Here’s another recipe from my friend,
Luana. If you haven’t read my
interview of her about growing up in Hawaii, check out my blog from November 3,
7 and 10, 2011.
Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken
Marinade:
½ cup sugar
½ cup shoyu
¼ cup rice vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
1 ½ tsp powdered ginger
¼ tsp black pepper
Optional—sesame seeds
Mix 1 T cornstarch into 1 T cold
water (mix very well!) Then add it to the marinade.
Mix the above well, and pour over 2
lbs chicken thighs. Let it marinate over night.
Bake in a 9 X 13 baking dish
uncovered at 325 degrees for 1 ½ hours.
Serve over rice.
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| Shoyu Chicken Over Rice with Cabbage, Garbanzo Bean & Tomato Tamarind Salad |
I LOVED baking this chicken—just like
I remembered from Hawaii! I used chicken breast because I prefer the breast to
the dark meat of the thighs. If you make some slits into the meat, the shoyu
marinade will get into the breast meat since it is naturally drier than the
moister thigh meat.
While the chicken marinated I turned
the sealed container over several times throughout the process to allow the
marinade to really cover the chicken. I also added the sesame seeds to the
marinade.
If you have trouble finding shoyu,
try an Asian market and look for Aloha
Shoyu which is made in Hawaii—since 1946.
I made a cabbage salad to go with it
and my family loved it! I think I need to make this again soon—yum!
Mahalo
for visiting!
Cheryl
This makes the cinnamon toast I'm eating for breakfast seem lame. LOL
ReplyDeleteThank you for the blog award! I'll share about it on my new site next week. :)
Yum! This sounds good. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds delicious! Serve in grass skirt with sunshine, right? :)
ReplyDeleteYou're so funny, Jessica! This recipe is so simple and sooooooo good! Let me know if you try it. You're welcome re: the blog award--you deserve it! Aloha --Cheryl
ReplyDeleteThanks, Loree! Hope you get a chance to try the recipe--it's easy and delicioso!! Aloha --Cheryl
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Rhonda! I'd love to see your boys faces if you came to the dinner table, carrying a platter of rice and shoyu chicken, dressed in a grass skirt! Send me the photo!! : ) Aloha --Cheryl
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