Pineapple Coconut Hawaiian Chicken Skewers

Method4 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Combine the coconut milk (¾ cup), canned pineapple juice (½ cup), brown sugar (3 tbsp), ketchup (2 tbsp), soy sauce (3 tbsp), lime (1) zest and juice, garlic (2), onion powder (½ tsp), cumin (½ tsp), paprika (½ tsp), ground ginger (1 tsp), optional cayenne (½–1 tsp) and salt (½ tsp) in a bowl. Before adding raw chicken, measure out ½ cup marinade into a separate clean covered container and refrigerate it for basting. Add all the chicken to the remaining marinade, cover and refrigerate for three hours.

   Cook marinated chicken skewers · 180 minUses ¾ cup coconut milk · ½ cup juice from canned pineapple · 3 tbsp brown sugar · 2 tbsp ketchup · 3 tbsp soy sauce · 1 lime, zest and juice · 2 garlic cloves, minced · ½ tsp onion powder

2. 2

   Step 2: Drain the marinated chicken from step 1 and discard the liquid that touched it. Thread all the drained chicken onto eight skewers, leaving the clean half-cup basting reserve from step 1 refrigerated until cooking.

   Uses All marinated chicken, drained; used marinade discarded

3. 3

   Step 3: Heat the tablespoon olive oil (1 tbsp) in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook all the threaded skewers from step 2, turning regularly to brown every side. Brush the already cooked faces with the clean reserved marinade from step 1, then turn those basted faces back to the heat for a few seconds to caramelize. Check from about six minutes, allowing roughly six to eight minutes or longer as needed until the thickest chicken pieces reach 74°C. Keep the clean reserve separate from the discarded raw-chicken marinade.

   Check chicken skewers while turning · 6 minUses all eight skewers threaded with drained marinated chicken · 1 tbsp olive oil · Clean basting marinade from the reserved ½ cup, as needed

4. 4

   Step 4: Lift the cooked skewers from the pan in step 3 and serve warm, two skewers per portion. Serve with the optional separately cooked coconut-lime rice if desired.

   Uses all eight cooked chicken skewers lifted from the pan · Separately cooked coconut-lime rice, optional, to serve