Karen’s Kitchen

Cooking in the Marshall Islands with Karen and friends.

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Asparagus with Lemon Butter

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Delicious Chicken Dishes

Delicious Chicken Dishes

While grocery shopping in Majuro sometimes has its challenges, the ingredients in these recipes are pretty much always available, particularly at K&K and Payless. Enjoy!

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Moi 4 Dinner

Moi 4 Dinner

Filmed and edited by Fern Lehman Stege, the video Moi 4 Dinner comes from the iTuna Marshall Islands Club. The clip promotes eating healthy moi fish, which is farmed in Majuro by Aquaculture Technologies of the RMI. Watch the show and learn how to cook moi! The message attached to the video is: Eat sustainably Read More

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Fish Wrapped in Bacon

Fish Wrapped in Bacon

Fish Wrapped in Bacon 4 g x 150white fish fillets (I used wahoo, but mahi-mahi would also be yummy) 2 leaves sprigs of fresh rosemary (picked and very finely chopped) 2 lemons (zest and juice of) freshly ground black pepper 12 rashers higher-welfare thinly sliced (smoked streaky bacon or pancetta) olive oil 4 tablespoons low-fat Read More

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Layered Bean Dip

Layered Bean Dip

Layered Bean Dip Super easy layered bean dip that takes 40 minutes to make (including 30 minutes in the oven). 1 can refried beans 1 can black beans (drained and rinsed) 1/3 onion (finely chopped) 1/2 cup sour cream 1 cup salsa 1 cup cheddar cheese (grated) 6 green onions (chopped) Combine beans and onion Read More

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Smoked Fish

Smoked Fish

Smoked Fish Smoked fish makes a wonderful appetizer. These photos show slices of sailfish, but almost any fish can be smoked. 1 pound fish (The fish needs to be extremely cold. Pictured is sailfish, which is a high quality billfish.) Thinly slice the cold fish and place on smoker rack. Place wood chips in smoker Read More

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Tomato and Coconut Milk Soup

Tomato and Coconut Milk Soup

Cherry Tomato, Veggie, and Coconut Milk Soup With cherry tomatoes being grown locally, as well as a range of green vegetables, this is a great soup to make in Majuro. I bought the cherry tomatoes at MISCO for $2.50 a pound (May, 2018). I’m guessing that the whole soup, which would serve eight … with Read More

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Karen’s Pumpkin Bread

Karen’s Pumpkin Bread

Happily, we were given a huge pumpkin by a friend who’d recently been in the outer islands on his yacht. Cary divided the 25-pound beast into five sections and handed four of them off to other yachties to create something pumpkin for what we were to call The Pumpkin Party. I chose to make bread, while the Read More

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Karen’s Marlin Burgers

Karen’s Marlin Burgers

Karen’s Marlin Burgers This recipe works well with any firm fish, but my favorite is marlin. This is mainly because grinding the flesh breaks down the sinews. I usually pair it with rice and salad, but the leftover burgers are great with salad on sandwiches. I generally make a double batch of this recipe, because Read More

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Won Hai Shien Recipes

Won Hai Shien Recipes

Won Hai Shien is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Majuro. Over the past 15 years or so, the eatery has suffered from a huge fire and being asked to leave their Uliga Dock venue but, fortunately, in 2017 the owners reopened in a new location in Uliga. The menu has an extensive range of options, Read More