Grilled Huli Huli Chicken

By Addie

I got this grilled chicken recipe from a friend while living in Hawaii. It sizzles with the flavors of brown sugar, ginger and soy sauce. Huli means "turn" in Hawaiian. —Sharon Boling, Coronado, California

Ingredients

• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 3/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1/3 cup sherry or chicken broth
• 2 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh gingerroot
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 24 boneless skinless chicken thighs (about 5 pounds)

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, mix the first six ingredients. Reserve 1-1/3 cups for basting; cover and refrigerate. Divide remaining marinade between two large resealable plastic bags. Add 12 chicken thighs to each; seal bags and turn to coat. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Drain and discard marinade from chicken. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long-handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until no longer pink; baste occasionally with reserved marinade during the last 5 minutes. Yield: 12 servings. ................... REVIEWS: I used this to marinate roast pork. It was awesome! A definite keeper! This is not a review as I have not made it yet. Has anyone tried making this using brown sugar substitutes such as Splenda Brown Sugar Blend or Sugar Twin Brown Sugar Replacement? The first time I made this, I didn't let the chicken sit in the marinade for 8 hrs, it was more like a couple of hours. I also forgot to set aside marinade to baste with when grilling. Despite my faults, the taste was still amazing, and it has been requested over and over again. Great flavor, and so easy!!! Would make a good grilled chicken sandwich (use breast vs thighs) with grilled pineapple ring and extra sauce. We took this marinade camping and LOVED it! We will be using this as our go to bbq chicken marinade from now on. We have made this recipe many times because its so easy and delicious. We make it for company and we make it when we are camping. Ive also used the marinade for grilled salmon filets with great results. This is an awesome recipe! I ran out of soy sauce and only used a quarter cup - it was still fantastic! If you like teriyaki you'll like this! Big SmileLove this recipe -- quick easy and very tasty -- everyone always ask for the recipe!

This recipe sounds so good. We don't grill. Has anyone tried this in the oven? This recipe is simple and delicious. I made it for company and grilled it before they arrived. Removed to a covered tin foil baking pan when grilling was complete, put it in conventional oven on 250 degrees until we were ready to eat. Received rave reviews from guests. I've used bone-in and skin on thighs and legs. So yummy and full of flavor. New favorite in my home. Perfect!!! I used bone-in, skin-on leg quarters and marinated them all day. Family loved this recipe. Seventeen-year-old son said, "You can make this one again for sure!" My husband who doesn't like chicken even said this one was good. Very nice and different flavor than usual. Very good&easy to make!!! I even made it in the late afternoon, didn't read the recipe all the way through seeing that it needed 8 hrs to marinade. I left it marinading at room temp for about an hour, and it was fantastic!!! Delicious! I mis-read the recipe and did not reserve marinade for basting and it worked out just fine. I also mixed boneless thighs and boneless chicken breasts (I cut these in half so that the sizes were similar) so that guests could have a choice. Taste was very good; I tried this out on guests and they gave it a thumbs up. It met all of the criteria I have for a winner of a recipe: it was easy, used ingredients that most people would have on hand, could be assembled ahead of time, had a short cook time and, most of all, tasted great!! This recipe was easy and delicious! A new family favorite! Even pleasing to the harder to please eaters. This recipe was easy and delicious! A new family favorite! Even pleasing for the harder-to-please eaters. Great recipe. I used chicken tenderlions, as I was grilling I sprinkled red crushed pepper on them. It was great. Not sure why stars didn't show up for me to rate this, but yes, FIVE stars. Great flavor. Did it with chicken breasts. Very tender. Only marinated it for about 5 hours. Thanks for the great recipe. My family favors chicken breast sliced thin. The flavor is very good. The best chicken recipe. Great for get togethers This is one of my favorite chicken recipe I always eat this on saturday night, so mahalo for this great recipe We have a food restaurant here in Hawaii that serve this huli huli chicken, just so ono I have made this twice already. My entire family absolutely loves this chicken. I make extra marinade to use over white rice. Delicious! I made the recipe as directed. It was a HUGE hit with the family. This will be my standard marinade recipe for grilled chicken! This is outstanding! A must for everyone to try. I made three changes: 1/8 tsp. ginger instead of ginger root, 1/2 c. regular soy sauce, boneless/skinless chicken breasts. Ever since I went to HI in High School and tried Huli Chicken there I have wanted to recipe. Every time we go to HI we bring back as many bottles of Huli sauce as we can. I tried this recipe and it tastes just like it does from HI! Thank you so much. Now I won't have to go to HI to eat this!! This was wonderful. The chicken was so moist. The trick is to turn it often and use all the baste. Our company asked for this recipe after dinner. I'm sure this will become a family favorite!! This was delicious - picky kids ate without complaining. I used ground ginger because that's what I had on hand and subed in breast for the thighs. I discovered this recipe while on vacation in HI and knew I would want to try it. I used 4 large boneless skinless chicken breast halves and 3 filet type smaller ones and halved the sauce recipe. Subbed ground ginger and garlic powder for the fresh ginger and garlic since that was what I had on hand. Marinaded in 1 c. sauce and basted with 1/4 c. reserved sauce. Moist, juicy, and delicious. Definite keeper here. Very easy to prepare ahead of time and then just grill. Served it with grilled fresh pineapple rings, coconut rice and Hawaiian rolls. I marinated sliced mushrooms with this, the last hour only. Grilled with sliced pineapple and served with Rice-A-Roni. Not sure why it says prep time is 15 minutes when it needs to marinate 8 hours! I have had a version of this recipe for many years, and instead of ketchup it asks for 1/3 cup dry sauterne and 3T Dijon mustard. NO brown sugar and half the soy sauce. It is not as salty, and calorie count is lower, but equally good. Simple, flavorful recipe. Absolutely excellent. This is very good and very simple to make. Crowd pleaser! So juicy and tender, even better the next day. Yum! Used boneless/skinless chicken breast instead of thighs and was wonderful. Will be making this on a regular bases.