Shoyu Chicken

This is my first post @ food.com. I make this with equal parts soy sauce, water, sugar and fresh instead of powdered ginger. .So, 2 cups of each ingredient ginger, or 3 cups or whatever amount you need to cover chicken completely. I think what's missing here is some sliced FRESH ginger, and lots of it ;) I live in Hawaii and most people here make shoyu chicken with fresh ginger. It really changes the flavor. See if your grocery store carries 'hand's of fresh ginger in the produce section. It is a brown root with 'finger' sized branches. I just peel a 4 inch hunk, and slice into 1/4 inch or so pieces until you have about a 1/3 cup pieces (rough chop). This makes it easy to separate hunks out before eating, as you don't actually eat the cooked ginger. If you cook this with real ginger, and equal parts of liquid ingredients, I think you will see a big difference in the flavor. Maybe I should've just posted a recipe? ;)

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Delicious chicken. I used skinless breasts and served with vegetables with the sauce drizzled over the top..

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This is very moist and tender and delicious. I used just 1 cup water and added 2 tsp. sesame oil. This will be a repeat recipe at our house.

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One of my husband's (and one of my) favorite recipes. So simple and so delicious! Thanks for sharing~

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The smell of this cooking was amazing but the taste was somewhat subtle, I should read the previous reviews and used only half the water, I will try again with less water. I've never had shoyu chicken so don't really have anything to compare it too either.

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Super easy, and super tasty. I've made this recipe about 3 times now, and it's perfect every time. I have also added the star anise, as Wendy suggested, and it's quite delicious that way, too. (I've never had this dish before, so I don't have a comparison point... just know I quite like this one).

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My Hawaiian partner makes Shoyu Chicken, and the recipe is similar to this , but he adds Star Anise, usually about 3 "stars". I think it's what may be lacking in this recipe. I'm making the Shoyu Chicken for us tonight so I was glad to find a similar recipe to follow.

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This tastes a lot like Teriyaki Chicken. I had Shoyu Chicken in Hawai'i last month and was excited to try this recipe, but this doesn't taste like what we had. If you're looking for something similar to Teriyaki Chicken, this recipe is great and easy - and I will use this recipe again for Teriyaki.... but I will continue to look for a true Shoyu Chicken recipe.

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Delicious. My baby of 19 months liked it. The house was smelling so good.

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This recipe was awesome! We had a hawaiian themed birthday party for my dad and everyone commented on how wonderful the chicken was. I was so easy to make too. Thanks for posting and this is difinitly going down as a favorite.

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Tastes great and makes the house smell wonderful while cooking. I used boneless, skinless thighs. The chicken was moist and juicy, but I think that the sauce had way too much water in it. I will certainly make this again, but cut the amount of water at least in half to get more of a "glaze-type" sauce. Thanx for sharing the recipe.

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I made this with 1/2 cup soy sauce (ran out) and 1 1/4 cup water. It came out pretty dry but with good flavor. I'd love to know from someone more experienced why the skinless, bone-in chichen thighs were dry! Today, I mixed the leftover chicken and brown rice with a tiny bit of the sauce (my husband threw most of it out) and a little mayo and microwaved. It was actually pretty good.

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This was a really good chicken dish, and I loved that it worked so well in the crockpot! My family and I really enjoyed how juicy and tender the chicken became, and the sauce was yummy. I have to admit that I used boneless, skinless chicken breast instead of thighs simply because I prefer it. The only change I would make is to use a little less water next time, as Everblest suggested. Thanks for a great, tasty, Asian-inspired entree recipe!

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This was just like the dish I remember having when I visted my friend and her sister in Hawaii. Both of my picky eaters really liked it too. I baked my thighs in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes turning them over once to make sure both sides were evenly coated in the sauce. The next day I used a couple of the cold thighs chopped them up with green onion, water chestnuts, cashews and cilantro with some mayo and a bit of the sauce for an incredible chicken salad served over field greens. I can't wait to make this in the crock pot.

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This had wonderful flavor! It was fast and easy. I used 4 skinless boneless breasts, and served them over brown rice. Dh thinks the sauce would be great for dipping dumplings!

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I did like this recipe. It was simple to set up in the crock pot and the smell was wonderful. I only used 8 chicken thighs and should have used more I think. I think in the future I would use less water too. I will definitely do this one again.

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