Asian Style Marinated Chicken

This is a very easy recipe for those who like Asian style chicken.  It's certainly a big favorite around my house and there's nothing to preparing it.  The greatest effort is remembering to prepare your marinade 12 to 24 hours ahead of time for cooking the chicken.

INGREDIENTS
2 Pounds of Chicken (Skin On - Use Thighs, Drumsticks or Breasts)
1/2 Cup Soy Sauce
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar (Packed in measuring cup)
3 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Fresh Ginger Root
1 Tablespoon Finely Chopped Fresh Garlic
1 Teaspoon Black Pepper
2 Teaspoons Sesame Oil
2 Tablespoons Honey

MARINADE
Put all ingredients except the chicken into an oven safe baking dish.  Whisk until mixed completely.

PREPARATION
Place the pieces of chicken into the baking dish, making sure you turn them in the marinade so they are completely coated.  Put the dish in the refrigerator and leave chicken to marinate for between 12 and 24 hours.  Turn the chicken pieces at least once so the marinade works it's way evenly into the chicken.

COOKING
IMPORTANT!!!  When preparing to cook the chicken, remove the oven safe baking dish from the refrigerator and allow it to warm up at room temperature for about half an hour, so it doesn't break going into the hot oven!!!

Preheat the oven to 475 F degrees.  Make sure all of the chicken pieces are skin side up in the baking dish.  Move an oven rack to the middle of the oven for baking.  Place the baking dish into the oven and cook for about 40 minutes, or until the chicken is a dark brown in color.

When the chicken is baked, set the oven to Broil and place the baking dish under the broiler for between 3 and 5 minutes so the skin on the chicken will become crispy and dark in color.

Your chicken is ready to serve and is excellent with steamed rice as a side dish.  Enjoy!!

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