Sticky Chicken and Pineapple Skewers
This dish is a delicious mix between satay chicken and sweet and sour chicken. An absolute MUST try if you are a fan of either of these! Using pineapple makes them so sweet and full of flavour and then you go and bake them and foof it’s like a ball of sweetness in your mouth.
Ingredients
½ cup sweet chilli sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp garlic powder
600g chicken – chopped into bite sized pieces
½ a Dole pineapple
½ a red onion
Pickled cucumbers
½ large cucumber
2 spring onions – finely sliced
¼ cup rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp sugar
Salt
Sauce:
1 cup sweet chilli sauce
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oil
To serve: steamed rice for 4 pax. A handful of mint & or coriander leaves
Method
Pre heat the oven to 180 fan bake. Get the rice cooking as per the packet instructions.
Mix the first five ingredients together in a large bowl. Add the chopped chicken. Stir well. Set aside.
Thinly slice the cucumber and spring onion. Mix the vinegar, sugar and salt together in a bowl. Add the cucumber & onion. Stir well and set aside to pickle.
Chop the pineapple and onion into even bite size pieces.
Start making the skewers, add a piece of chicken first, then pineapple and then a slice of onion. Repeat and then place the skewer onto a lined baking tray. Carefully brush the remaining marinade from the bowl over the skewers.
Get a large pan heated over a medium/high heat. Add enough oil to coat the entire bottom of the pan. Once the oil is hot add the skewers (you will have to do this in batches) brown the skewers on two sides. You want them to have a good bit of crisp. Then place them back onto the baking tray. Bake the skewers for 10-12 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.
Whilst the chicken is cooking, add the sauce ingredients together in a small pot. Place over a medium heat, give it a good stir until the sauce is bubbling away and heated through. Take off the heat and set aside.
Divide the rice into 4 bowls, top with the skewers and pickled cucumbers. Drizzle the sauce over the top of the skewers. Garnish with fresh mint or coriander and enjoy!