Spicy Pineapple Brown Sugar Chicken – easy 5 ingredient marinade! SO good!!! We actually made it twice in one week. Pineapple juice, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, chili powder, and red pepper flakes. Such an easy weeknight meal. Leftovers are great on top of a salad or in a sandwich wrap.
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Grilled chicken is a favorite at our house. We grill chicken year-round and this Spicy Pineapple Brown Sugar Chicken is a favorite. With only 5 ingredients, it is a snap to make. We usually grill a double batch and eat it all week for a quick lunch. I love this chicken on top of a salad or in a tortilla wrap. YUM!
How to Grill Chicken
This chicken is super easy to make. Start with mixing together the marinade – pineapple juice, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, chili powder, and red pepper flakes. Pour the mixture over the chicken and let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours. Remove the chicken from the marinade and throw it on the grill. Make sure to cook the chicken until it reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a grill. You can still make this chicken. Marinate the chicken as directed. Cook the chicken in a skillet on both sides for 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and finish cooking it in the oven at 400ºF for about 10 minutes.
What to Serve with Spicy Pineapple Brown Sugar Chicken
This chicken has been on repeat at our house. The flavors are fantastic! Despite the name, this isn’t super spicy. Since the red pepper flakes are only in the marinade, you are just getting a hint of heat. If you want spicier chicken, reserve some of the marinade to brush on the chicken as it cooks. Make sure to save the marinade BEFORE you add it to the chicken. Don’t use the marinade after the chicken has been sitting in it.
We like to serve this Spicy Pineapple Brown Sugar Chicken with a salad, green beans, potato casserole, or some yummy mac & cheese. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this easy grilled chicken:
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Spicy Pineapple Brown Sugar Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 6 Tbsp BBQ sauce
- 6 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes
- 4 to 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Instructions:
- Whisk together pineapple juice, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, chili powder, and red pepper flakes.
- Place chicken in a gallon ziplock bag. Pour remaining marinade over chicken. Seal bag and refrigerate 2 to 4 hours.
- Remove chicken from marinade. Grill until done, 12 to 15 minutes.
Notes:
My favorite BBQ sauces are G. Hughes, Sweet Baby Rays, Stubbs, and Williamson Brothers.Steph
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This was sooo good! My husband went crazy for it! I doubled the marinade because he likes extra. I also made this with the Honey Garlic Green Beans! My husband was in food heaven! Thank you!
I’ve made this recipe many times and love it! My boyfriend suggested making a pulled version of this, so tonight I made up the marinade, poured it in my instant pot, added frozen chicken tenders (or breasts), cooked 11 min followed by natural release, added a cornstarch slurry to thicken, shredded and served with baked sweet potatoes. Turned out amazing!! Can’t wait to have the leftovers on a Hawaiian bun tomorrow! Love this blog, keep killin it!
Sounds amazing!
What kind of sides do you think would go well with this? Want to cook for dinner tonight!
I gave suggestions for sides in the post – above the recipe
We had it over Caesar salad.
Hi what size can of juice do you use?
I used 1 cup of juice.
We bought a can of pineapple rings in juice and got one cup of juice from the can. We then grilled the pineapple.
Can chicken sit in this marinade longer?? You’ve taught me the beautiful thing of marinading overnight/24 hours:)
Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes. Yummy!
This was so good!! share The recipe with my sisterr.
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