Shoyu Chicken: Japanese-Hawaiian Braising
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Description
Shoyu chicken — chicken thighs braised in soy sauce, mirin, brown sugar, ginger, and garlic until the sauce reduces to a glossy, lacquered glaze — is the most broadly eaten home preparation in Hawaii and the clearest example of Japanese culinary influence fully absorbed into Hawaiian cooking. The preparation parallels Japanese teriyaki and Chinese hong shao but with a specific Hawaiian balance: sweeter than Japanese teriyaki, with the addition of brown sugar as the primary sweetener rather than mirin alone.
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—Direct parallel to Japanese teriyaki, Chinese hong shao, and Korean dakgalbi
—All are sweet-soy-based lacquering preparations that exploit the same caramelisation of reducing soy-and-sugar mixtures
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