Baked Pineapple Teriyaki Hen – Sally’s Baking Habit

Prepared in beneath an hour, baked pineapple teriyaki hen is a fast dinner recipe for busy nights. The thick and scrumptious selfmade teriyaki sauce provides tons of recent, daring taste—and also you management the substances, sodium, and spice. Serve with rice or quinoa and greens for a healthful meal.

I initially revealed this recipe in 2015 and have since added new pictures, useful success ideas, and a pair small tweaks to make sure a thicker teriyaki sauce.

For those who’ve ever made my honey garlic shrimp, you realize that dinners could be fast, wholesome, and flavorful. At present’s baked pineapple teriyaki hen is bursting with taste and makes glorious leftovers. I encourage you so as to add this simple meal to your weeknight recipe rotation!

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Why You’ll Love This Pineapple Teriyaki Hen Recipe

• Easy to arrange
• Utterly from scratch, so that you management the substances
• Wholesome and healthful
• Prepared in beneath an hour
• Makes nice leftovers (and freezes effectively, too)
• Customizable to your style preferences
• Filled with protein

One reader, Lisa, commented: “…You actually scored a landing with this one. The hen and the pineapple take in the entire taste from the teriyaki sauce fantastically. I needed to sop up all of the remaining sauce as a result of I didn’t need any of it to go to waste. Undoubtedly a recipe to do time and again!!!! ★★★★★“

One reader, Frida, commented: “…I made it final night time and instantaneously grew to become a staple in my home. I’ll substitute soy sauce with tamari subsequent time to make it gluten free, and use hen drumsticks that are a private choice. This sauce is out of this world!!! ★★★★★“

One reader, Michelle, commented: “This was very easy and engaging! I added a chopped crimson bell pepper into the baking dish and used partially thawed, frozen pineapple chunks. All of us liked it and my 7 12 months previous even requested so as to add it to his favorites listing—excessive reward!! ★★★★★“

Favourite Home made Teriyaki Sauce

That is my very favourite selfmade teriyaki sauce made with actual substances you possibly can pronounce. It’s just like the sauce on this honey teriyaki hen (we use extra honey in that recipe). It’s extremely versatile and scrumptious on cooked salmon or stir-fry veggies, too.

We’ll use brown sugar and honey to sweeten the sauce. Not a lot of both, simply sufficient to steadiness the soy sauce and produce a candy profile to the sauce as a complete. It’s the proper steadiness of candy and salty, and you realize precisely what’s in it.

For those who take pleasure in making an attempt selfmade sauces, attempt the garlic pan sauce from this creamy garlic hen and greens dish. (Unbelievable!)

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Elements You Want:

• Hen: I exploit boneless, skinless hen breasts. You should utilize boneless, skinless hen thighs as an alternative, and even bone-in hen thighs, drumsticks, or wings.
• Pineapple: Contemporary, canned, or frozen—use no matter type of pineapple you’d like!
• Cornstarch: That is what thickens the sauce; I don’t advocate skipping it. Dissolve it in slightly water first earlier than including it to the pot.
• Brown Sugar & Honey: For sweetness.
• Soy Sauce: You should utilize reduced-sodium or common soy sauce right here. You may additionally use tamari as an alternative, for a gluten-free choice.
• Apple Cider Vinegar: This balances the flavors within the sauce. You should utilize rice wine vinegar as an alternative if wanted.
• Garlic: You want 1 clove, minced, for taste. For those who love garlic, be at liberty so as to add extra!
• Ginger: You should utilize dried floor ginger or minced/grated recent ginger, no matter you like/have readily available. I often use recent. Simply be certain to regulate the quantity accordingly. 1/2 teaspoon floor ginger = 2 Tablespoons recent minced ginger.
• Pepper: Freshly floor black pepper, just like the ginger, provides simply the correct amount of spice, with out making the sauce spicy.

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Overview: Methods to Make Baked Teriyaki Hen

Make the sauce. Prepare dinner the sauce substances collectively on the stovetop. Let it boil for a pair minutes to thicken the sauce. The consistency needs to be barely thicker than maple syrup, or thick sufficient to coat the again of a spoon. I barely elevated the period of time it boils within the recipe, to make sure a thicker sauce.

Pour the sauce over the hen. Pat the hen dry, and organize it and the pineapple in a greased baking dish. Pour the entire teriyaki sauce on prime.

Bake. Bake till the hen is totally cooked by means of. Throughout this time, put together any sides you wish to serve alongside. Rice and broccoli are my favourite pairings.

Proper earlier than it’s completed baking, I take away the pan from the oven and minimize the hen into smaller items. That is fully optionally available. Right here’s the dish earlier than chopping the items of hen:

Serve. Garnish with a sprinkle of scallions/inexperienced onions and sesame seeds, if desired. These are the identical garnishes I all the time add to a different equally flavored dish: sluggish cooker honey teriyaki hen. (That one is all the time successful!)

Are you in search of a conventional Japanese-style teriyaki sauce? I’ve made and liked Nami’s selfmade teriyaki sauce.

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