Birthday Pu Pu's

As you know, we like to entertain, and our favorite

form of entertainment is interactive eating, like

fondue, raclette, making pizzas, and Pu Pu Platters.

We were introduced to these early in our marriage

at a local restaurant.  We were so enchanted, that we

asked them if we could purchase a couple of theirs.

These two pictured are from way back then.

We would often order take out appetizers

from our local restaurant and serve these

outside in the summer.

When thinking about something for two of my sons'

birthdays, my daughter suggested we break out

the Pu Pu Platter.  You know how you forget about

things?  Well, the grandkids hadn't seen these

and they had a lot of fun with the name, saying,

"I don't want to eat poo poo!"

I had blogged about these a few years ago,

so for recipes you can click here.

My little 3 year old helper scooped all the chicken into

the paper wrapped chicken packets, while I sealed them

up.  You can deep fry them, but we like to bake them at 400 

for 20-25 minutes.

This time I also made some Cream Cheese Rangoons,

Cream Cheese Rangoons

1 package won ton wrappers

8 oz cream cheese,

2 T. chopped green onion

1/4 tsp granulated garlic

Mix the softened cream cheese with the onion and

garlic.  Moisten all four sides of the won ton wrappers

and place a small dollop of cream cheese in the center.

Bring two sides together and seal, then bring the

other sides up and seal to make a packet, or make

like traditional won ton shape.  

Heat vegetable oil and deep fry at 375 for a couple

of minutes.

In addition to the teriyaki beef skewers, and the 

paper wrapped chicken, I also purchased

Lemon Grass Chicken Stix

 and Pork Shu Mai

from Trader Joes.  They

were both delicious and just had to be heated up.

Line the sections of the Pu Pu platters with leaf

lettuce.  Place gel Sterno in the grills and light.

The grills just warm up the food and are fun.

They aren't very expensive on Amazon, and

are probably easier to get than asking your

local restaurant to sell you some!

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by.