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Pineapple chicken skewers with red pepper and onion cooking in a grill pan
Chargrilled chicken and pineapple skewers on a serving board, the edges caramelised and sticky.

Pineapple Chicken Skewers

The dried mango in the mix meets the pineapple head on. Marinate the chicken only, and stop basting once it is cooking.

Prep
20 mins
Cook
15 mins
Total
35 mins
Serves
4
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Before you cook

The details that make or break this dish, mapped to the exact step where they matter.

  1. Avoid thisMarinate the chicken only
  2. Make sureAlternate with small gaps
  3. Food safetyDiscard raw-contact marinade
  4. Food safetyCheck a centre piece

Ingredients

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Method

8 steps

  1. Mix the soy, honey, pineapple juice, AL Mix, lime and oil.

  2. Marinate only the chicken for 30–60 minutes.

  3. Thread the chicken, pineapple, pepper and onion alternately onto skewers.

    Chicken pineapple red pepper and onion alternated on skewers with small even gaps on a kitchen tray

  4. Grill, barbecue or griddle for 12–15 minutes.

  5. Turn every few minutes to caramelise each side evenly.

  6. Brush with marinade only during the early stages of cooking.

    Discard anything that has touched raw chicken.

  7. Check the chicken reaches 75°C.

    Homemade chicken and pineapple skewers with the centre chicken piece checked by a probe

  8. Serve with coconut rice or a fresh slaw.

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