Grilled Pineapple Chicken Recipe
Quick and easy marinated chicken breasts topped with a grilled pineapple slice.
Servings: 4
Calories: 228kcal
Ingredients
- 8 ounces canned pineapple rings juice drained and reserved
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Instructions
- In a large plastic Ziploc bag mix together the pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic powder, ground ginger and black pepper. Smush the bag with your hands to dissolve the sugar. Reserve 1/2 c. marinade. Reserve the pineapple rings.
- Place the chicken breasts into the marinade. Squeeze out any air in bag, seal and place in refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat grill to 350 degree. Rub grates with oil or preheat grill pan on oven over medium high heat.
- Remove chicken breasts from marinade. Shake off excess. Place on grill and grill 5-8 minute per side or in grill pan. Brush with the reserved marinade several times while grilling.
- While chicken is grilling, place pineapple rings onto the grill and allow to cook until hot and the slices show grill marks then remove from grill.
- Remove chicken breasts from grill when internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Top with pineapple slices and serve.
Video
[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id="X5YWK8S6" upload-date="2019-07-31T00:00:00.000Z" name="Grilled Pineapple Chicken" description="Grilled Pineapple Chicken is a quick and easy dinner recipe prepared on the grill! It starts with a homemade marinade for the chicken breasts which you can do the night before or morning of when making this easy recipe. Then you simply take the chicken breasts out and grill them until they are nice and juicy. While you are grilling the chicken your will also grill your pineapple rings so they have a delicious charred and caramelized taste to them. Then top your chicken breasts with the pineapple slice and serve! So quick, easy and delicious!"]
Notes
Nutrition estimation is calculated using all of the marinade. You will not use all of it because you discard it when you grill the chicken.
Nutrition
Calories: 228kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 629mg | Potassium: 535mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 62IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg