Sharon’s Sake-Marinated Chicken

An obviously non-professional photo - taken at the height of the action, when the power failed just as I was about to preheat the oven in order to cook 80 thighs (the other dish was off to the left).

4X	1X	Ingredients
80	20	Chicken thighs, bone in. Allow two per person.
Marinade
1 c	¼ c	Soy Sauce
2 c	½ c	Sake
2 c	½ c	Sesame Oil – I use whatever kind I have on hand – usually light.
½ c	2 T	Ginger – peeled & chopped
16	4	Cloves garlic – peeled & chopped
4	1	Bunch scallions –chopped
4 T	1T	Sugar
2 tsp	½ tsp	Black pepper

The marinade ingredients can be blended with whatever implement you have - a blender, food processor or hand blender. Probably even two rocks would do it. I usually make the marinade the day before, and put the chicken in the marinade first thing in the morning on the day that I am cooking.

Preheat the oven to 375^o. pour off the marinade, and partially cook the chicken for about half an hour. Meanwhile, cook up the remaining marinade, and reduce slightly. 

Finish cooking the chicken on the barbeque to caramelize the exterior, periodically basting it with the reduced marinade. Check the meat next to the bone to be sure that it is done.

Enjoy.