Take-out Tuesday, Island Chicken with Pineapple Rum Sauce
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
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
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
or a Pineapple Upside Down Cake Martini! For the recipes and more info click here
Enjoy!
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Sounds good and I actually have sweet chili sauce! What I need is your view:@)
This looks fabulous! What sides do you serve with it?
thanks Kim, rice is great with this and we also had fresh green beans~
Aah…There’s nothing like a taste of the islands and a little rum first thing in the morning 🙂 Your flavors sound delicious together and I love the idea of a crock pot version to keep the house from heating up in the summer! I know I sampled your pineapple cocktail before but I don’t remember that cute painted palm tree glass 🙂
Mike’s favorite!