Baked Hawaiian Chicken is an easy Hawaiian chicken recipe you bake right in the oven. Serve your sweet Hawaiian chicken with a side of rice for a complete dinner.
2poundsboneless skinless chicken breastscut into cubes
salt and pepper to taste
1cupcornstarch
3eggs - beaten
1/4cupvegetable oil
1red bell pepper chopped and seeds removed
1 20oz.can pineapple tidbitsdrained
Hawaiian Sauce Ingredients
1cuppineapple juice – this is normally about the amount of juice left in the tidbits can
1/2cupbrown sugar
1/3cupsoy saucelow sodium
1tspgarlic minced
1/2Tablespooncornstarch
Instructions
Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees faranheit. Then spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
Now you will take your cubed up boneless chicken and season with salt and pepper.
Then in a sealable bag you will add your cup of cornstarch. Then toss in chicken and shake to make sure all the chicken is fully coated.
Then in a bowl whisk your eggs and dip your cornstarched chicken into egg batter.
Shake off excess and place in a pre-heated non-stick skilet and cook over medium heat until it is all the chicken is golden brown on all sides. You do not need to fully cook the chicken.
In a bowl mix your Hawaiian sauce ingreidents. Pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch and mix well.
Place your chicken in the bottom of baking dish. Pour your red bell peppers and pineapple over the chicken. Now pour the sauce on and give a quick toss.
Cook uncovered for 1 hour, making sure to stir the mxiture every 15 minutes. Cook your baked Hawaiian chicken until the chicken is fully cooked and reaches a proper internal temperature of 165 degrees.