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Delicious chicken that gets breaded and baked in a sweet and tangy pineapple sauce. It bakes to perfection and is so much better than takeout!
My love for this “baked chicken” all started with this baked sweet and sour chicken. I just about died when I made it for the first time and it was better than any takeout that I have ever had. The breading is spot on to any high end chinese restaurant in fact, I think you will agree that it is way better!
I have made several baked chicken recipes since then including sesame chicken, orange chicken, and firecracker chicken. All quickly became popular recipes on the blog with readers. There is something about this breading that is absolutely incredible. And then it bakes to golden and crispy perfection and it allows the sauce to thicken up.
I decided to take a sweet hawaiian spin with this one and add some pineapple to it. The result was amazing and I was reminded again how incredible this recipe is to make! If you are looking to wow your family with dinner tonight, you have got to try this recipe!
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Baked Sweet Hawaiian Chicken
Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1½ cup cornstarch
- 3 eggs beaten
- ¼ cup canola oil
Sweet Hawaiian Ingredients:
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 red pepper chopped
- 1 can pineapple tidbits 20 ounce, drained
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
- In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture. (yes you dip the chicken first in the cornstarch. I promise this method is amazing.)
- Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, minced garlic, and cornstarch. Add the red pepper and pineapple tidbits. Pour over chicken and bake for 1 hour.
- I stir the chicken every 15 minutes so that it coated them in the sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I am cooking it now. Hopefully it will taste as good as it looks
Really yummy. The chicken was very moist and tender but not crunchy. It might be because I didn’t have enough corn starch so I added flour. I also used Truvia brown sugar blend and low sodium soy sauce to make it a wee bit more healthy. This is a keeper.
This dish is so easy to make and everyone loved it
I made this for the first time. It was a hit. I used two large chicken breasts. I fried a few pieces of the coated chicken at a time, enough to cover the bottom of the skillet without crowding it. I like mine with more sauce so the next time I will increase the pineapple juice and corn starch accordingly.
My husband raved on and on about this recipe! I guess we’re not going out for Chinese food anymore…I cook, he says! 😛 As with other comments, my sauce did not thicken, but…next time, just use a bit more cornstarch. Sorry Panda Express…I’m cook’n at home next time! 😀 Yum!!!
Does it matter if i use dark soy sauce?
Thanks!
great stuff! added red pepper flakes and jalapenos i diced. Mmmm
I followed the recipe. My sauce did not thicken up
Had last night! One of our faves!
Just read the comments and put red pepper instead of bell pepper! OMG!!
While the flavor was good, I do not like soggy chicken. Baking in sauces for that long, the chicken lost the crispness. An hour is to long to bake it. Make the sauce with peppers, cook on stove till peppers are to your liking then serve over chicken right before eating
Did you use a 9×13 inch pan? If the chicken isn’t fully submersed it stays crispy.
I cannot wait to try this, I love anything with pineapple’s. I don’t understand why Joan is confused, she must have stop at fried. If I’m not mistaken the recipe state to place in the (OVEN) for an hour. Did she even try the recipe? ?????
I’m confused, it says it is baked Hawaiian Chicken , but the recipe iis for fried. Am I missing something?
Never thickened up!
Followed your recipe “exactly” but after baking my batter was no longer crispy? Was delicious and we loved it, any idea why it was not crispy?
It will be softer. More like a breading surrounding the chicken. But will brown on the tops when baked.
This was delicious I will make it again. thank you
was better then any take out i ever had! DELICIOUS!!!!!!