Pineapple Orange Balsamic Chicken Food

PINEAPPLE ORANGE CHICKEN /W RICE

Steps:

• Pre-Cook the rice, any method you like.
• Preheat oven to 350 deg.
• In a 3 Qt Dutch oven or other oven safe pan with cover.
• Heat the olive oil add the garlic and ginger Sauté until garlic just starts to turn brown.
• Add Chicken and Sauté until partially cooked.
• Add Pineapple/w juice, Orange and zest, mix.
• Add cooked Rice and mix well again.
• Add wine and lime, mix.
• Cover and place in oven for 20 minute.
• If too much liquid take cover off, finished dish should be very moist with only a little liquid in bottom of pan.

BALSAMIC CHICKEN MARINADE

Steps:

• Whisk the marinade ingredients together in a freezer bag or glass bowl. Add chicken and turn to coat. Marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature or refrigerate up to 12 hours (the longer the better).
• When ready to cook, remove chicken from the refrigerator and let rest 15-30 minutes before cooking.

ORANGE BALSAMIC GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat the extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high to high heat.
• Season the chicken liberally with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
• When the oil is hot, add the chicken and brown for 5 minutes, then turn and sprinkle with the chopped rosemary. Cook about 5 minutes more, until done.
• In a small bowl, stir together the marmalade, vinegar and stock and pour over the chicken. Add the scallions and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the sauce has thickened and becomes a thin glaze.
• Drizzle sauce over chicken and top each piece with arugula greens.

ORANGE-PINEAPPLE GINGER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut chicken into bite-size strips.
• In a medium bowl, stir together chicken, 2 tablespoons soy sauce and sherry (or chicken bouillon). Cover and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• For sauce, in a small bowl stir together the orange juice concentrate, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, water, cornstarch and sugar. Set aside.
• Add cooking oil to a wok or large skillet. Preheat over medium-high heat (add more oil if necessary during cooking). Stir-fry ginger in hot oil for 15 seconds. Add pepper strips; stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove pepper strips from wok.
• Add half of the chicken mixture to wok. Stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Remove chicken from wok. Repeat with the remaining chicken mixture. Return all of the chicken to wok. Push chicken from center of wok.
• Stir sauce; add to center of wok. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Return pepper strips to wok. Add pineapple. Stir all ingredients together to coat. Cook and stir about 1 minute more or until mixture is heated through.
• Serve immediately with hot rice. If desired, garnish with orange slices and rosemary.

ORANGE-BALSAMIC GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat the extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high to high heat.
• Season the chicken liberally with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. When the oil is hot and ripples, add the chicken and brown for 5 minutes, then turn and sprinkle with rosemary. Cook until the chicken is tender and cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• In a small bowl, stir together the marmalade, vinegar and stock and pour over the chicken. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until the sauce has thickened and becomes a thin glaze. Add the scallions during the last minute of cooking time. Arrange on a serving platter and serve topped with arugula greens.

CHICKEN IN PINEAPPLE-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a med-size roasting pan.
• Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt, pepper and paprika.
• Brown lightly on both sides.
• Place browned chicken pieces in roasting pan.
• In a bowl, mix together, the tomato sauce, orange juice, brown sugar, seasonings and 1/2 cup juice from the canned pineapple.
• Pour over chicken pieces.
• Bake, covered for approx 30 mins, uncover, and bake for another 30 mins, or until chicken is cooked, basting occasionally.
• Add drained pineapple chunks, 5 mins before removing from oven.
• Note: if sauce cooks down too much, add pineapple juice.
• Serve with white rice.

ORANGE BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix OJ, zest, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large ziplock bag. Place chicken in bag and seal. Marinade in refrigerator up to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Remove chicken from marinade, don't throw away marinade, you will use it for the glaze.
• Place chicken on a rack in a roasting pan and roast uncovered for 1 hour.
• Make glaze but putting marinade and honey in a saucepan. Simmer until liquid is reduced by half and slighly thick.
• Brush chicken pieces with glaze after 30 minutes of roasting and every 15 minutes after that.

PINEAPPLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
• In a small bowl mix together soy sauce, honey, pineapple juice (reserved from the can of the pineapple chunks), cinnamon, and balsamic vinegar.
• Lay the chicken on a large roasting pan and dump the pineapple chunks all around the chicken. Pour the sauce over the chicken and pineapple and bake for 45-55 minutes.
• After baking take the juices from the pan reserve half in a smal bowl and pour the other half into a small saucepan and cook on medium high until it boils and then. With the reserved juice combine with cornstarch and mic well. Add this half to the sauce pan. Cook it for 10 minutes or until thickened. Make sure to put the chicken in a warm place to leave it warm.
• Serve the chicken with your favourite rice recipe, and pour the gravy on the chickens as much as you like.

ORANGE-BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken between 2 pieces of heavy-duty plastic wrap and flatten to 1/2 inch thickness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then dredge in flour.
• Melt margarine in a large non-stick skillet. Add chicken and cook over medium-high heat until done, about 8-10 minutes, turning once. Remove from skillet and keep warm.
• Combine broth and cornstarch. Stir in marmalade. Add to skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened.
• Stir in vinegar. Reduce heat to medium.
• Return chicken to skillet and turn to coat well with sauce. Cook 1-2 more minutes until thoroughly heated.