Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Caribbean Spice Chicken

I am getting bored of the same old dinners. I pulled out my Light Cooking Cookbook this morning and found this recipe. I made it for dinner tonight. It's not 5 star, but I would make it again.

Ingredients:

* 1 (20 ounce) can of pineapple
* 1 teaspoon each: ginger, curry powder, garlic powder
* 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
* 1 teaspoon cornstarch
* approx. 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
* olive oil for drizzling
* shredded coconut and green onions to taste

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Drain pineapple juice into a measuring cup.
3. Combine spices into a small bowl.
4. Stir 1/4 teaspoon of spice mixture and cornstarch into pineapple juice and set aside.
5. Sprinkle remaining spice mixture over chicken.
6. Drizzle olive oil onto chicken.
7. Place on a pan and bake for 15 min.
8. Add pineapple and bake an additional 5 minutes.
9. Microwave the pineapple juice mixture for 2-4 minutes until sauce boils and thickens.
10. Arrange chicken and pineapple onto plates (I made a bed of rice and put the pineapple and chicken on top).
11. Spoon with pineapple sauce, sprinkle with coconut and green onion.

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