Check any local Hawaiian church cookbook and you’ll probably find a recipe for guava chicken. Most call for frying the chicken, but who has time for that. Instead I marinate it in the sauce all day then bake it right before dinner. Such a time saver.
ingredients:
6-8 chicken thighs
one 10 ounce jar guava jelly**
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Hawaiian Sun jams and jellies
In small bowl combine the jelly, cider vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, salt and pepper.
Place the washed and dried chicken into a freezer bag. Add the sauce ingredients. Marinate for 4-6 hours.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Prep a baking pan with non-stick foil. Place the chicken skin side down and bake for 25 minutes. Turn the chicken over and bake for another 20 minutes.
SIMPLE, right? Told you. I’m not big on wasting time…
This chicken is sweet and fruity and perfect with rice. The kids love it!
Kid's lunches, simple dinners and a whole lot of geeky baking.
my MIL uses any kind of jam, plum, strawberry (especially the packets from mcdonald’s because none of her old lady friends use them and she can’t bear to throw them away) –to marinate chicken and they’re delicious too. gotta try the guava though.
Hey! I started reading your blog recently, and I have to say, as a 23 year old from hawaii, who now lives in Japan, I love your blog! I love all the hawaii recipes (I actually found your blog by googling “chicken long rice”) and a lot of your bentos that have domokun and and cutesy stuff is totally reminiscent of bentos here in japan that my students bring to school! Because of your blog and your easy to follow recipes, I’ve actually started cooking for myself on a regular basis, and look forward to it! ありがとう！
Where, oh, where did you find those cute trays for the kiddies?! I want some!
@Liz
You can get the trays at Pottery Barn Kids or Target!