Polynesian Chicken

Name: Polynesian Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps brown sugar, packed; 312 grams mandarin oranges, drained; 907 grams chicken, cut up; 946 milliliters cooked rice; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 2 Tbsps dried, minced onion; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 118 milliliters orange juice; 0 teaspoons pepper; 248 grams pineapple chunks, drained and juice reserved; 59 milliliters soy sauce; 59 milliliters water

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Polynesian Chicken a try. One portion of this dish contains about 25g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 421 calories. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 8. If you have rice, orange juice, chicken, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cooked rice you could follow this main course with the Breakfast Rice Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer in an ungreased 13"x9" baking pan; set aside.

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Chicken Pieces

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Baking Pan

Combine soy sauce, ginger, pepper, onion, brown sugar, reserved pineapple juice and orange juice; pour over chicken. Cover and refrigerate one hour or overnight, turning once.

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Pineapple Juice

Orange Juice

Brown Sugar

Soy Sauce

Whole Chicken

Ginger

Pepper

Onion

Bake, covered, at 350 for 30 minutes or until tender. Uncover, and bake 20 to 25 more minutes or until golden and juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a fork.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Remove chicken from baking pan; keep warm on a platter.

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Whole Chicken

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Baking Pan

Skim off fat from pan drippings. In a medium saucepan, combine cornstarch and water with pan juices; heat until thickened and bubbly. Stir in pineapple and oranges and warm through; pour over chicken.

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Corn Starch