| Last year, my husband and I took a dream vacation | | | | This shoyu chicken recipe serves 12 people. If you |
| to Hawaii. We got to tour most of the islands and | | | | want to make it just for your family instead of for a |
| saw all sides of Hawaii, from Honolulu and the glitzy | | | | party, cut back the recipe portions accordingly. |
| beach resorts to little towns well off the main tourist | | | | Ingredients |
| track. | | | | 12 pounds of chicken thighs |
| Everywhere we went, we could count on finding an | | | | 3 cups brown sugar |
| ubiquitous dish called shoyu chicken. Sometimes it | | | | 4 cups soy sauce |
| came served with exotic garnishes, usually in the | | | | 4 cans chicken broth |
| fancier restaurants, and sometimes it came straight | | | | 1/2 cup white wine |
| out of the cooker and served on paper plates from | | | | 6 cups pineapple juice |
| some roadside stand, but it was always delicious. | | | | 1 cup vinegar |
| When we got home, I knew I had to try cooking | | | | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| some shoyu in my own kitchen. | | | | 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper |
| There must be thousands of different recipes for | | | | 1/4 cup Worcestershire saucechopped green onion |
| this dish. The differences are mainly in the ingredients | | | | tops |
| for the sauce, but even the chicken itself can be | | | | 4 cloves garlic, crushed |
| cooked any way you like, from boiling in a pot to | | | | 2 tablespoons ground ginger |
| baking in the oven to grilling on the barbecue. | | | | 2 cans pineapple rings |
| No matter the recipe, one ingredient you'll always find | | | | Directions |
| is soy sauce. That's because that's what shoyu | | | | 1. Wash and drain the chicken thighs. |
| means--soy sauce. If you want, you can just call this | | | | 2. Combine the sauce ingredients (everything listed |
| dish soy sauce chicken. But I prefer to use the word | | | | above except the pineapple rings). |
| "shoyu" in tribute to its native home in Hawaii. | | | | 3. Combine the chicken and the sauce in a large pot. |
| If you would like to cook shoyu chicken, why not go | | | | Bring to a boil, cooking 30 minutes or until the chicken |
| all the way and make it the food centerpiece of a | | | | is tender. |
| Hawaiian-themed party? Break out the leis, put on | | | | 4. Place chicken thighs on serving platter; decorate |
| some ukulele or Don Ho music, and have some | | | | with pineapple rings and serve. |
| tropical fun. | | | | |