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Pohnpei Teriyaki Chicken

Name: Pohnpei Teriyaki Chicken
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Micronesia
Ingredients: 600g Chicken Thigh; 4 tbsp Soy Sauce; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1 knob Ginger; 1 clove Garlic; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 3 tbsp Water

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken cooked in soy sauce and sugar glaze — Japanese-influenced Micronesian home cooking.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Influences from the Japanese colonial era remain in the Federated States of Micronesia, and soy sauce dishes are rooted in home cooking. Teriyaki chicken in a soy sauce, sugar, and ginger glaze is a staple eaten with rice and also served at gatherings.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Pohnpei home, glossy chicken is sliced and plated with white rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 600g
Soy Sauce 4 tbsp
Sugar 3 tbsp
Ginger 1 knob
Garlic 1 clove
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Water 3 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the soy sauce, sugar, grated ginger and garlic, and water into a sauce.
Marinate the chicken in the sauce for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the chicken skin side first.
Flip to cook through, then add the remaining sauce and simmer to glaze.
Slice and serve with rice.

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