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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!

baked sweet hawaiian chicken in a wooden bowl.

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.

baked hawaiian chicken in a pan.

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!

Hawaiian chicken in a wooden bowl.

Hawaiian chicken close up.

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Baked Sweet Hawaiian Chicken

4.72 from 25 votes
By: Alyssa Rivers
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! 
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings

Ingredients 

Sweet Hawaiian Ingredients:

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

Alyssa Also Recommends:
Want to make this even easier? Here are a few products that I LOVE:
•Utopia Kitchen Cooking Knives
•Staub Cast Iron Skillet

Nutrition

Calories: 793kcalCarbohydrates: 105gProtein: 44gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 231mgSodium: 1339mgPotassium: 1065mgFiber: 3gSugar: 54gVitamin A: 1231IUVitamin C: 59mgCalcium: 84mgIron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American
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About Alyssa Rivers

Alyssa Rivers is the author of 'The Tried and True Cookbook', a professional food photographer and experienced recipe-developer. Having a passion for cooking, her tried and true recipes have been featured on Good Morning America, Today Food, Buzzfeed and more.

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    1. Yes, this will freeze for about 1 to 3 months in the freezer. When reheating, I like to add more sauce over top of the chicken.

  1. Will try this today but I am a little confused before I even start: “Delicious chicken that gets breaded and baked” … jet it doesn’t seem to get breaded???

    1. It is breaded with the cornstarch and then fried. The cornstarch mixture will bread the chicken to have a crispy, bread texture.

  2. Make sure your soy sauce is gluten free if you are following a GF diet. Different brands contain wheat.
    Same with Worchestershire sauce. French’s has gluten, Lee & Parrins does not.

    1. I like to use skinny taste.com or myfitnesspal.com for any nutritional questions. Hope that helps you! Thanks for following along with me!

  3. Receipts online for me are usually a bust.. not this one! Finally home made “Chinese food” my family loved it even my picky 4 yr old. Once I got it going it was easy. I actually finished the chicken then sautéed the onion and peppers added the pineapple till it was tender then put it all in a baking dish poured in sauce and baked for 20 min. Done and delicious!! Thank you!!

    1. Hey Lulu,

      I am so happy that you had success with this recipe and that it was so easy for your. That is awesome!! Thanks for the comment and for following along with me!

    1. OH, that sounds delicious! Let me know how it turns out and what changes you made! Thanks so much for sharing! XOXO

    1. The minced garlic would be best. The garlic powder would work but it may leave a grainy texture on the chicken rather than a smooth flavorful one. Hope you enjoy your chicken! XOXO

  4. Skipped the baking part and poured the sauce over the chicken after it was done cooking in the skillet. Saved time and it was crispy and delicious!

  5. I made this with crab ragoons on the side it was delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this tastey simple recipe rated 5 stars in this house hold 🙂

  6. Omg!!!! You are amazing!! Thank you so much for this recipe. So easy and the taste is absolutely amazing!

      1. can you prepare and brown the chicken 3 hours before cooking and just put the sauce on before im about to cook (would the chicken by the same if sittingin a baking dish for abit)

      2. It may become dry and hard being cooked and then recooked. That is a preference though if you have done this before.

  7. Tips needed…I have this in the oven right now and tried to mix at the 15 minutes points as suggested and basically all of my cooked breading slumped off and is the dish is now a big mush pile…I had enough for 3 different pans so I’m trying to fix this throughout the other dishes.
    Smells delicious so far though. Rating 5 before trying but I have faith even my mush pile will taste good.

    1. That is great to hear! You can always substitute or add in a little more flavor the more times you make the recipe. It will become your recipe and hopefully you will enjoy it more! Thanks for sharing! Xo

      Your Recipe Critic,
      Alyssa