Pineapple Chicken Rice

This Pineapple Chicken is wonderfully juicy, and bursting with flavor from a marinade that doubles as a glaze for no double work! It makes a winning stress free entertaining favorite but is easy enough for back to school dinners. This Pineapple Chicken can be grilled or cooked on the stovetop and even turned into a delectable stir fry (as many readers have done and loved) because the sauce is everything!





So with the hustle and bustle of of back-to-faculty both in complete swing or coming shortly, and the accompanying moans and groans, I bring you an clean grilled Hawaiian bird with best one dish to clean so that you can get away into ought to-be-summer time desires with each juicy, Brown Sugar Pineapple chicken chunk.


INGREDIENTS

2 pounds chicken tenderloins OR skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
1/4 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons cornstarch
Marinade/Glaze
1 cup CANNED pineapple juice
1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice (1 for less tangy)
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce


style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1-2 teaspoons Asian chili paste (like Sambal Oelek)
1 tsp EACH salt, garlic pwdr, ginger pwdr
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Garnish (optional)
chopped green onions
additional Asian chili sauce to taste

DIRECTIONS

Whisk the Marinade/Glaze substances together in a medium bowl. upload 1/three cup to a massive freezer bag and whisk in 1/4 cup olive oil. add the fowl and marinate 2-4 hours inside the refrigerator. Refrigerate the last marinade (becomes your Glaze) one by one.
when geared up to cook, allow the chook take a seat at room temperature for 15 to half-hour.
GRILL directions: meanwhile, grease and preheat grill to medium warmth, 375 to 450°F. Drain chicken from the marinade and pat dry.
Grill the hen undisturbed for 3 to four mins in line with aspect, or until fowl is cooked thru. (An inserted thermometer should examine one hundred sixty five degrees F while hen is completed.)
in the meantime, add reserved glaze to a small saucepan and whisk in 2 teaspoons cornstarch. area blanketed saucepan on the grill (or stove), and bring to a simmer (this can be completed after bird is cooked if you do not have room for your grill). once simmering, get rid of lid and whisk until thickened. Brush cooked fowl with glaze and serve any extra as a sauce for rice.
Garnish chook with lemon zest and inexperienced onions and additional chili sauce to flavor (non-compulsory).
range pinnacle directions: warmth one tablespoon olive oil in a big non-stick skillet over medium high warmness. once very hot, drain hen from marinade, pat dry and upload to skillet. cook undisturbed for 2-3 minutes, or until properly browned on one facet. flip chook over, cover, and reduce heat to medium. cook for about 3-5 greater minutes (relying on thickness of bird), or till bird is cooked via. put off to a plate and tent with foil.
Whisk 2 teaspoons cornstarch to reserved Glaze and add to now empty skillet. carry to a simmer till thickened, stirring on occasion. upload fowl to Glaze and toss to coat. Garnish chook with lemon zest and green onions and further chili sauce to flavor (non-obligatory).