Gingered Pineapple Chicken Skewers

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 28 Skewers (very large)
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Cook: 15 min
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Ingredients

2 (15 ounce) cans crushed pineapple

3 tablespoons lime juice

5 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon light brown sugar

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1 tablespoon grated ginger

3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast or thigh meat, cut lengthwise into 1-inch wide strips

1 medium scallion, thinly sliced for garnish

36 (6-inch) wooden skewers

Directions

  1. Combine everything except chicken and skewers in a large nonreactive bowl and whisk to combine. Add chicken strips and toss to coat. Cover and marinate at least 4 hours.
  2. When ready to cook, heat oven to 425 degrees and arrange a rack in the middle. Remove chicken from marinade (reserving marinade) and thread 1 piece of chicken on each skewer.
  3. Heat the reserved marinade in a saucepan until boiling and boil for 3 minutes. Cool a bit before using.
  4. Arrange skewers on a foil-lined baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 10 minutes, flip skewers and baste with remaining marinade (you don't need to use it all). Bake about 5 more minutes, until golden brown on both sides. Transfer to a platter, garnish skewers with scallions, and serve.

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Barbara J.

ok...just a thought here... that marinade should be really good!  I use chunk pineapple and I don't use any oil but the rest of the ingredients are really YUMMY!!   Use it on shrimp and other things so there is no reason it would not be great on chicken too!  Maybe not marinate the chicken for 4 hours- that is what may have made it mushy. 

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