This Week's Recipe - YUM!

Aloha Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken:

4 – 6 lb. whole chicken
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup chicken stock
3 garlic cloves
1/2 cup red pepper chunks
1/2 cup green pepper chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
Salt and pepper

Pineapple Glaze:

1 cup pineapple preserves
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1 Tbsp. lime juice
1/2 Tbsp. light brown sugar
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
Pinch ground cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Season chicken inside and out with salt, pepper, and paprika. Fill the roaster's seasoning well with the pineapple juice, stock, and garlic cloves and place chicken on top. Roast chicken for 45 minutes.

While the chicken is cooking, prepare the glaze. Add the preserves, juices, brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, and cayenne to a small pot. Whisk to combine over low heat until ingredients are well incorporated, about 5 minutes. The consistency should be thick. Whisk in the cilantro just before glazing.

After 45 minutes, remove the roaster from oven. Fill the roaster dish tray with the green and red pepper and pineapple chunks. Brush the pineapple glaze onto the chicken and place back in the oven for 20 – 30 minutes until the skin is golden brown.

Allow the chicken to cool for 4 – 5 minutes on the roaster dish. Carefully remove the chicken and serve with the peppers and pineapple chunks.