Have you all been enjoying grilling season as much as we have?!
We have been grilling almost every day and I have been LOVING it! But what is not to love about little prep work and little clean up?!
I came across this recipe from one of my favorite blogs, The Girl Who Ate Everything, and both my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I did change it up to use chicken breasts because it is what I had on hand and the end result was amazing! I do share an idea in the recipe to help your chicken breasts absorb the marinade better.
Hawaiian Grilled Chicken
By June 10, 2012
One of the best marinades you will find and is packed with AMAZING flavor
Ingredients
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- 3 pounds chicken breasts The original recipe uses thighs, but I just had chicken breasts on hand and it worked perfectly
- 2 cups soy sauce If using Kikoman's, make sure its low sodium
- 2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 bunch green onions reserve some for garnish later
- 1/4 cup sweet onion finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp. garlic minced
- 1 tsp. sesame oil
- 1 (13.5 oz) can coconut milk
Instructions
- Trim chicken of any fat. For chicken breasts, since they are thicker, I poke them with a fork all over so the marinade can soak in.
- In a large bowl, mix soy sauce, water, brown sugar, onions, garlic, sesame oil, and coconut milk.
- Pour marinade over chicken and marinate for at least four hours, overnight is preferred. (for chicken breasts, I would definitely say over night is best to ensure the flavor is greatly absorbed)
- Grill chicken until chicken is cooked through, switching sides half way through.
- It is delicious over coconut rice, garnished with green onions and any additional soy sauce if needed!
- To make coconut rice: Replace half of the water in your rice recipe with coconut milk.
Enjoy!
recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything
Thank you for dinner tonight! Looks yummy and easy!
Mmmm…that sounds delicious. I love coconut milk, so I’m sure this will be amazing! Thanks for sharing :)
Looks delicious – but I wish you would list the instructions in the order you are to do them. Looking at these instructions – it looks like you are supposed to grill the chicken first and then marinade them. Would be very confusing for people that don’t know how to cook (or grill).
I am very sorry about that. WordPress has recipe cards and something must have posted wrong or rearranged when I went to post the recipe. I corrected it now. I assure you when I wrote up the recipe it was posted like that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
You have a beautiful blog with a lot of inspiring posts! Congrats on your work! Would you like t follow each other?:)
Yeah that is a great recipe! So happy you are enjoying the outdoors. We are forced to stay indoors, as its winter in South Africa, and I am left to cook warm hearty meals! Soup and more soup for me…
This sounds fantastic! Pinned for later. :)
My husband doesn’t like coconut in any way! Could sweetened condensed milk be a substitute for the coconut milk?
I was wondering the same thing. This looks amazing…. but I hate the taste of coconut. Is there something that you can substitute for it?
Seriously. This looks great, I’m gonna go get some coconut milk right now n_n
Hi! Found your recipe via Pinterest and I’m going to make it this week. How many servings does your recipe yield?
Marinating as we speak…can’t wait to try it tomorrow!!
This was by far the best chicken I’ve grilled in a very long time. I marinated for two days and the flavor was perfect.
Any suggestions on how to take this and make something different with the leftovers (3 lbs is a LOT of chicken!)?
I made this tonight and the chicken was sooo good and sooo tender. Even the picky eaters loved it. I even made the coconut rice, though I used less coconut milk as I wasn’t sure how strong the flavor would be. I’ll use more next time because it was very mild. My only suggestion would be to cut back on the marinade quantities. I made about 1 1/2 lbs of chicken and divided the marinade quantities by 4, and it was still way too much. So yummy though! Def. making this again!
My husband and I just tried the Hawaiian Grilled Chicken recipe and to say we LOVED it would be an understatement! Thanks for sharing such a tasty treat!
This is the best recipe I’ve found lately. We’ve made it at least 6 times and shared the recipe each time! It is a welcome addition to our list of meals we love. Thank You!
What do you suggest if I can’t find cocnut milk, only coconut cream or water?
Not sure about the recipe but the picture is really tempting and irresistible.
These look delish! Hey Nikki i was wondering if sesame oil is the same as sesame seed oil? thanks girl!:)
I made this tonight & it was outstanding!