ELECTRIC KITCHEN

Zesty kaki mochi
makes tasty gift

"The Electric Kitchen" airing in the first half of December features Hawaiian Electric Co. employee Letitia Fujieki with gift-giving ideas.

"Electric Kitchen" airs at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, 8:30 p.m. Monday, 5 p.m. Tuesday and 6 p.m. Thursday on Oceanic Cable Channel 16. It also airs on Maui at 8:30 p.m. Thursday on Calabash Channel 44 (52 in Lahaina) and on the Big Island at 5 p.m. Monday and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on Na Leo o Hawaii Channel 55 in Hilo and Kona.

Here is one of Fujieki's recipes. All the recipes from the show, as well as an archive of recipes dating to 1995, are available at the Hawaiian Electric Co. Web site, www.heco.com.

Kicked-Up Kaki Mochi

2 (12-ounce) packages rice and oat cereal squares
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup salad oil
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 to 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
2 (1.05-ounce) packages nori goma furikake (seasoned seaweed and sesame seed mixture)
2 (4.58-ounce) packages roasted green peas or 1 (8-ounce) package wasabi peas (horseradish-flavored fried peas)
2 (4-ounce) packages small iso (soy sauce-flavored) peanuts

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Spray a large, deep baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Put cereal in pan.

Heat butter with corn syrup, salad oil, sugar, soy sauce and hot pepper sauce; stir until sugar dissolves. Pour over cereal mixture; mix lightly. Sprinkle furikake over mixture. Bake, uncovered, 1 hour; mix lightly every 15 minutes. Stir in peas and peanuts. Cool.

Nutritional information unavailable.

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