Huli Huli Chicken I Made It Ii

Huli Huli Chicken

Cosmicmother 5 years ago
~Made for May 2019's Tropical recipe challenge~

Huli Huli Chicken by Chopperdaddy

I was a little disappointed by most of the huli huli chicken recipes on this site, though I'm sure there are tons of recipes like this going by different names. Some didn't have pineapple juice, some with no garlic, some with no sugar etc..etc...But I don't see how you can get a sticky BBQ glaze without some form of sugar? So I settled on this recipe because the sauce looked great and I love that you marinate it overnight with half the sauce. It turned out delicious! The whole family loved it!

I could not find pineapple concentrate so I made my own by boiling down 2 cups of pineapple juice until it was one cup of concentrate. I used all chicken drumsticks, 12, which was 2.5lbs. As I was adding the soy sauce it seemed like too much so I stopped at 3/4 of a cup, mixed it all together and tasted-- I thought it was great so you may want to reduce it by a 1/4 cup as well (I used a reduced sodium, light, soy sauce). There was even sauce leftover so I think 3lbs of chicken is best to use up all the sauce, or cut the sauce amounts down. (Half the sauce is used for the marinade and I did discard that).
I waited for the rain to go away so we could BBQ but after two days I had to cook the chicken, so I did it in the oven. I cooked them at 425F on convection, on a raised roasting rack. Basting with the sauce every 8 minutes while turning, it took 30 minutes total (probably because I was opening the door so much to baste and turn them).
Before basting with the sauce, I cooked it down on the stove top to thicken it slightly so it was easier to baste with, and reserved about a 1/4 cup for dipping (so I wasn't cross contaminating with the basting brush).
I love all the garlic and ginger flavor. I used a little bit of sriracha sauce instead of chipotle tobasco for that kick of heat. I think it could of used a little bit more acidity than just the pineapple juice, perhaps some lime juice or cider vinegar (in the sauce not the marinade) but it was still a delicious teriyaki-style chicken!
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LindaLMT 5 years ago said:

Yummy photo Shona! I bet marinating it overnight helps a lot to increase the flavor. I love chicken dishes like this that make a sticky sauce. Leftovers too would be great to top a salad.

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Cosmicmother 5 years ago said:

Thanks Linda! I never thought of serving leftovers over a salad, good idea! :)

If I made rice with it I would have cut it up and mixed it in with some rice and extra sauce, but we're having rice tonight with a stir-fry. So I made roasted potatoes and a salad. The potatoes were good dipped in the extra sauce! ;)

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LindaLMT 5 years ago said:

I was going to say using it for a rice bowl of some sort would be delicious too!

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DIZ3 5 years ago said:

Great photo, Cosmicmother! Those look so good! You really went all out for this by making your own pineapple concentrate. I'm going to have to try Huli Huli Chicken again. I've made it twice. One from a scratch recipe and the other using a package mix. Neither one lived up to my expectations.

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mommyluvs2cook 5 years ago said:

I have a Huli Huli recipe planned for tonight, this one: Huli Huli Chicken
It doesn't have the garlic or sugar though :(. I had no idea what's supposed to be in it so I just picked one lol. I may just go forward with it especially since I already bought the wine for it. Maybe just add some garlic anyway?

Yours looks delicious Shona, beautiful color!!!

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Cosmicmother 5 years ago said:

Thanks Diz! I'm not sure if this recipe is an authentic Huli recipe or if the Huli Huli is just the cooking method? But it tastes very much like a delicious teriyaki sauce to me! :)

Thanks Michelle! I had that recipe saved too and was going back and forth between those two for quite some time. I probably would have snuck garlic in there if I made that one! ;) ;)

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