Huli Huli Chicken

Name: Huli Huli Chicken
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 2 quarts, water; 2 cups, soy sauce; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 6 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon, grated fresh ginger; 4 , chicken, split halves (about 8 pounds total) (see note); 3 , (6-ounce) cans pineapple juice; 1/4 cup, packed light brown sugar; 1/4 cup, soy sauce; 1/4 cup, ketchup; 1/4 cup, unseasoned rice vinegar; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 tablespoons, grated fresh ginger; 2 teaspoons, Asian chili-garlic sauce; 2 cups, wood chips (see related Key to Bold Flavor), soaked for 15 minutes

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By Diane Unger

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2009, Cook's Country TV

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Chicken

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This Hawaiian favorite features juicy chicken basted in a sweet sauce.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME2 hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Traditional huli huli chicken is continually basted with a sticky-sweet sauce and “huli"-ed, which means “turned" in Hawaiian. We wanted to find a more hands-off approach to cooking this sweet, smoky, burnished bird. For the sauce...

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