Easy Chicken Tocino

 

g

Filipinos love to eat eggs, rice and meat for breakfast.  For the meat part, it could be longaniza (sweet or vinegary sausage) or tocino (sweet pork or chicken) among other favorites.  The Asian Store I go to sometimes runs out of them.  I decided to make my own tocino by using ginger ale zero as the ingredient that will impart sweetness and soy sauce to give the characteristic saltiness.  I just added garlic powder, salt and pepper as the other ingredients.  The carbon dioxide in the ginger ale helps tenderize the chicken aside from being the source of sweetness but in a bind you can use sugar and water.  

Here is my recipe.  It is quick with no marination period.  Braising the chicken with the sauce does that job. Enjoy.

Easy Chicken Tocino

2- 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs

salt and pepper

1 cup from 1 can ginger ale zero or seven-up or sprite (I used ginger ale zero)

2-4 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp garlic powder

2-4 tsp vegetable oil

Place the chicken pieces in a non-stick saute pan.  Add salt and pepper on both sides of the chicken

Add 1 cup of the soda of your choice into the pan

Add the soy sauce and garlic powder to the mixture and mix.

Allow mixture to boil.at medium heat until the chicken is cooked and the liquid mostly evaporates.

You can add a little oil in the pan and grill the chicken on both sides.

Serve with rice, tomato slices and cucumber.  Enjoy.