Fantastic Gluten Free Soy Sauce Chicken

   This is an amazing recipe!  I made this yesterday for the international students that board with us, and they absolutely loved it.  In fact, their comments on this meal are listed below.  

     The recipe suggests that the chicken marinades for 4 hours; I only had 30 minutes and you wouldn't have noticed it. I cooked this recipe in my electric skillet, and I had it on 350 degrees the entire time.  I'm sorry but I forgot to write down the site where I picked this up from four years ago.  

 Gluten Free Soy Sauce Chicken -  Serves 5-6

1.   Make marinade: 1/3 cup  gluten free tamari + 3 T, 1/3 cup water, 4 tablespoons brown sugar, 2 1/2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry, 2 green onions, washed and finely chopped, 3 slices ginger (I minced it and it was at least 1 T), and 2 cloves of minced garlic.

2.  Prepare chicken:  

(1)  Make 2 or 3 diagonal cuts on each side of 10 pieces of the chicken thighs and legs. 
(2)  Place the thighs in a large resealable plastic bag and add the marinade. 
(3)   Marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for 4 hours or longer, moving the bag occasionally to make sure all the thighs/legs/wings  are coated in the marinade. 
(4)  Remove the chicken and reserve the marinade.

3.  Prepare vegetables:  
(1) Soften 1/2 cup of dried shitake mushrooms by soaking in hot water for about 30 minutes. Squeeze out any excess water. Cut off the stems and cut the caps in half.  
(2)  Slice 1 small onion in thin slices.

4.  Cook the chicken:  
(1)  In a large saucepan, heat 2 T olive oil over medium heat. Add the chicken thighs and brown for 4 to 5 minutes.  
(2)   Turn the chicken over and add the onion and sauté until softened (about 5 minutes). 
(3)  At the same time you are browning the chicken and cooking the onions, bring the reserved marinade to boil in a small saucepan. Boil the marinade for 5 minutes.

(4)  Then add the marinade and the dried mushrooms to the chicken mixture.  

(5) Season with salt and freshly ground black or white pepper if desired. Simmer, covered on medium-low heat for a total of 15 minutes and then for 15 minutes uncovered or until the chicken is cooked through, add a bit of water if needed. 

Serve soy sauce chicken hot with steamed rice. 

Other Chinese recipes on this blog:

Note about Internet recipes:  For the past 6 years we've hosted international students. Whenever I've made something, they have tasted it, and given me recommendations to make it taste more authentic.  Most of these Internet recipes have been tweaked by their suggestions.

BEEF RECIPES:
Delicious Gluten Free Beef Broccoli Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
The Best Gluten Free Mongolian Beef Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Ginger Beef Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)

CHICKEN RECIPES:
Gluten Free Chinese Almond Chicken Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Amazing Gluten Free Chinese Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Chicken Broccoli Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Stir Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Authentic Chinese BBQ Chicken  (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Rose's Chinese Yellow Curry with Chicken & Vegetables  (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Gluten Free Chinese - Fantastic Soy Sauce Chicken  (Modification of Internet recipe)

Rose's Authentic Stir-Fried Chicken & Vegetables (Made Gluten Free!)

Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Chicken (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)

TOFU RECIPES:

Tofu & Vegetable Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Orange "Beef" Tofu Stir- Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)

FISH RECIPES:
Steamed Scallion Ginger Fish with Stir-Fried Bok Choy  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Fantastic Mahi & Vegetable Stir Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)

Tasty Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Fish  (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)

NOODLES & RICE:

Gluten Free Chinese Fried Rice    (From my Come & Dine Cookbook)
The Cheung's Gluten Free Chow Mien  (My Bible study friend Rose taught me this)

SOUP RECIPES:
Chinese Chicken Soups  - Bok choy chicken, chicken & spinach, and chicken & cabbage
Gluten Free Chinese Hot Pot  (Combination of Internet & Yingying a student from China)
Chinese Egg Drop Soup   (From my Syre School Cookbook)

SALAD RECIPES
Gluten Free Chinese Chicken Cabbage Salad  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Rose's Refreshing Cucumber Salad  (From a Bible study friend)

Chinese Mandarin Salad & Thai Peanut Dressing   (Dressing is from my friend Judi)