Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Backyard Luau Picnic

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (108)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(108)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

2 cups water
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon salt, eyeball it
1 rounded cup white rice
2 tablespoons black sesame seeds, toasted white sesame seeds may be substituted
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
Vegetable oil, for drizzling
Salt and pepper
1 cup chicken broth or water
1-inch ginger root, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
4 scallions, thinly sliced
1 ripe pineapple

Directions

Preheat a grill pan or large griddle over medium high heat.

Bring water to a boil in a small covered pot. Add butter, salt and rice to the pot. Return the water to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and replace cover. Simmer 18 minutes and remove rice from heat. Take the lid off the pot to cool rice a bit. Scoop rice into balls with an ice cream scoop and your hands. Dampen hands with water to work with rice if it is very sticky. Set rice balls on a plate and sprinkle with black sesame seeds.

While your rice is cooking, lightly coat chicken with oil, salt and pepper. Place chicken on hot grill and cook 6 minutes on the first side.

While chicken is cooking, bring chicken broth and ginger to a boil. Stir in honey. When honey has dissolved into broth, add teriyaki sauce and sesame oil and reduce heat to simmer.

Turn chicken and coat liberally with honey teriyaki sauce using a basting brush. Cook chicken 4 minutes, turn again and baste liberally again with sauce, then cook 2 minutes longer. Remove chicken to a plate. Garnish chicken with sliced scallions.

While chicken cooks on the second side, peel and cut a ripe pineapple into 8 spears. Cut off top and bottom of pineapple. Set pineapple upright and trim away skin in strips from top to bottom. Halve pineapple lengthwise and quarter each 1/2, lengthwise. The core is edible, but may be trimmed if you wish. Pineapple can be very acidic. Spears set in cold water for just 1 minute will keep the fruit from stinging your lips when it is eaten. Serve with chicken and rice balls

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recipe Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls
Nylah Trinidad, WI 11-11-2009
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Great meal!!!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This turned out to be a great meal. I added some corn starch to the sauce as suggested to get a better consistency and I also... added some soy sauce to it. I grilled the pineapple along with the chicken. Really loved the sesame rice balls too. Thanks Rachael!Read more
recipe Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls
Justin Haymarket, VA 10-08-2009
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review from a clueless Dad
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

My wife has gone back to work after years off so I tried this recipe with my daughter one night. I have cooked a real meal... maybe 5 times in my life. It came out pretty well but the sauce way way to runny. I see people posting about corn starch but it would be helpful if they told how much they added. The recipe also has you throw the chicken on the stove then start on the sauce. For a novice like me the chicken was almost done by the time I got the sauce put together. Although the sauce was runny it actually soaked in very nicely in a grill pan. I grilled the pineapple in the grill pan after the chicken and used a steamer bag of asian rice to cut a few corners.Read more
recipe Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls
megan mdway park, NC 09-30-2009
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Fabulous!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My family LOVED this. I read the reviews about how the sauce was runny, so I only used 1/2 cup of chicken stock, reduced it... to half, added the honey and teriyaki and sesame oil. Then I boiled that, being careful to keep stiring it so it didn't burn. This worked really well to thicken the sauce. There was plenty left over for extra dipping. Also, I cut the chicken into "tenders" and put them on skewers. This cut down the grill time by half. Thank you Rachael for your amazing recipies!Read more
recipe Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls
Stephanie Albuqurque, NM 09-13-2009
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Loved it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Easy to make, great flavor. Used the sauce for another dish and tasted just as great. My daughter wants me to make it again.
recipe Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls
Connie Wichita, KS 09-09-2009
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great burst of flavors!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I tried this recipe on my family and they loved it, I did use chicken breast tenderloins instead of the chicken breasts and... did not use the white rice, but I loved the flavors of the chicken and pineapples together....I did not grill the chicken but sauteed instead..this will become a household regular!Read more
recipe Honey Teriyaki Chicken with Ripe Pineapple Spears and Black and White Rice Balls
shatoyia portland, OR 08-26-2009
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great my family loved it
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this tonight for my family and it turned out wonderful..... i didn't use chicken broth...... or sesame oil but it... turned out wonderful and was a pretty dish Read more