Take-out Tuesday, Island Chicken with Pineapple Rum Sauce

the Painted Apron

10 years ago

Here is a simple little chicken dish that will take you straight to a tropical island

It’s loaded with fresh pineapple and gets a little kick from some sweet chili sauce and a splash of rum

Bacardi Pineapple Infusion is what I used, but you can use any rum or rum extract

The rum flavor adds a special little “somethin somethin” that makes this chicken memorable

You make a sauce with butter, brown sugar and onion

Then add sweet chili sauce and diced pineapple and juice

Simmer this for a few minutes

Then make a thickener buy stirring some warm sauce into cornstarch in a separate bowl

Once the cornstarch has dissolved, put it back in the pan with the rest of the sauce

Continue cooking until the sauce thickens

Pour the sauce over seasoned chicken in a greased baking dish~you can brown chicken in a hot skillet with a little oil first for appearances sake if desired, but not necessary~

At this point you can refrigerate this covered up to 24 hours before baking

ISLAND CHICKEN WITH PINEAPPLE RUM SAUCE

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Servings 6

Ingredients

3 T butter
2 T brown sugar
1/2 cup diced onion
1/3 cup Pineapple Rum*
2/3 cup pineapple juice
2 cups chopped fresh pineapple
1 T soy sauce
1/3 cup sweet chili sauce
2 T cornstarch

Instructions

Place chicken in a greased 8″ x 8″ baking dish and season with salt and pepper.
Melt butter in a sauce pan and add brown sugar and onion. Cook for 4-5 minutes. Add rum, pineapple juice, diced pineapple, sweet chili sauce and soy sauce. Cook for 5 minutes.
Place cornstarch in a small bowl and stir in 1/4 cup of sauce from pan and blend well to dissolve cornstarch. Return the cornstarch mixture to the rest of the sauce in pan and cook until sauce has thickened.
Pour sauce over chicken in baking dish. At this point you can refrigerate the chicken covered for up to 24 hours. Bake at 350 for 1 hour, or until chicken has cooked through. Serve with rice

Notes

*you can substitute any rum or use rum extract. If you use rum extract, add another 1/3 cup pineapple juice to recipe.

for another printable version of Island Chicken with Pineapple Rum Sauce click here

Next time I make this I am going to try it in the crock pot~just follow the same directions but put everything in a slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours

If you have a bottle of Pineapple Rum, you might want to try a Pineapple Cocktail