One of the best parts of summer is good grilled chicken.  I find so many interesting marinade, glaze and barbecue sauce recipes all the time.  I can’t help by try a few.

This recipe contains one hard to find ingredient – Chinese 5 spice powder.  My local grocery stores didn’t carry it anywhere.  I finally found it on SageSpice and ordered it just so we could try this recipe.

This chicken recipe has a very unique flavor to it.  If you don’t like earthy spice flavors then this will be too strong for you.  It definitely has a strong, unique flavor.

5 Spice Soy Grilled Chicken

from The Merlin Menu

Ingredients:

1 – 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon finely minced ginger
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons 5 spice powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water

Directions:

1. Mix together the corn starch and water and pour into a bowl.

2.  Add the remainder of the ingredients and stir well.

3.  Add the chicken to a large Ziploc bag, pour in 1/2 of the marinade.  Seal bag and refrigerate for a few hours.

4.  While grill is heating up, bring remaining half of the marinade to a boil.  Reduce to a simmer and let thicken for a few minutes.

5.  Grill marinated chicken breasts, basting occasionally with the extra thickened sauce.