Dad's Chicken

[John Solak]

My Dad is a pretty good cook, an excellent baker but doesn't really like to grill. He keeps telling me to try this chicken he makes. He does it on the stove, I decided to do it on the grill. I don't know if this is his recipe or something he found.

He estimates like I do but he told me to do 2 parts Coke/Pepsi, 2 Parts Orange or pineapple juice and one part soy sauce. Use BSCTs and simmer till sauce thickens. I used one cup Coke/ one cup of Pinapple/Orange juice and half cup low sodium soy sauce. Next time I will only use a 1/4 cup soy sauce, was a little too salty for my taste.

Thighs and sauce mixture in a pot.


Once the chicken thighs was done I seared them and set them aside and let the sauce reduce to a syrup consistency


Once the sauce reduced I added the thighs back in and tossed them around to get them coated.


One of my usual sides in the wok



Plated




Was pretty good, will make it again. Next time I will use half the amount of soy sauce, maybe add a clove or two of garlic and also let the sauce reduce a little before I add the chicken.

 

[RJ Banks]

Chicken looks beautiful.

 

[Mike Coffman]

Awesome looking chicken John! Thanks for sharing the particulars of the recipe.

 

[Bill Schultz]

Stunning meal and presentation bud, very well done, always listen to your Pops

 

[James N]

Thats a beautiful plate of grub John.

 

[Tony R]

Cool recipe. The chicken came out great.

 

[Morgan C.]

Nice John..thanks for sharing..putting this in my chicken arsenal ..

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

Cool recipe, you cooked it perfect.

 

[RogerS]

Wow excellently done! I'll take a plate.

 

[P. Mack]

Love the sheen on that bird! Well done sir.

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Your birds look great. Complimenti!

 

[Luke P]

This is something I HAVE to try. Looks great.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Great looking chicken John! I'm going to try that for sure.

 

[Bob H.]

Great looking chicken John! Tell your dad thanks for the recipe for me please.

 

[Joe F]

Beautiful !
Your recipe has some elements in common with Korean Flanken Marinade.
Soy sauce is a dominant player and I usually cut it back as well.

 

[NeilH]

Homerun John. Looks perfecto.

 

[Jason Noble]

Looks real food nice glaze. Bummer about the saltiness. I only buy low sodium soy and I still have to watch how much I use.

 

[Frank H]

My dad is a tremendous cook on any device. It always makes me feel good if I make one of his dishes and he says it's good. I like the sound of this recipe. Will have to try soon.

 

[Brian Dahl]

Beautiful, John. Did Pops give it a thumbs up?

 

[Noe]

Food looks great!