Caribbean Style Pineapple Chicken with Quinoa

Hello all, what do you think of having pineapple and chicken together? I know, you guys would think what’s this combination – sweet, sour, and spicy ㋡! Believe me, you are gonna love this recipe of Caribbean style pineapple chicken.

A short story about this recipe. I had a pineapple sitting in my fridge and I wanted to use it for cooking something, but I wasn’t sure what to make. One day, while making chicken I added some pineapple cubes. It tasted good, so I thought that I can base this whole recipe using pineapple. Next time, I used the whole pineapple to make this recipe and it turned out so tasty with tangy flavor.

I always try to make my recipe healthy and tasty. In this recipe, I used very less oil. But if you want to cook this recipe without oil, you can just bake the chicken and add it to the pineapple sauce, which I have explained below. I served this recipe with quinoa, that I find a healthier option over rice. However, this recipe can be served with rice, paratha, or chapati.

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Prep. time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Serve: 2

Ingredients:

For Pineapple sauce:

Pineapple:1 (1/2 for juice and 1/2 cut into cubes)
Chicken broth: 1/2 cup
Garlic powder or paste: 1tbsp
Tomato puree: 4 tbsp
Soy sauce: 4 tbsp
Sirarcha or hot sauce: 4 tbsp
Brown sugar: 2 tbsp
Salt: as needed or 1tsp

For Chicken:

Chicken breast: 1 pound (cut into small cubes)
Red chili powder: 1tsp
Salt: 1 tsp or as needed
Garlic powder or paste: 1tbsp
Oil: 1 tbsp

Let’s begin:-

Cut the pineapple into cubes. Blend 1/2 of the pineapple to extract juice. [Note: You can also use canned pineapple juice to make this recipe.]

In a saucepan, whisk the pineapple juice, soy sauce, sriracha or hot sauce, tomato sauce, brown sugar, garlic, chicken broth, and salt together.

Boil this mixture until it has reduces to half (about 15 minutes). It should be like a thick sauce by now.
Turn off the flame and keep it aside.

Rinse and cut the chicken breast (or thigh) into small cubes.
Add red chili powder, garlic powder, salt and a little bit of oil.
Mix everything together.

Now in a heated pan add oil and saute the chicken until light brown.

Combine the chicken with the pineapple sauce.

Add pineapple cubes and mix them well.
Now, turn on the flame and cook chicken and pineapple together in the pineapple sauce for about 15 minutes on low flame.