Pineapple Barbecue Chicken Recipe
Apr 21, 2017, Updated Jan 03, 2023
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Pineapple Barbecue Chicken is a delicious dinner that is perfect for a quick meal. The sweet and tangy flavors of the barbecue sauce and pineapples complement the chicken perfectly, and the dish is sure to be a hit.
Juicy chicken prepared with pineapples in a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce!
FRIENDS! If you’ve never combined pineapples, barbecue sauce, and chicken in one baking dish, THIS is your time! This is it!
Pineapple barbecue chicken is a delicious and tropical twist on a classic barbecue dish. It’s a perfect option for an easy and quick dinner, but also great for a crowd.
You know, it’s almost May, and since grilling season has yet to “officially” start, I went ahead and used the oven for this super easy, 3-ish ingredient recipe.
Barbecue chicken with pineapple is a dish that combines chicken breasts with a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, plus a handful of pineapple chunks. The chicken is typically marinated in the sauce before it is cooked, but that’s optional and totally up to you if you want to wait that long.
But yeah. If you’ve ever wanted to fall face first into a pile of pineapple chicken, here’s your chance.
This is so simple to make, you guys.
Ingredients for Barbecue Sauce Chicken
- Four boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
- Salt and pepper.
- Barbecue Sauce.
- 1 can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks.
- Olive oil.
How To Make Barbecue Chicken with Pineapples
Basically…
- First, you’re going to season the chicken with salt and pepper;
- Then, you’ll add some barbecue sauce (I highly recommend my Homemade Honey Barbecue Sauce! ) over the chicken breasts, rub it all in, pile all the pineapples on top, cover with plastic wrap and let it chill for a bit. For about 30 minutes to 2 hours. You don’t have to do that, but it does bring the flavor up several notches.
- When ready, take the chicken out of the fridge, drizzle with olive oil and boom! I mean, first BAKE, then BOOM!
- Bake, then appreciate.
…and thhhh thhhhh that’s all folks!
This dish is a great option for a summer cookout or a weeknight dinner, and it is sure to be a hit with both adults and kids.
P.S. Don’t like barbecue sauce!? Check out my awesome recipe for Hawaiian Baked Chicken!
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Pineapple Barbecue Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts,, (breasts should be 4 ounces each)
- salt and fresh ground pepper,, to taste
- ½ cup low sugar honey barbecue sauce,, divided
- 1 can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks,, drained
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Grease a baking dish with cooking spray.
- Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
- Arrange the chicken breasts in a baking dish and top with 1/3 of the barbecue sauce; rub in the barbecue sauce, then top with pineapple chunks.
- Add remaining barbecue sauce on top and cover with plastic wrap; place in the fridge for 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 400˚F. Remove plastic wrap. Drizzle olive oil over the chicken.
- Bake uncovered for 32 to 35 minutes or until the chicken's internal temperature reads 165˚F. Use an Instant Read Meat Thermometer to check for doneness. Cooking time will depend on the size and thickness of the chicken breasts.
- Remove from oven; let stand 5 minutes before serving.
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Dinner tonight, without a doubt! ๐
Love pineapples, they give so much extra flavor!
This looks so flavorful! Perfect to feed the family!
Wow! This chicken looks awesome!
Doing this tonight with pork chops instead of chicken. I’m thinking it will be equally good! Thanks for an easy recipe for a busy night.
I bet that was delicious! I love pork with pineapples and bbq sauce! ๐ I have a slow cooker version for that right here: https://diethood.com/crock-pot-pineapple-barbecue-sauce-pork-chops-recipe/
Well, too late for the crockpot this time, BUT I do have some French fried onions in the cabinet that I will sprinkle on top. Serving with some yellow rice with black beans and peppers. Can’t wait!
Hi! This looks delicious! Do you think I could put the ingredients together in the morning & cook after work or would that be too long in the refrigerator? Looking forward to trying it! Thanks!
Hi!! So, chicken in a marinade that contains vinegar or acid (bbq sauce contains vinegar) should not be left to marinate for longer than 2 hours because acid breaks down tissue and can toughen the chicken. To be completely honest, I hardly ever have time to let this sit in the fridge – I just throw it together and pop it in the oven. ๐
Thank you!!! I’ll just go that route then and put it in right away! I appreciate the advice:)
Making it right now. How about some fresh broccoli and fresh sliced carrots. Kind of like sweet and sour. But with bbq. Over rice. I’m going to try it.
That sounds so, sooo good!! I hope you enjoyed it!
That looks just delicious!!
I’m going to make this tonight. Do I bake it or cook on stove? If baking it what temp and for how long?
Hi!! Can you see the recipe up there right above these comments? All the steps on how to make this are written up there. Please let me know if it isn’t coming up for you.
This looks amazing. I must be blind though because I don’t see anywhere what temp you bake it for 40 minutes at/
Hi!! ๐ It’s under the instructions, step #6.
6. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400F.
7. Remove plastic wrap.
8. Drizzle olive oil over the chicken.
9. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes, or until chicken’s internal temperature reads 165F.
10. Remove from oven and serve.
If you have a minute, please let me know if you were able to find this information in the recipe card on my website. I would like to know so I can see to fix it, just in case that maybe some of you aren’t able to see all the instructions.
Yep I was right; I am blind. Thanks for pointing it out.
LOL! ๐ I do the same thing! I just want to read through everything real quick, but because of that, I always end up missing the most important information! ๐
I made this in my crock pot it was very good but I really think in the oven would be better.
I made this tonight and it was great! Super easy and will definitely make it again. Even my picky 7 year old liked it. I served it over wild rice.
YAAAY!! So happy you liked it! ๐ Thank YOU!
I noticed that you added a green seasoning on top of the dish, like parsley or thyme. Can you please tell me what it is, because you left it out of the recipe.
Hi! That’s dried parsley. ๐
I was wondering also. Glad I read through the comments before asking. It was not in the instructions.