Chicken Kelaguen With Finadene Sauce

I was introduced to this unusual Guamanian dish (pronounced KILL-a-gwen) by my brother's wife, whose mother is from Guam. If you don't like the tart tanginess of lemons, which I LOVE, you can tone it down a bit by increasing the coconut milk and decreasing the lemon juice.
Chicken Kelaguen With Finadene Sauce
I was introduced to this unusual Guamanian dish (pronounced KILL-a-gwen) by my brother's wife, whose mother is from Guam. If you don't like the tart tanginess of lemons, which I LOVE, you can tone it down a bit by increasing the coconut milk and decreasing the lemon juice.
Steps
- 1
Mix together the Finadene sauce ingredients and let sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours for the flavors to blend.
- 2
Marinate the chicken in the Finadene sauce overnight. Broil chicken, basting with the sauce, until done. Cool, debone and shred. NOTE: Tastes best when the chicken is cooked on a BBQ grill, to get a bit of char on it, but you can broil in your oven if necessary.
- 3
Drain the liquid from the coconut and save. Grate the coconut meat in a food processor. Squeeze the milk from the shredded coconut into a bowl.
- 4
Mix the coconut milk with an equal amount of lemon juice and chill. Don't try substituting dried packaged shredded coconut. Only works with FRESH coconut.
- 5
NOTE: For this amount of chicken, I use 3/4 cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice and an equal amount of coconut milk; as 1 coconut won't generally give you that much coconut milk, add canned coconut milk and adjust the lemon to your taste.
- 6
Toss together the green onions, grated coconut, jalapenos and shredded chicken. Slowly stir in the coconut milk & lemon juice mixture, stirring well.
- 7
Serve warm over rice or in pita bread.
- 8
NOTE: I particularly love this as a cold chicken salad! I increase the amount of the lemon juice & coconut milk dressing and mix the finished Kelaguen with an equal amount of wild rice. Chill and enjoy. Very refreshing!
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