Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken

Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken is marinated in a soy, brown sugar marinade with a little bit of spice from the cayenne pepper.  It’s easy to whip up the marinade in the morning, head off to work and saute the chicken in under 30 minutes when you get home. {gluten free}

The holidays are over, just like that.

I don’t know about you but it went pretty fast here at the Kelly house.  We stayed busy with family visits and playdates.  I think in total we had about 15 sleepovers during the past two weeks.

I should win mom of the year…again.

I love sleepovers because it keeps my kids busy and they don’t fight with each other when there are friends around.  Seriously, I’ll have sleepovers every night if keeps the bickering away!  We’ve had a lot of close family time together here so there’s been more fighting than usual ?.

Back to the grind tomorrow with school, activities, homework and meal planning.  My goal this year is to make meal planning easier for me and you.

I’m focused on getting more family friendly, easy meals on the table and on the blog. Meals that can be prepared in under 30 minutes, using seasonal produce and kid friendly.

All three of my picky eaters enjoyed this Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken.  Anything with a sweet tamari (soy) based marinade they usually like.  I love marinating meat because it’s the easiest way to impart a bunch of flavor and it’s something I can do in the morning and forget about it.

This Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken is…

• sweet
• a tad spicy from the cayenne
• gluten free
• easy to prepare in under 30 minutes
• great for leftovers so make a double batch for salads, quesadillas, and grain bowls
• full of flavor from the marinade

Let’s make 2017 the year of the marinade.  Try these others…

• Ginger Honey Glazed Chicken
• Grilled Chicken Souvlaki
• Pineapple Grilled Chicken Skewers
• Four Ingredient Soy Glazed Chicken Thighs
• Easiest Five Ingredient Chicken Drumsticks

If you try this recipe let me know.  Leave a comment, rate it and tag a photo #seasonal_cravings on Instagram!  Thanks!

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Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken

Course Dinner

Cuisine Hawaiian

Prep Time 2 hours

Cook Time 16 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 16 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 182 kcal

Author Karen Kelly

Ingredients

• 6 skinless boneless chicken thighs
• 1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce if not gluten free
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 tsp cayenne
• 2 tsp oregano
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 clove garlic chopped

Instructions

1. Whisk all marinade ingredients together and pour into a Ziploc bag.
2. Add chicken thighs and marinate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
3. Heat a non-stick skillet or grill pan over medium-high and drizzle pan with a bit of olive oil.
4. Add chicken thighs to pan and discard marinade.
5. Cook until chicken is cooked through and browned on the outside, about 8 minutes per side.
6. Instant read thermometer should read 165º F.

Adapted from Cooking Light.