Maple-Garlic Chicken

From maple glazed chicken

This recipe was shared to me by my Pinay friend who is also married to an American. They also make their own maple syrup, and I might have asked her one time what to cook when maple syrup is just so abundant. This is one that she suggested, which at one point, she brought to one of our Pinay gatherings near a river (tabing-ilog in Ana's property). I loved it, and I asked for the recipe, which she gladly shared, and now I am sharing with you. The only tweaking I made was to thicken the sauce to make it stick more, then brush onto the chickens while grilling during the last 5 minutes; this way they appear "glazed."

From maple chicken

Ingredients:
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 cup soy sauce
1-1/2 lb chicken pieces

Instructions:
Place chicken pieces in the saucepan. Mix well the rest of the ingredients and pour onto the chickens. Boil then lower heat to medium low (#4) and cook for 15 minutes. During the last 5 minutes, start heating up your oven, broil method. Arrange your chicken pieces on a pan, and place the sauce in a small saucepan. Broil chicken for 5 minutes to dry the surfaces. Meanwhile, thicken the sauce with cornstarch+water mix to the desired consistency, and adjust the taste as needed with salt and pepper. Baste the chicken pieces to give them a glaze, and repeat after 2 minutes, then cook further about 2 minutes. turn over the chicken pieces and do the same. When serving, pour some more sauce onto the pieces. Goes very well with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. The leftover sauce, if any, will be perfect to flavor your fried rice.