
Chicken with Pineapple
Ingredients
- 6 - 8 chicken breasts (you may use boneless or breasts with rib meat)
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- Salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup diced tomatoes (canned or fresh)
- 1 Tbsp. lime rind, grated
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 2 cups fresh pineapple, finely diced (you may used canned but the flavor will suffer)
- 1/4 cup dark rum
Instructions
- Rub chicken breasts with lime juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper
- Heat oil in a large skillet and brown chicken on both sides
- Remove from skillet and place on paper towels to drain
- Add onions and garlic to the oil and saute
- Return chicken to the skillet and add tomatoes, lime rind and oregano
- Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes (boneless chicken will take less time to cook)
- Meanwhile place pineapple in a saucepan with the rum and simmer for 10 minutes or so until a sauce forms
- If you don't want to use rum, you may use 1/2 - 1 teaspoon of rum extract or eliminate it altogether
- When chicken is fully cooked, place on plates and spoon on the pineapple sauce
- You can serve this dish with rice and some steamed broccoli and/or cauliflower