{"id":5719,"date":"2022-01-03T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:02:03","slug":"local-kine-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/local-kine-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Kine New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--vcv no format--><!-- vcwb\/dynamicElementComment:370b7a39 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\">\n<div id=\"el-370b7a39\" class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-370b7a39\">\n<div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><!-- vcwb\/dynamicElementComment:6eef3fc2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"el-6eef3fc2\" class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\">\n<div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-6eef3fc2\">\n<div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-6eef3fc2\"><!-- vcwb\/dynamicElementComment:ee701ead --><\/p>\n<div class=\"vce-text-block\">\n<div id=\"el-ee701ead\" class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-ee701ead\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/main.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/main-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/main-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/main-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019ve lived in California now for over 40 years, which I guess means I\u2019m more from California than I am from Hawaii or Japan. But because those other places represent major milestones in my life, I\u2019ll never forget their effect on who I am today. Hawaii is where I grew up as a kid, and went to college later on. And even though I haven\u2019t been back in a while, that\u2019s one place I know never changes. I mean, it&#8217;s an island, man.<\/p>\n<p>Every major holiday had a designated family that would host all my relatives for a potluck dinner\u2014and New Year\u2019s was at my aunt\u2019s in Honolulu. My cousin has taken over that duty since then, and she still makes her specialty, Chicken Hekka. What the heck is Chicken Hekka, you might ask? It\u2019s Hawaiian style sukiyaki; slightly sweeter, a little lighter broth, chicken rather than beef, but otherwise similar ingredients.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-3-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our version had Japanese <em>aburaage<\/em> (fried tofu skin) and long rice (bean thread noodles), cut into short strands for easier eating and less splashing when people are fishing them out of the pot.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-6-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fast cooking greens go last.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Chicken Hekka. And before you say, \u201cWhy would you want to eat a hot pot in Hawaii?\u201d Don\u2019t forget, when you live there and the temperature drops to the 60s at nighttime (gasp!), it feels COLD if you\u2019re always being tropical.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5727 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hekka-4-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How much do you know about KIng\u2019s Hawaiian Bread\u00ae, that soft, buttery, sweet and poofy bread in the bright orange packaging you see at the market? When the original bakery and coffee shop was located on King Street in Honolulu, it was known as a place to sit down and enjoy the food and pastries. The founder is originally from the Big Island, where he started the business in the 50\u2019s, and today you can get their famous bread almost anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Bread is basically Portuguese sweet bread, which you can bake in a breadmaker. Look up a recipe for that and it\u2019ll come close, even though you may not be able to replicate that signature texture. Mine still came out softer than regular white bread though, and the sweet bread taste was spot on. I was also very happy to say it rose higher than any loaf I\u2019ve ever baked.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used a popular Portuguese sweet bread recipe from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/7079\/portuguese-sweet-bread-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">allrecipes.com<\/span><\/strong><\/a> for a 1.5 lbs. breadmaker. I reduced everything by a two-thirds for my 1 lb. breadmaker and it turned out fine. Forget other \u201cHawaiian\u201d bread recipes that call for pineapple juice. This one is the real deal.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5723 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Serve with butter while still warm. We always had one of those big round loaves at my auntie\u2019s house on New Year\u2019s (so we could eat it with canned Vienna Sausage believe it or not). Mystery meat indeed!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5722 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bread-3-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the breadmaker was already out when I made my bread, I used it to make Butter Mochi too. All you need is <em>mochiko,<\/em> the sweet rice flour sold at most Asian markets. I added chocolate to mine and the rest was up to the breadmaker\u2014pretty easy. Zojirushi has a recipe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/recipe\/butter-mochi#slcttop\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unlike wheat flour, rice flour is gluten-free\u2014even <em>mochiko,<\/em> which is processed by milling a glutinous variety of short grain rice into fine powder. The sticky, chewy texture comes from the type of grain used, which replicates that snappy stretch of gluten. I\u2019m not on a gluten-free diet, but for those that are, this is good to know. Here\u2019s my Chocolate Butter Mochi.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mochi-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So <strong><em>Hau\u2019oli Makahiki Hou!<\/em><\/strong> to you and your family this year. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, if you\u2019re wondering what that dish is at the top of this post, that\u2019s my wife\u2019s excellent Chicken Long Rice, another Hawaiian favorite!<\/p>\n<p>Products used in this post: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/product\/eprac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Gourmet d\u2019Expert\u00ae<\/em> Electric Skillet EP-RAC50<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/product\/bbssc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Home Bakery Maestro\u00ae<\/em> Breadmaker BB-SSC10<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/7079\/portuguese-sweet-bread-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Portuguese Sweet Bread<\/span><\/a> by allrecipes.com<\/p>\n<p>Please note that these recipes were not tested by Zojirushi America.<\/p>\n<p>All images by Bert Tanimoto \u00a92021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/vcwb\/dynamicElementComment:ee701ead --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/vcwb\/dynamicElementComment:6eef3fc2 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/vcwb\/dynamicElementComment:370b7a39 --><!--vcv no format--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve lived in California now for over 40 years, which I guess means I\u2019m more from California than I am from Hawaii or Japan. But because those other places represent major milestones in my life, I\u2019ll never forget their effect on who I am today. 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