Cheap Flight To Europe - How to Cook Shoyu Chicken - The Hawaiian Treat

From Honolulu and the glitzy beach resorts to little towns well off the main tourist track, we got to tour most of the islands and saw all sides of Hawaii. My husband and I took a dream vacation to Hawaii, last year.

But it was always delicious, and sometimes it came straight out of the cooker and served on paper plates from some roadside stand, usually in the fancier restaurants, sometimes it came served with exotic garnishes. We could count on finding an ubiquitous dish called shoyu chicken, everywhere we went.

I knew I had to try cooking some shoyu in my own kitchen, when we got home.

From boiling in a pot to baking in the oven to grilling on the barbecue, but even the chicken itself can be cooked any way you like, the differences are mainly in the ingredients for the sauce. There must be thousands of different recipes for this dish.

But I prefer to use the word "shoyu" in tribute to its native home in Hawaii. You can just call this dish soy sauce chicken, if you want. That's because that's what shoyu means--soy sauce. One ingredient you'll always find is soy sauce, no matter the recipe.

And have some tropical fun, put on some ukulele or Don Ho music, break out the leis. Why not go all the way and make it the food centerpiece of a Hawaiian-themed party, if you would like to cook shoyu chicken?

Cut back the recipe portions accordingly, if you want to make it just for your family instead of for a party. This shoyu chicken recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

12 pounds of chicken thighs

3 cups brown sugar

4 cups soy sauce

4 cans chicken broth

1/2 cup white wine

6 cups pineapple juice

1 cup vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

Chopped green onion tops

Crushed 4 cloves garlic,

2 tablespoons ground ginger

2 cans pineapple rings

Directions

Wash and drain the chicken thighs. 1.

Combine the sauce ingredients (everything listed above except the pineapple rings). 2.

Cooking 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender, bring to a boil. Combine the chicken and the sauce in a large pot. 3.

Decorate with pineapple rings and serve; place chicken thighs on serving platter. 4.