# Pineapple Chicken

A quick and easy pineapple chicken recipe, perfect for a family-friendly dinner.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound diced and cubed chicken
- cornstarch
- 1 egg
- soy sauce
- ginger
- dehydrated minced garlic
- pineapple juice
- 0.25 cup soy sauce
- ginger
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- hoisin sauce
- dark soy sauce
- 2 metric tons garlic
- mirin
- white pepper
- MSG
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- cornstarch
- avocado oil
- water chestnuts
- broccoli florets
- 1 can pineapple chunks

## Instructions

1. Add cornstarch to the diced and cubed chicken.
2. Massage the cornstarch into the chicken using tongs.
3. Crack one egg into the chicken mixture.
4. Add soy sauce, ginger, and dehydrated minced garlic to the chicken mixture.
5. Stir the chicken mixture and let it sit.
6. Set the chicken mixture aside.
7. Pour the juice from the pineapple into a measuring vessel to make the sauce.
8. Add a quarter cup of soy sauce to the pineapple juice.
9. Add ginger to the sauce mixture.
10. Add oyster sauce to the sauce mixture.
11. Add hoisin sauce to the sauce mixture.
12. Add dark soy sauce to the sauce mixture.
13. Add garlic to the sauce mixture.
14. Add a splash of mirin to the sauce mixture.
15. Add white pepper and MSG to the sauce mixture.
16. Add a tablespoon of brown sugar to the sauce mixture.
17. Add cornstarch to the sauce mixture to thicken everything up.
18. Stir the sauce mixture until it's done.
19. Turn on the range hood.
20. Add avocado oil to a pot and heat it up.
21. Add the chicken into the hot oil.
22. Spread the chicken out into an even layer in the oil.
23. Cook the chicken on one side until crispy, then flip it over and cook on the other side.
24. Add diced water chestnuts and broccoli florets to the chicken.
25. Add one can of pineapple chunks to the pot.
26. Pour the prepared sauce into the pot, ensuring nothing is left behind.
27. Give the contents of the pot a stir.
28. Reduce the heat and cover the pot with a lid.
29. Let the dish simmer for a couple of minutes until the broccoli is tender.
30. Serve the pineapple chicken.

## Equipment

- bowl
- tongs
- measuring cup
- spoon
- pot with a lid
- spatula

## Tips

- Spread the chicken out into an even layer in the pan to create a crispy crust.
- Leave nothing behind when adding the sauce.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1M7NLS3wA4/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6f1ad3a3-77a0-4aed-9f86-2397cd6c7f4f
- Extracted: 2025-12-08

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