The hangis and umus I have attended so far had chicken pieces, mutton flaps or chops and veges. So I wonder where you put stuffing into! I have never had stuffed anything out of an earth oven in the Pacific Islands.
noelee,
Jan 1, 8:56am
uli.Got to have stuffing . breadcrumbs lots of butter to make it sweet chopped onions and mixed herbs dried or fresh in a hangi also steamed pudding mmmm. My next hangi in March cant wait. I went to a hangi they used a variety of stuffing mixes in their hangi, using either bread stuffing, mushroom galic fresh herbs, rice garlic herbs bacon mixes, they wrapped some in cabbage leaves, stuffed capsicum,pumpkin very nice an juicy too.
prawn_whiskas,
Jan 1, 8:59am
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Ugh u fullas make me drool haven't had real hangi in like 25+ years since my Koro died.That hangi sold at markets and fares cooked in the old kegs (those kai cooker things) just isn't the same.
prawn_whiskas,
Jan 1, 9:10am
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True, can't short cut a good thing.
dezzie,
Jan 1, 9:19am
yeah, the old hangi's are best, but sadly you are not allowed to sell it cooked like that, even if you have a hangi now at a school fundraiser that is in a hole, you have to individually wrap the meals in tin foil before putting them in the baskets, pointless really, might as well have been cooked in an oven, the cooked dirt smell/taste is what hangi is all about, oh and the cabbage leaves that cook crispy in the bottom of the baskets with the pork fat.
prawn_whiskas,
Jan 1, 9:33am
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Thats BS isn't it! I don't know anyone who got sick way back when eating REAL hangi!. I know plenty who poison them selves on a weekly basis with their own cooking at home or eating out at a cafe or restaurant. phhhhh so traditional hangi has succumbed to modern PC bullschite.
coconutbuns,
Jan 2, 7:39am
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Anybody putting on a hangi today! Please invite me. I will even pay you for it! lol
buzzy110,
Jan 2, 3:17pm
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lol uli. Things change. My father used to make the best hangi ever and, like you have experienced, stuffing was not part of the deal, nor were containers of anything. Most foods were wrapped in flax, of all things, because that is what was traditional where he learnt.
However, times move on and new inventions (fruit salad tins and tinfoil) mean that more interesting things can go into the hangi. For instance my father adapted and used wire and netting baskets for ease of putting the food in and removing it and wet sacks and I am almost 100% certain his father-in-law (who taught him) didn't have access to those things.
bubbacat1,
Dec 20, 9:25am
I've been asked to make it, im guessing it's just like any ol stuffing for a bird?
jag5,
Dec 20, 10:41am
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Generally yes.....but I find most of them are fairly dry....don't like dry stuffing.Make it moist and you shouldn't go wrong.Either more butter or eggs, or both.And if you can,fresh herbs rather than dried.Makes a HUGE difference to taste.
talent.scout,
Dec 20, 11:23am
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Heaps of melted butter, onions, and thyme.Season with salt.... add some boiling water if you have to... I know... sound rediculous - but thats what Ive seen at the marae.lol.Never seen eggs in the stuffing
tapuaeroa1,
Dec 20, 12:04pm
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The real thing BUTTER, lots of onions, thyme, season with salt crumbed bread (whatever you have).Mix so that you can feel the stuffinging mixture is moist.If its not moist enough, add more butter, if the mixture is too wet then just add more bread crumbs.Its yum!
shell93,
Dec 20, 4:44pm
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my MIL's stuffing is THE BEST! onions apples butter bread and fresh thyme....no real recipie but has to smell right! agree fresh herbs and ya can't go wrong. have seen boiling water added to stuffing at a marae too......never eggs
morgana-rose,
Dec 21, 11:24pm
When i had my wedding i did a simple one and i did a bacon one so people had a choice of flavourd stuffing, mine was lots of butter, bread salt mixed herbs eggs, onions, crumbed bread, and choped up bacon, boy it was a big hit everyone wanted the recipe,
coconutbuns,
Dec 31, 5:27am
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My Maori mother-in-law used to make it with breadcrumbs, onion, grated carrot, mixed herbs and chopped butter, and it was yum!
beblowin,
Dec 31, 8:59pm
try something healthy, butter and eggs are the fattiest thing to put into stuffing even if they taste so good, the best way to make it health is with olive oil, it combines everything together and gives a lovely golden look, can also replace white bread with brown or wholemeal, give it a try..
buzzy110,
Dec 31, 9:05pm
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Lol. Did you know that olive oil does not fare well at temperature? And of course butter and eggs are full of fat but they do not make you fat, the is the preserve of the bread.
It is stuffing after all. Don't try jiggle around with something good to make it healthy. Stuffing is not a health food. It is a comfort food, designed to make something delicious even more delicious. Make it tasty because that is heaps more preferable. I like a lot of the suggestions that have gone before. They sound fantastic.
coconutbuns,
Dec 31, 9:34pm
Yes I agree. Hangi is an occasional luxury which most people only indulge in on special occasions. It should not be changed. Butter is good. Olive oil is good too. But not for hangi.
beblowin,
Dec 31, 9:35pm
#9 get out of here, butter makes you fat....if you like your you butter then use it, I use to use the stuff all the time and had a change as its un healthy and suggest you dont knock it till you try oilve oil and it has all the same texture and more flavour than butter, all to there own, have a good new year
coconutbuns,
Dec 31, 9:36pm
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Sounds delicious morgana-rose and yes different, I will try your famous recipe, thank you for sharing :)
coconutbuns,
Dec 31, 9:55pm
Yes butter can make you fat and so can oil, depending on how much you use of course. Olive oil is the healthiest oil and thank you for your suggestion beblowin, with the exception of stuffing for hangi where I will always use butter (but even then I try to put in a moderate amount), I will try your recipe for my roast chicken dinner, it sounds delicious :)
uli,
Jan 1, 8:14am
The hangis and umus I have attended so far had chicken pieces, mutton flaps or chops and veges. So I wonder where you put stuffing into? I have never had stuffed anything out of an earth oven in the Pacific Islands.
margyr,
Jan 1, 8:19am
the stuffing is cooked in its seperate containers in the hangi uli, and along with the steamed puddings done in the hangi are always awesome.
uli,
Jan 1, 8:29am
Ah - well I never had stuffing nor steamed puddings in separate containers in the hangis or umus I attended - so that must be NZ speciality.
In fact there were no containers at all that I can remember. Everything (meat and veges and coconut cream) was wrapped in banana leaves and stacked in baskets made from fresh green palm fronds.
margyr,
Jan 1, 8:37am
some put them in muslim like a christmas pud, others do them in the big fruit salad tins. The stuffing could probably be wrapped in banana or cabbage leaves. Mmmmmmmmmm, have not had a decent hangi for ages, last one was a 21st last year and it was delicious.
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