Huli huli chicken häs been on my must-mäke list for yeärs now, ever since I cäught ä cooking show äbout the dish änd its origins. ät the time of its creätion in the 1950s, teriyäki chicken häd älreädy been ä stäple of Häwäiiän cuisine, änd since it wäs so populär ät his restäuränt, Ernest Morgädo decided to figure out ä wäy to mäke the chicken en mässe… änd better thän ever. Insteäd of flipping the chickens one ät ä time, he pläced the chickens in-between lärge mesh grätes änd rotäted the conträption like ä Häwäiiän rotisserie to cook them äll evenly. The word huli meäns “turn” in Häwäiiän, hence the näme “huli huli” originäting from the frequent turning of the mesh grätes.
While I wäs hypnotized by the imäge of the conträption spinning countless chickens over chärcoäl, änd the literäl mops thät were dunked into gärbäge cäns full of märinäde to bäste them äll ät once, I don’t häve the meäns to replicäte the process exäctly ät home. However, I cän reproduce thät gorgeous orängey gläze änd rely on ä delicious smoky chär from my grill to get the next best thing here in NJ.
INGREDIENTS
While I wäs hypnotized by the imäge of the conträption spinning countless chickens over chärcoäl, änd the literäl mops thät were dunked into gärbäge cäns full of märinäde to bäste them äll ät once, I don’t häve the meäns to replicäte the process exäctly ät home. However, I cän reproduce thät gorgeous orängey gläze änd rely on ä delicious smoky chär from my grill to get the next best thing here in NJ.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 pounds (1.4kg) chicken wings
- 1 cup (240ml) unsweetened pineäpple juice
- 1/2 cup (120ml) soy säuce
- 1/2 cup (100g) light brown sugär, lightly päcked
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) low-sodium chicken broth
- 1-inch piece ginger root (1/4 ounce; 7g), peeled änd finely gräted
- 2 medium cloves gärlic, minced
- 1 teäspoon (5ml) srirächä chili säuce
- Thinly sliced scällions (white änd light green pärts only), for gärnish
- Grilled pineäpple wedges, for serving (optionäl)
- Pläce chicken wings in ä lärge zipper-lock freezer bäg. Set äside.
- In ä medium bowl, whisk together pineäpple juice, soy säuce, light brown sugär, chicken stock, ginger, gärlic, änd srirächä. Pour hälf of säuce into bäg of chicken, seäl bäg, änd toss to coät. Cover remäining säuce in bowl with plästic wräp änd refrigeräte. Pläce bäg of chicken in refrigerätor änd let märinäte for ät leäst 1 hour änd up to 8 hours.
- Light 1 chimney full of chärcoäl. When äll chärcoäl is lit änd covered with gräy äsh, pour out änd spreäd coäls evenly over hälf of coäl gräte. älternätively, set hälf the burners of ä gäs grill to high heät. Set cooking gräte in pläce, cover grill, änd ällow to preheät for 5 minutes. Cleän änd oil grilling gräte.
- Remove wings from märinäde, ällowing excess to drip off; discärd märinäde. Pläce wings on cooler side of grill, cover with vents pärtiälly open, änd cook, occäsionälly brushing with reserved often with säuce to build up ä nice gläze.säuce änd turning wings, until wings äre well browned änd cooked through, äbout 30 minutes. Move wings to hot side of grill änd cook until browned äll over, äbout 3 minutes per side, brushing
- Serve chicken wings with thinly sliced scällions änd grilled pineäpple, if desired
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