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Delicious chicken that gets breaded and baked in a sweet and tangy pineapple sauce. It bakes to perfection and is so much better than takeout!
My love for this “baked chicken” all started with this baked sweet and sour chicken. I just about died when I made it for the first time and it was better than any takeout that I have ever had. The breading is spot on to any high end chinese restaurant in fact, I think you will agree that it is way better!
I have made several baked chicken recipes since then including sesame chicken, orange chicken, and firecracker chicken. All quickly became popular recipes on the blog with readers. There is something about this breading that is absolutely incredible. And then it bakes to golden and crispy perfection and it allows the sauce to thicken up.
I decided to take a sweet hawaiian spin with this one and add some pineapple to it. The result was amazing and I was reminded again how incredible this recipe is to make! If you are looking to wow your family with dinner tonight, you have got to try this recipe!
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Baked Sweet Hawaiian Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 ½ cups cornstarch
- 3 beaten eggs
- ¼ cup canola oil
Sweet Hawaiian Ingredients:
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 chopped red pepper
- 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with Salt and pepper to taste.
- Put the 1 ½ cups cornstarch in one bowl and 3 beaten eggs in another. Dip the chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture.
- Heat the ¼ cup canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the breaded chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9x13-inch greased baking dish.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup pineapple juice, ½ cup brown sugar, ⅓ cup soy sauce, 1 teaspoon minced garlic, and ½ tablespoon cornstarch. Add the 1 chopped red pepper and 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple tidbits,.
- Pour the mixture over the chicken and bake for 1 hour stirring the the chicken every 15 minutes or so to coat them in the sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made this with coconut jasmine rice. It was awesome! New family favorite for hubby & picky toddler alike!
I’ve tried to pin this on Pinterest, it only pins the picture… Not the recipe. I’m annoyed.
I would love to get this issue resolved. It should be pinning the picture and recipe.
OMGeee!!! I made this tonight and everyone ate it like it was going out of style!
Super Yummy! And easy! Thank you so much!
hi! I can’t wait to try this.
Silly question…
Do you cook the chicken all the way through on the stove or just until both sides are browned.
Thanks!
I have this in the oven now! I’m excited to try it!!
Love this recipe – made it twice now & such a big hit, thanks for sharing xx
Great recipe! Only thing I did differently, I cut the brown sugar in half, and added some red pepper flakes. I’ll definitely make this again.
I just made this for the 2nd time along with your Easy Fried Rice. Love both, so good!! Trying to rate 5 stars
I made this tonight. It was excellent! 3 picky kids said it was good without prompting!
Made this last night snd it was delicious! I didn’t have any cornstarch or flour in the house so I used Jiffy baking mix and green pepper as I didn’t have a red one. Still turned out terrific!
How much spy sauce is used? My screen shows a square in front of “cup” 🙂 thanks
*soy sauce
It say 1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup soy sauce
Hello do i cover the chicken while its in the oven.?
Nope. It will brown the chicken nicely and thicken up the sauce. 🙂
Re read the the ingredient list and saw the 1/2 tbl. cornstarch. Again, hubby is doing the cooking tonight. ?
How much cornstarch do you put in the sauce? Recipe doesn’t say.
Also a good point would be you brown the chicken pieces several at a time, , not overfilling the pan. Otherwise you end up with what looks like a chicken omelet. Yes, my hubby did them all together and then had to separate them. Ha ha!
Sounds great
Your recipe calls for 3-4 chicken breasts, how many pounds of chicken would this be?
I would say 1 1/2. 🙂
Can you make with non-cut up chicken breast instead?
very good it is a 5 star i have eaten it and it is very good .