Alternative Hawaiian Haystacks

Last night we made Hawaiian Haystacks. But first off I was out of chicken. Secondly I had left over ham and cooked ground sausage. So we had hawaiian haystacks with cubed ham and ground sausage instead of chicken. I loved it. I think I liked it better than chicken.

As a side note, I was also out of pineapple so we did not have that as a topping. I think it would have been good though.

The toppings we had on hand were...

rice, ground sausage, cubed ham, grated colby cheese, coconut, gravy (Cream of chicken soup with a can of milk), crunchy chinese noodles.

For my family of 5 eaters...I made two cans of soup with 2 soup cans of milk...it was just right.

Ham

This is a quick and easy way to make ham.

Buy ham that is already cut up (like John Morrell or the like). Or buy some cut thicker from the deli. Either way it is already cooked and cut up, you just have to warm it. You can do this same process for a chunk of ham (not sliced) but sliced is easier.

Spread the ham out in a pan.

Make a sauce one of the following two ways:

Option #1) Mix brown sugar and water. Make it thicker than you think (it will get thinner as it cooks). Pour over the ham. Sprinkle the top of ham with whole cloves. (Remove cloves before eating).

Option #2) Brown sugar, water, mustard, ketchup. Make it thicker than you think (it will get thinner as it cooks). Pour over the ham. Sprinkle the top of ham with whole cloves. (Remove cloves before eating).

You can also put pineapple chunks or rings on top before baking.

Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.

You really cannot mess this up...it turns out no matter how you make it and what proportions of ingredients you use.

I used 1 pkg of John Morrell and it was about $7.99 at Smiths. I could have split it and made two meals from it for my family of 5 eaters.