oil in a deep heavy skillet over medium-high heat, or heat recommended amount of oil in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C). Fry wontons for a few minutes on each side, or until golden. Remove to paper towels to absorb excess grease. Enjoy the grinds

tropical salad with pinapple vinegerette

INGREDIENTS

6 slices bacon

1/4 cup pineapple juice

3 tablespoons red wine vinegar

1/4 cup olive oil

freshly ground black pepper to taste

salt to taste

1 (10 ounce) package chopped romaine lettuce

1 cup diced fresh pineapple

1/2 cup chopped and toasted macadamia nuts

3 green onions, chopped

1/4 cup flaked coconut, toasted

DIRECTIONS

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.

In a cruet or jar with a lid, combine pineapple juice, red wine vinegar, oil, pepper and salt. Cover and shake well.

In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, pineapple, macadamia nuts, green onions and bacon. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Garnish with toasted coconut.

hawaiian chicken kabobs

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons soy sauce

3 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons sherry

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 2 inch pieces

1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained

skewers

DIRECTIONS

In a shallow glass dish, mix the soy sauce, brown sugar, sherry, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic powder. Stir the chicken pieces and pineapple into the marinade until well coated. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 2 hours.

Preheat grill to medium-high heat.

Lightly oil the grill grate. Thread chicken and pineapple alternately onto skewers. Grill 15 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, or until chicken juices run clear.

Hawaiian ice tea

1 quart barely boiling hot water

4 orange pekoe tea bags

1 quart ice cold water

1 (16 ounce) can pineapple juice

1/2 cup simple syrup (optional)

1 fresh pineapple - peeled, cored, and cut into spears

DIRECTIONS

Pour the barely boiling hot water into a large pitcher, and add the tea bags. Steep the tea 2 to 4 minutes. Remove the tea bags, and pour in the ice water. Pour in the pineapple juice. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 1/2 hours.

Pour the tea over ice, garnish with pineapple spears, and serve

Tropical punch

1 liter sprite

1 liter pinapple juice

1pint pineapple sherbert

1 can maraschino cherris with juice

mix everything in puch bowl spoon in scoops of sherbert

Answer 3

hawaiian chicken.  desserts that involve papaya, bananas, and mango.  fruity (non-alcoholic obviously) drinks with umbrellas.

Answer 4

WOW, you go hawaiin how hard is that?

pinapples

non alchoholic beverages. and maybe some deserts?

Answer 5

Roast Pig and Pineapple. Aloooooooooha!

Answer 6

SKEWERS! {sp?}

do kabobs of chicken and pinapple marinated in pinapple teriyaki grilled. you are not meant to eat these off the skewers, you take them off with the forks!

serve with sweet potatoes whipped with sour cream, not meant to be "sweet" tasting. salt these! they're so good.

desert? pound cake and pinapple sorbet!

Answer 7

I had a "fakey luau" last year and while it was all vegetarian, and not all hawaiian, it had a bunch of yummy tropical things. I made roasted plantains and sweet potatoes, "shells in the sand" pasta salad with mini shell noodles mixed with couscous to look like shells in sand, Hawaiian pizza, fruit skewers, coconut cupcakes, pineapple upside down cake, mango spring rolls, coconut rice,  BBQ tofu.. and probably other things that I'm forgetting...

Answer 8

instead of salads have fruit kabobs with lots of pineapples an grapes and kiwi, also have a coconut cake or something involving coconut fir the dessert then make lots of smoothies and frozen virgin fruit drinks

Answer 9

There are recipes on the internet for volcano cakes that will flow with lava.  Also for the punch bowl you can put dried ice in it for that smokey effect.

Coconut cake instead of pineapple upside down.

Chinese food like sweet and sour chicken or pork would work too.  Rice and for some reason they really like spam.

Answer 10

try pork and fruit kabobs

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