Chicken meat with pineapple is really very tasty. The meat is very tender. The shades of taste largely depend on the sauce used: the dish can be sweet, it can be sour, these two tastes can be combined, the chicken can be spicy, spicy, aromatic ...
For this dish, it is also important to choose the right side dish. Since this dish came to us from the east, the most common chicken with pineapple and rice. However, the scope for creativity in this direction is open. It is important to remember that this dish most often contains a large number of spices, which means that it is better to choose a side dish so that different tastes do not conflict.
Although, I must say that chicken with pineapple is not only a hot dish. These ingredients make gorgeous, delicate salads that women generally like. Perhaps with a salad and it is worth starting.
Pineapple Chicken Salad Recipe
300 g of chicken fillet is cut into cubes, sprinkled with salt, seasonings and transferred to a pan, fried. It is important to remove the chicken from the heat as soon as it is ready - after about 7 minutes, otherwise you can dry the tender meat. Then, a can of canned champignons is added to the fried chicken meat, and the liquid is preliminarily drained from them. There are added canned pineapples, a can of canned corn. Season salad with mayonnaise.
The peculiarity of this salad is that almost all ingredients, except the chicken itself, do not need additional processing. If you take pineapples and champignons already chopped, then preparing a salad will take literally 10 minutes.
Chinese Chicken with Pineapple
Half a kilogram of chicken is cut into large cubes and rolled in starch. Then the chicken is fried in sunflower oil until the starch acquires a golden color. Then add a can of pineapples, grated ginger, a small slice, a few cloves of garlic and tomato paste, 2-3 tablespoons to the pan. Syrup from canned pineapples is poured there and left to simmer for 20 minutes.
Pineapple Chicken Curry Recipe
As in previous recipes, chicken, in the amount of half a kilogram, is cut into large cubes. Pieces of meat are put in a deep bowl and pour in soy sauce. He must completely hide all the meat. Chicken should be marinated in the sauce for about 30 minutes. At this time, you need to peel the seeds and cut into cubes three bell peppers. If they are all of different colors, the finished dish will look very elegant. Chicken fillet is spread in a hot pan and sautéed, then the fire is reduced, half a teaspoon of curry powder is added to the chicken and mixed. Pour pepper and pineapple into the pan, pour the syrup. Then stew the chicken for about 20 minutes.
Pineapple Chicken: Sour Cream Recipe
A half-kilogram of fillet is cut into thin strips and fried, and then transferred to a plate, cooled. And in the same pan spread chopped onions and chopped garlic finely. After a few minutes, spices are poured into the pan: hops-suneli, origano, basil, you can curry or others. After a minute, 3 tablespoons of sour cream are poured into the pan, after half a minute - the fried chicken is returned. The pan is covered and left to stew, the chicken should become soft. Then lay on top slices of pineapple, sprinkle everything with grated hard cheese. Cover again and simmer until the cheese melts.
Pineapple Chicken: Baked Chicken Recipe
Several chicken breasts are placed on the bottom of a pan or baking dish. The amount of chicken depends on the diameter of the mold, the bottom should be completely closed. Top the chicken with spices, grease with mayonnaise, lay pineapples and sprinkle with grated cheese. The pan is put in the oven and the chicken is baked for about 40 minutes.