Skillet Pineapple Chicken Recipe

Super juicy on the inside and with a slightly sweet and spicy sauce on the outside, this is a slam dunk pineapple chicken recipe!

Ingredients

You'll need chicken thighs, olive oil, salt, pepper, canned pineapple, barbecue sauce, and red pepper flakes.

Can You Use Fresh Pineapple?

Fresh pineapple has an enzyme in it that can make your chicken a bit mushy. That's why we use canned pineapple instead.

How to Make

Pineapple Chicken

Skillet Pineapple Chicken Recipe

YIELD

4 servings

TYPE

Dinner

TIME

20 min

LEVEL

Beginner

Heat Skillet

1

Preheat the oven. Then, take your skillet and heat up some oil to coat the pan.

Brown Chicken

2

Salt and pepper the chicken thighs. Add to the pan and brown on both sides until almost cooked through. Remove.

Make Sauce

3

Scrape the pan and add pineapple juice, BBQ sauce, and red pepper flakes.

Add Pineapple

4

Dredge chicken in BBQ sauce and top with pineapple slices.

Broil

5

Transfer the skillet to the oven and broil the chicken until the edges of the pineapple are golden.

Serve it

You can serve it with a dish of extra BBQ sauce. Goes great with roasted veggies and rice or potatoes.