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Pineapple Ginger Glaze Chicken

Pineapple Ginger Glaze Chicken

Fallon Brooks
This Pineapple and Ginger Glaze Chicken is a perfect combination of all flavors. Sweet, Spicy, and Savory. Absolutely Delicious!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Jamaican
Calories

Equipment

  • Needle
  • Thread
  • Toothpicks
  • Roasting Pan

Ingredients
  

Chicken

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 1 tbsp seasoned salt
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Stuffing for the Chicken

  • 1 cup pineapple cube
  • 4 smashed clove garlic
  • ½ cup potatoes diced
  • ½ cup onion diced
  • 4 small piece of ginger
  • 1 whole Fresno pepper medium size, sliced round
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Seasoned Salt
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Bedding for the chicken (Optional)

  • 1 cup sliced pineapple
  • ½ cup potatoes diced
  • ½ cup onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 tbsp ginger diced
  • 1 tsp dried parsley optional

Glaze

  • 2 cups pineapple juice
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp minced ginger
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • Fresno Chili Peppers minced
  • 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 176 degrees celsius. Line the roasting pan with oil, unless you're using a non-stick pan then it's optional.
  • Cleanup and remove excess fat from the chicken.
  • Season the inside and outside of the chicken with salt, pepper, and seasoned salt.
  • Stuff the chicken with (pineapple, potatoes, chili peppers, garlic, and ginger) Optional: You can add some dried parsley to the stuffings.
  • Tie legs and sew the cavity with a needle and thread. If not, try using a toothpick.
  • Place the remaining ginger, garlic, potatoes, pineapple, and onion at the bottom of the roasting pan to create a bedding for the chicken.
  • Add chicken to the bedding. ( I like to place my chicken on the belly, for me, the breast which has less fat becomes juicier, versus if it was facing upwards)
  • Roast for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 176 degrees celsius.

Making the Glaze

  • In the meantime make your glaze. In a saucepan on medium to high heat, add pineapple juice, garlic, chili peppers, ginger, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes until the sauce reduces and gets thicker.

Basting the Chicken

  • Remove the chicken and baste with the pineapple glaze. Put back in the oven for another 15 minutes. After, broil chicken for 5 minutes to get a nice brown color.
  • Cut chicken in quarts to serve.

Notes

NB: Roasting times depend on the size of your chicken. The chicken used was over 5 lbs. Hence, it took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to cook thoroughly at 350 degrees. Then the remaining 15 more minutes to roast after basting and 5 minutes to broil to give the chicken color.
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