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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Chicken Salad In Pineapple Boats

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 2
  • 2/3 cup pineapple juice
  • 1/2 cup apple juice
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 10 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 medium pineapple
  • 1 cup strawberry, halved
  • 1 small apple, cored and diced
  • 1/2 cup orange section (no sugar added)
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons grenadine or 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Recipe

  • 1 in a medium saucepan, combine pineapple juice, apple juice, and orange juice; bring to a boil.
  • 2 add chicken; reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, 10-15 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
  • 3 remove from heat; set aside to cool.
  • 4 reserve cooking liquid.
  • 5 while chicken is cooling, cup pineapple in half lengthwise; remove and discard core.
  • 6 scoop out pulp, leaving shells intact.
  • 7 cover shells with plastic wrap; refrigerate until ready to use.
  • 8 weigh 9 ounces pineapple pulp; reserve remaining pineapple pulp for use at another time.
  • 9 cut pineapple pulp into chunks.
  • 10 in a large bowl, combine pineapple chunks, strawberries, apple and orange sections, tossing lightly.
  • 11 cut cooled chicken into chunks or strips; add to pineapple mixture.
  • 12 strain cooking liquid into small saucepan; add vinegar, grenadine syrup and allspice.
  • 13 bring liquid to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to about 1/2 cup.
  • 14 pour vinegar mixture over chicken mixture; toss well to combine.
  • 15 refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour, tossing several times to blend flavors.
  • 16 to serve, fill each pineapple shell with 1/2 the chicken mixture.

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