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1 . Sweet & Salty Pineapple Chicken 🍍 🐓

Sweet & Salty Pineapple Chicken 🍍 🐓

This is an Asian-inspired dish that is a family favorite. It can be prepared fairly quickly, and will disappear from your family’s plates equally quickly. 😁 This recipe is modified from the Food Network. #GlobalApron - Week 9 - Pineapple #Dinner #Savory #Asian #Meat

Ingredient

chicken breasts (~2 pounds) cut into bite-sized chunks (~1 inch square)

4 teaspoons

baking soda

1 cup

diced pineapple (fresh is preferred, but you can use canned)

3/4 cup

diced onion

3/4 cup

diced red bell pepper

1 Tablespoon

fresh minced garlic

1/3 cup

hoisin sauce

1/2 cup

pineapple juice

1/3 cup

soy sauce

1/3 cup

low sodium chicken stock

1/3 cup

packed brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon

ground ginger

2-3 teaspoons

cornstarch

1/2 cup

chopped lightly salted cashews, for serving (optional)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

If using a fresh pineapple, cut it into small pieces and then dice enough to obtain 1 cup. Save the rest for garnish or to eat as a snack.

* Step 2

Trim the excess fat off the chicken breasts and cut them into bite sized pieces. Place the pieces into a bowl and sprinkle them with 4 teaspoons baking soda. Let sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes.

* Step 3

Rinse the chicken well to remove the baking soda, then gently pat it dry with paper towels. Season it with salt and pepper.

* Step 4

Sauté the chicken in a a few teaspoons of olive oil until it is browned on all sides and cooked through. Work in batches and don’t crowd the pan. This will help the chicken brown evenly.

* Step 5

Transfer the chicken to a fresh plate, and continue cooking until all the chicken is done.

* Step 6

Dice the onion and red bell pepper, and sauté in a few teaspoons of olive oil until softened and translucent. Add the garlic and sauté for one more minute. Set aside.

* Step 7

In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sauce ingredients: pineapple juice, soy sauce, chicken stock, hoisin sauce, ginger, and brown sugar.

* Step 8

Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and cook until the mixture has reduced to about 1 and 1/2 cups. (It’s okay if it’s not exact). Add the cornstarch, and continue cooking and stirring until the sauce thickens and becomes slightly syrupy.

* Step 9

Transfer everything (chicken, onion, bell pepper, sauce) back into the skillet. Add the diced pineapple. Stir and cook until everything is well coated and heated through.

* Step 10

Serve over rice, sprinkled with the chopped cashews and some leftover pineapple. I like to use sticky rice. 🍚 😋 If you want to get fancy, you can serve the chicken and rice in a carved out pineapple half.

* Step 11

Notes: 🍍 You can use chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts if you prefer. 🍍 I advise checking the nutritional label of the Hoisin sauce you purchase. Some have way more sugar than others! You don’t need all that extra sugar. Let the flavor of the pineapple shine through. 🍍The original recipe called for 1/2 cup brown sugar, but I reduced it to 1/3 cup. To be honest, you could probably decrease it a little further.

* Step 12

🍍 if you want to break up the work, you could slice up the pineapple and mix the sauce ingredients together, then refrigerate these ingredients overnight. Proceed with the recipe the next day.

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2 . Cake Asin/Tuzlu Cake/Salty Cake (Turkish Style)

Cake Asin/Tuzlu Cake/Salty Cake (Turkish Style)

Salty cake or Tuzlu Cake in Turkish language is quite popular in the tea time menu. Quick and easy to make, but it’s yummy. For the tea time, lunch box snack for the kids also sometimes in our family we eat it as a supper.