Pollo Con Pina Recipes

PERUVIAN PINEAPPLE CHICKEN (POLLO A LA PINA)

Steps:

• Whisk soy sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin together in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Add chicken medallions and toss to evenly coat. Set aside to marinate.
• Combine pineapple chunks, syrup, and sugar in a medium pot over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Boil until sugar has dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the stove, transfer pineapple chunks to a bowl, and leave syrup in the pot.
• Place potato starch in a bowl. Dredge marinated chicken medallions in potato starch; shake off excess.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, working in batches and adding more oil if necessary, and fry until golden brown and crunchy, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
• Heat remaining 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a wok. Add tomato paste; cook and stir until paste darkens, being careful it does not burn. Add bell pepper and cook until slightly softened but still crispy, 1 to 2 minutes. Mix in chicken medallions and pineapple chunks. Slowly mix in some of the syrup until mixture is lightly glazed; reserve remaining syrup for another use. Sprinkle with green onions.

GUATEMALAN CHICKEN WITH PINEAPPLE (POLLO EN PINA)

Steps:

• Heat oil in lg skillet; cook chicken on med heat until brown on all sides-- approx 15 min.
• Remove chicken, cook onion& garlic in remaining oil until onion is tender, stirring frequently.
• Return chicken to skillet.
• Mix all remaining ingredients except tomatoes (and rice!); pour over chicken.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 min.
• Add tomatoes; simmer, uncovered, until thickest pieces of chicken are cooked through-- approx 20 min.
• Serve with rice.

LIMBER DE COCO Y PIñA

Steps:

• Place six 8-ounce plastic cups on a tray small enough to fit into your freezer.
• Combine the coconut milk, pineapple juice, coconut cream, pineapple chunks and sugar in a blender and blend until homogeneous. Taste for sweetness, adding a bit more sugar if you'd like.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared plastic cups, filling them to about 1/4 inch from the brim. Freeze for 1 hour, then stir each one with a small spoon to incorporate the mixture again in case it has separated a bit while sitting; the limbers should be at a slurry stage at this point, which should prevent the mixture from separating again after reincorporating. Continue to freeze until fully frozen, at least another 7 hours. The limbers will keep in the freezer for up to a month.

POLLO EN PIÑA

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in lg skillet; cook chicken on med heat until brown on all sides-- approx 15 min. 2. Remove chicken, cook onion& garlic in remaining oil until onion is tender, stirring frequently. 3. Return chicken to skillet. 4. Mix all remaining ingredients except tomatoes (and rice!); pour over chicken. 5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 min. 6. Add tomatoes; simmer, uncovered, until thickest pieces of chicken are cooked through-- approx 20 min. 7. Serve with rice.

POLLO CON PINA A LA ANTIGUA (CHICKEN WITH FLAMING PINEAPPLE)

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with lime juice, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in 12-inch skillet or Dutch oven until hot. Cook chicken over medium heat until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes. Drain fat from skillet.
• Add tomatoes, onion, garlic, raisins, oregano, red pepper sauce and water. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat. Cover and simmer until thickened pieces of chicken are done, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Remove chicken mixture to warm platter with a slotted spoon. Heat pineapple and 1/4 cup of the reserved syrup to boiling. Heat rum until warm; ignite. Pour flaming rum over pineapple. Spoon flaming pineapple mixture over chicken.

POLLO EN SALSA

Steps:

• Place chicken in a slow cooker. Combine diced tomatoes with juice, chipotle salsa, and condensed soup in a bowl; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on Low until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 6 to 8 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Remove chicken from the sauce, shred, then return to the sauce. Simmer on Low heat for an additional 30 minutes.
• Turn slow cooker off. Stir in sour cream and season with salt.
• Divide rice between 4 plates. Serve chicken and sauce over rice and garnish with Mexican-style cheese and avocado slices.