Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Skillet Pineapple BBQ Chicken
Skillet Pineapple BBQ Chicken brings together chicken thighs, pineapple slices, and bbq sauce. Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 8 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Chicken
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Quick dinners · Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Budget (estimated)
- Low cost
A few quick notes
1. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
2. Keep an eye on the broiler finish
The broiler is a separate finishing job. Read that part before serving, get the dish ready as directed, and stay with the finish instead of treating it as another long oven step.
3. Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Get to know the ingredients
Chicken thighs
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: While waiting for the skillet to heat, season both sides of the chicken thighs with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Pineapple slices
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: While the chicken is cooking, drain and reserve the juice from the canned pineapple slices.
BBQ sauce
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Once everything has been loosened from the skillet, add the BBQ sauce and stir until a thick sauce forms.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: After broiling, sprinkle the sliced jalapeño and green onion over top, and then serve. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Have the pan ready for its first job
Read the pan-heating step before beginning. Have the ingredients for that stage ready, then follow the heat and additions in the recipe’s order.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the skillet and oven. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Heat a large skillet over medium.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Once everything has been loosened from the skillet, add the BBQ sauce and stir until a thick sauce forms.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Read the pan-heating step before beginning. Have the ingredients for that stage ready, then follow the heat and additions in the recipe’s order.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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