Shoyu Chicken
A Delicious Hawaiian Chicken Recipe
 Shoyu Chicken is a delicious dish found all over the Hawaiian islands. It combines the flavors of orange, brown sugar, ginger and five spice to produce a wonderful sauce for chicken. Shoyu is Japanese for Soy Sauce.
This recipe uses Mirin, which is a Japanese condiment used in many dishes. I would describe it as a sweet rice wine. If you don't want to go out and buy some just for this dish, then you can skip this ingredient.
Shoyu Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs
1 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup mirin
1 orange juiced
1 tablespoon of zest from orange
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 clove garlic minced
1 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon Chinese Five Spice
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Sesame Seeds for topping
Preparation:
Combine the Soy Sauce, Orange Juice, Orange Zest, Mirin, Brown Sugar, Garlic, Ginger, Five Spice Powder, and 1/2 cup water in a medium pot.
Bring to a boil.
Add the Chicken, cover tightly, and lower heat to a simmer.
Cook the chicken, turning once during cooking, 15–20 min. or until cooked through.
Remove the chicken from the pot and transfer to a plate
Put a heat resistant measuring cup in your sink and pour the sauce from the pot through a screen or sifter so that the pieces of garlic and ginger are filtered out.
You should end up with one cup of sauce. Pour the rest down the sink.
Pour the sauce back into the pot.
Mix 1 tbsp. cornstarch with 2 tbsp. cool water until dissolved.
Mix the cornstarch mixture into sauce in the pot, and boil for 1–2 min. to reduce and thicken into a glaze. You can repeat this step if you want a thicker sauce.
Slice the chicken into 1 inch pieces or strips if you prefer
Baste with the glaze, serve over rice and sprinkle with Sesame Seeds.
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