Polynesian Chicken
Why is this called “Polynesian”? No idea. It came out of a newspaper in the 1960s. This is Grandma Jackie’s classic chicken dish — she makes it with bone and skin on, but it can be made with boneless/skinless pieces of chicken.
Ingredients
- 1 broiler-fryer small chicken in pieces
- ½ tsp. sugar
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 TB lemon juice
- 2 TB mustard
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ c water
- ½ tsp chili powder
Instructions
- Crush garlic clove and combine with all other ingredients (except chicken) in blender.
- Pour over chicken and marinate for several hours.
- The chicken can be arranged in its sauce in a flat pan and broiled 6-8 ” below the heat, or grilled, using the sauce for basting.