Brown Sugar-Pineapple Grilled Chicken

Rice and Sugar Snap Peas
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Ingredients

  • 1 (1.25-lb) container cored pineapple
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp ketchup
  • 1 Tbsp minced ginger
  • 2 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or use boneless chicken breasts)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Reserve ¼ cup juice from pineapple container. Cut pineapple into rings.
  2. Bring soy sauce, pineapple juice, sugar, ketchup, and ginger to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat; cook 10 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken, covered, 6 minutes per side or until done, basting with sauce halfway through grilling. Grill pineapple 2 minutes per side or until grill marks appear.
  4. Drizzle remaining sauce over chicken and pineapple.

Side Dish Ingredients

  • 2 (8.8-oz) pouches microwavable rice (any type)
  • 1 (8-oz) pkg sugar snap peas, trimmed and thinly sliced
  • 1 Tbsp butter

Side Dish Instructions

  1. Cook rice according to package directions.
  2. Sauté snap peas in butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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