Eclectic Red Barn: Polynesian Chicken with Pineapple

Monday, August 15, 2016

Polynesian Chicken with Pineapple

What to do with all of those pineapples? Use them in recipes. If you follow me, you know that I am having a bumper crop of pineapples this year. You can see that post here.

We have eaten them fresh, in smoothies and frozen some. So last night I decided to add some to my Polynesian Chicken. What a great combination.

This is such an easy dish to prepare and you do that in one pan.

Cut up the chicken, dice the pineapple, add in the other ingredients, stir together and bake. Easy, peasy!

Eclectic Red Barn: Pineapple with Polynesian Chicken

I served it over rice, but you could eat it plain as well and save the extra calories. Maybe just add a vegetable. See the nutritional information at the bottom of the recipe and you will be surprised at how few calories this recipe contains.

Recipe Print

Polynesian Chicken with Pineapple

Ingredients:

4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, diced

½ cup low-sodium soy sauce

⅓ cup honey

1 tablespoon hoisin sauce

2 star anise

2 tablespoons grated ginger

10 green onions, sliced ¼ inch thick

1 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

1 ½ cups pineapple chunks

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

In a large baking dish, mix the diced chicken, soy sauce, honey, hoisin sauce, star anise, ginger and pineapple. Stir all ingredients.

Bake for 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Sprinkle with green onions and cilantro