Hawaiian shoyu chicken

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 6 chicken thigh cutlets, skin-on
• ½ cup (125 ml) soy sauce
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup (60 ml) rice vinegar
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 cm x 3 cm piece ginger, sliced
• ½ cup (125 ml) water
• 3 spring onions, finely sliced
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan over medium heat. Add the chicken cutlets, skin-side down and allow to cook, undisturbed, for 8 minutes, or until well-browned. Flip the chicken and brown on the second side.

2. Add the soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger and water to the pan and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Spoon the sauce over the chicken, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.

3. Using tongs, transfer the chicken cutlets to a serving plate and keep warm, then bring the sauce in the pan to the boil. Simmer for 10 – 15 minutes, or until thick enough to coat a spoon. Spoon the sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle with the sliced spring onion and toasted sesame seeds.

Thanks to Lee Kum Kee

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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