24 August: Duke Kahanamoku is born, and a bowl of Chicken Long Rice
Duke Kahanamoku, born in Honolulu on 24 August 1890, won Olympic swimming gold and carried surfing to the world. Hawaii's chicken long rice, a ginger broth with glass noodles, is our wave back.
Soup of the day
Chicken Long Rice
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Chicken long rice is a Hawaiian soup of chicken and glass noodles. Chicken thighs are simmered with plenty of ginger and garlic to make a clear, warming broth, then shredded and returned to the pot with soaked mung bean noodles, which the islanders call long rice.
Read about Chicken Long Rice and get the recipe →What happened
Duke Kahanamoku, Olympic swimming champion and father of modern surfing, is born in Honolulu.
Why this soup
Duke was Hawaiian, and chicken long rice is a Hawaiian soup.
Sources
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