The Most Delicious Sweet Chilli Pineapple Chicken

If you love pineapple, you would love this recipe, Sweet Chilli Pineapple Chicken. This is another simple recipe contributed by Savitri Lalla, one of my facebook fans. The combination of sweet and spicy makes this dish one to try and share during any important occasions, birthdays, baptism, etc.

This sweet and chilli pineapple chicken was served with soy sauce noodles and fried rice. Though the recipe called for a tin of pineapple, however, you may also use the fresh, ripe fruit (it is at its sweetest when it is ripe). Pineapple is available everywhere these days, so they are certainly not in shortage. Just walk out to the street and I bet there is a fruit seller with some ripe fruit. We bought so much, now we have enough tops to start growing some of our own pineapples.

Sweet Chilli Pineapple Chicken

Ingredients:

6 pieces of chicken, leg and thigh
To season chicken:
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon white pepper

1 can (20 oz.) pineapple chunks with the juice (approx. 1½ cups)
2 cups ketchup
1 teaspoon pepper flakes
1 cup water
cornstarch mixture (½ teaspoon in ¼ cup water)

Method:

Season the chicken with the black pepper, white pepper and salt.
Marinate at least 3 hours or at best overnight.

Place a pot over medium heat and add the pineapple chunks, ketchup, pepper flakes and water. Bring to a boil (about 10 to 12 minutes) and then add the cornstarch mixture to thicken the sauce. Set aside.

Steam the marinated chicken for 15 minutes place in a baking dish and cover with some of the sauce. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F or until the juices run clear when stuck with a knife. When cooked cover with the sauce before serving.

Well, that is all for this recipe.