Baked Ginger Soy Glazed Chicken

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 16-20 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• Glaze
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of soy sauce
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/4 cup of sake
• 1/4 cup of sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons of ginger, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons of garlic, finely chopped
• pepper to taste

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from weekofmenus.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a heavy saucepan, add all ingredients for glaze together and cook until simmering, reduce heat, and maintain low simmer for 15 minutes. Once it has simmered for 15 minutes, set aside. The mixture will not be super thick, but it will be somewhat reduced and the flavors concentrated. This can be done ahead of time and allowed to cool to room temperature.

Preheat oven to 400. Heavily line a roasting pan with several layers of tin foil. (you will thank me for this step, because due to the nature of the glaze it will get burnt and stick forever without this precaution.) Lay the chicken thighs on the pan in a single layer. Place in oven and cook for 20 minutes, until cooked through.

Carefully brush glaze over the cooked chicken. Be generous with the glaze allowing it to fully cover the chicken. Return chicken to the oven and cook for another 10 minutes. Take chicken out, flip it over and add more glaze and cook it again for another 10 minutes. Again, take it out, use whatever leftover glaze you have plus pan juices and coat the chicken well and cook for another 10 minutes.

The chicken will be well coated and glossy from the glaze. Remove from oven and serve immediately.