Huli-huli chicken is a grilled chicken dish in

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, prepared by barbecuing a chicken over

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wood, and basting it with a sweet huli-huli sauce.

History

In 1954, Ernest Morgado, a naval intelligence officer during

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, and Mike Asagi, a chicken farmer, founded the Pacific Poultry Company in 'Ewa, Hawaii. The next year, at a meeting with farmers, Morgado and Asagi first barbecued chicken in a

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-like sauce, Morgado's mother's recipe. After seeing its popularity, Morgado began cooking huli-huli chicken at fundraisers. Millions of dollars have been raised over the years for charities by selling huli-huli chicken, according to Morgado's stepson. Fundraisers at churches and schools selling huli-huli chicken were common around Hawaii for many years. ''Huli'' is the Hawaiian word for "turn." As the dish was originally made on a grill with a makeshift spit, onlookers shouted "huli" when the chickens were to be rotated, cooking and basting the other side. Morgado, through the Pacific Poultry Company, trademarked "huli-huli" in 1967. Morgado became famous with his huli-huli chicken recipe. He served on the Hawaii Board of Agriculture, was appointed honorary

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, and was awarded the Honolulu Portuguese Chamber of Commerce's "Council's Cup" in 1981. Later, beginning in 1986, Morgado bottled and sold huli-huli sauce in stores. Today, huli-huli chicken can be found around Hawaii, in restaurants, road-side stands, mini-marts and drive-ins. At many locations, chicken are cooked on racks

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and sold.

Preparation

Morgado never released his huli-huli sauce recipe, though other chefs have made approximations. Most recipes call for a glaze or sauce with ingredients including

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, and

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. Some recipes may call for

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, Worcestershire sauce,

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or sherry vinegar,

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, or

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. Some recipes call for

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the chicken in a solution with kosher salt, sugar,

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, garlic,

, or

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, before marinating it in the sauce. The chicken can be cooked on a grill or a

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. While cooking, it is regularly basted with the glaze, and turned over ("''huli''-ed").

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(''kiawe'') wood chips are traditionally used to add a smoky flavor.

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