The Best Chinese Pineapple Chicken
Chinese Pineapple Chicken!
You can make yummy and easy Chinese pineapple chicken from home – this is a must try recipe!
Chinese Pineapple Chicken
Chinese Pineapple Chicken Breading:
3-5 chicken breast
salt and pepper
1 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup canola oil
Sauce:
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
- 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- Mix-Ins:
- 1 cup pineapple, diced
- 1/2 cup roasted, salted cashews
Rice:
Whisk sauce ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat until smooth. Then pour evenly over chicken, pineapple, and cashews.
Instructions for Chinese Pineapple Chicken
- Rinse chicken, trim off fat or extras and then cut into 1 inch cubes. season with salt and pepper.
- Dip chicken into cornstarch (the easiest way is by putting the cornstarch in a ziplock and shaking the chicken in it to get it fully coated) and then into beaten eggs.
- Heat oil in large skillet. Cook chicken until browned. Don’t overcrowd the chicken.
- Once chicken is cooked place in a baking dish or plate.
- Repeat steps until all chicken is cooked. T
- hen drain the oil from the pan and add the chicken back into the skillet.
- Mix up sauce below.
- Once sauce is done pour over chicken and add the diced pineapple and cashews. Cook for a minute in the skillet over medium heat or two until combined and sauce fully coats everything. Serve over sticky rice.
Chinese Pineapple Chicken
Ingredients
- 3-5 chicken breasts
- salt
- pepper
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/3 cup canola oil
Sauce
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
- 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 clove garlic minced
Mix Ins:
- 1 cup pineapple diced
- 1/2 cup cashews roasted and salted
Instructions
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Rinse chicken, trim off fat or extras and then cut into 1 inch cubes. season with salt and pepper. Dip chicken into cornstarch (the easiest way is by putting the cornstarch in a ziplock and shaking the chicken in it to get it fully coated) and then into beaten eggs. Heat oil in large skillet. Cook chicken until browned. Don't overcrowd the chicken. Once chicken is cooked place in a baking dish or plate. Repeat steps until all chicken is cooked. Then drain the oil from the pan and add the chicken back into the skillet. Mix up sauce below. Once sauce is done pour over chicken and add the diced pineapple and cashews. Cook for a minute in the skillet over medium heat or two until combined and sauce fully coats everything. Serve over sticky rice.
Sauce:
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Whisk sauce ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat until smooth. Then pour evenly over chicken, pineapple, and cashew
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This dish was amazing definitely going to make it again everybody love the sauce might double up on the sauce The next time to cover the white rice more my family loved it
This dish is Amazingly good and tasty. My husband loved it. This is going to become a staple on our Asian nights.
Made this tonight and was a hit with the whole family! Will be making again ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️