Grilled Char Siu Chicken
Grilled Char Siu Chicken has a Cantonese BBQ marinade and sauce, super flavorful grilled chicken that's so good served over rice
Equipment
- Grill
- Blackstone Griddle
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs (or chicken breast)
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons Shaoxing (Chinese cooking wine, I ordered from Amazon)
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 cloves garlic finely minced
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons Chinese five spice powder
- a few drops red food coloring
- 3/4 cup mayo
- Optional: rice, sriracha
Instructions
- Trim the chicken if needed and place in a gallon size plastic bag.
- Add the rest of the ingredients (except the mayo) to a bowl and stir until combined. Put the mayo in a separate bowl and add a few spoonfuls of the char siu sauce, stir and store in the fridge to use as a dipping sauce.
- Pour the rest into the bag with the chicken and massage the bag until evenly coated. Marinate in the fridge overnight.
- Preheat the grill or your Blackstone griddle to medium heat. Once hot, grill or griddle the chicken 5 to 6 minutes per side (add cooking oil first if using your griddle). Brush with any leftover marinade in the bag only during the first half of cooking time.
- Serve with the dipping sauce from earlier and serve with rice and sriracha if desired.