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ORcean Inspires Young Surfer, His Cooking
idge Lenny is a pro- wave surfer Kai Lenny. Both at Pe‘ahi on his home island, fessional ocean ath- say their love of the ocean or cruising atop the ocean lete and business came from their parents, who wing fishing — which is
owner, who was born and raised them on the beach en- exactly how he sourced the
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Ingredients for fish tacos:
• 1 small, fresh pāpio (or whatever fish you can
source)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 6 small taco tortillas
• 1 tablespoon chile powder
• 1/3 tablespoon ‘ōlena (turmeric)
• 1/3 tablespoon paprika
• 1/3 tablespoon cumin
• 1/4 tablespoon pepper
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 lime
Add all dry ingredients into a bowl and mix. Clean and
debone fish. Cut fish into small pieces and place into a mixing bowl. Season fish by sprinkling in dry ingredients
mixture and thoroughly coating fish. In a pan, heat half of the olive oil and all the garlic. Add cut fish and sear. In separate pan, heat the remainder of the oil and warm up tortillas in pan.
Ingredients for slaw:
• 16-ounce coleslaw package
• 8 ounces kale, chopped small
• 1/4 cup Maui onion ranch dressing (or dressing
of your liking)
Add coleslaw, kale and dressing in a bowl and mix
thoroughly.
Plating:
Place heated tortilla on plate and add a heaping scoop of slaw on top. Add seared fish atop slaw. Cut and squeeze lime juice atop fish. Add chopped cilantro.
(Inset) Ridge Lenny and the author prep ingredients. RYAN SAKAMOTO PHOTO (Above) ‘Ōlena Pāpio Tacos with Cabbage Kale Slaw RUBEN CARRILLO PHOTO
raised on the beautiful island of Maui. He is the younger brother of professional big-
joying all water activities. These days you can find Ridge surfing massive waves
protein for this week’s reci- pe: ʻŌlena Pāpio Tacos with Cabbage Kale Slaw.
‘ŌLENA PĀPIO TACOS WITH CABBAGE KALE SLAW