Pollo Con Piña 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.

POLLO CON PIñA FáCIL

Steps:

• Salpimienta el pollo y enharínalo ligeramente.
• Calienta el aceite en un sartén grande a fuego medio y agrega el pollo. Fríe hasta que empiece a dorarse, retira del sartén y escurre el exceso de grasa. Reserva.
• Agrega la fécula de maíz en el sartén y deja que se dore, luego incorpora la piña, jengibre y salsa de soya. Cocina un par de minutos, regresa el pollo al sartén y añade vinagre, azúcar mascabado y 2 tazas de agua.
• Sazona con sal y pimienta y deja que la mezcla hierva. Tapa y reduce el fuego a bajo; cocina hasta que el pollo quede suave, alrededor de 30 minutos.

POLLO CON PIñA A LA ANTIGUA

Steps:

• Rub the lime juice and zest into the chicken pieces, then season with salt and pepper. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a skillet and saute the chicken pieces until lightly browned. Transfer the chicken to a heavy Dutch oven.
• In the same skillet, saute the onion and garlic until the onion is tender. Add the tomatoes, raisins, hot pepper, oregano and bay leaf. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Pour the onion mixture over the chicken and add the stock. Partially cover the pot and cook over low heat for about 30-45 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
• In a saucepan, cook the pinaple and the collected juice until reduced by half. Add the rum, mix thoroughly, and cook for 1-2 minutes. Pour over the chicken and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

CHICKEN AND RICE WITH PINEAPPLE ( POLLO CON PINA)

Steps:

• In a non-reactive dish (one that won't react to acidic foods), grate the lime rind and squeeze the juice from the lime.
• Rub the juice and rind into the chicken, then season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Let marinate for thirty minutes.
• Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and brown the chicken pieces on all sides.
• Transfer the chicken to a heavy pot that is large enough to hold the chicken in layers.
• In the remaining oil still in the frying pan, sauté the onion and garlic until tender, not brown; add tomatoes, hot pepper, oregano, and bay leaf.
• Cook for about five minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking and blend the flavors.
• Pour the mixture over the chicken and add enough chicken stock to just cover the chicken pieces.
• Partially cover the pot and cook over low heat until the chicken is tender. About forty-five minutes.
• While the chicken is cooking, put the chunked pineapple and juice in a small sauce pan and cook over medium-low to medium heat until it is reduced by half. If you are using the rum, add it after the mixture is reduced and continue to cook for two more minutes.

CHICKEN WITH PINEAPPLE (POLLO CON PINA)

Steps:

• 1. Put pineapple in blender, chop to make sauce. Saute the celery and onions in the butter over medium heat til brown. Add the red wine vinegar, ketchup, chili powder, mustard and brown sugar.
• 2. Wash chicken and cut into 8 pieces. Remove skin if desired. Put chicken, skin side up, in baking dish. Spread 1/2 of pineapple sauce over meat. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 1 hour.
• 3. Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 minutes. Remove and drain grease form baking dish. Spoon remaining sauce over meat and bake 15 minutes more. til meat is tender.

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.

ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir chicken pieces until browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove chicken with a slotted spoon and place on a plate. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, minced garlic, and whole garlic cloves in the same Dutch oven until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• Return chicken to the onion mixture. Add tomatoes, rice, salt, oregano, black pepper, and bay leaf. Pour in enough chicken stock to cover all the ingredients.
• Bake chicken-rice mixture in the preheated oven until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Stir peas, olives, raisins, and pimento peppers into the chicken-rice mixture. Bake until warmed through, an additional 15 minutes.

POLLO CON PIñA

Steps:

• Escurre la piña y reserva el jugo. Disuelve la maicena en 2 cdas. del jugo que reservaste; reserva el resto del jugo para utilizar luego. Dale vueltas al pollo de vez en cuando mientras lo cocinas en una olla tipo Dutch oven o en una sartén grande a fuego medio durante 5 min. o hasta que se dore de forma pareja. Incorpora el aderezo, el resto del jugo de piña, los trozos de piña, el azúcar, los clavos, el palito de canela y las hojas de laurel. Pon la tapa; cocina el pollo 20 min. a fuego medio-bajo o hasta que esté cocido (165ºF).
• Cocina el tocino mientras tanto en una sartén mediana hasta que esté crujiente; escúrrelo. Ponlo de nuevo en la sartén. Agrega el jamón, las cebollas y el ajo y revuelve las cebollas con frecuencia mientras las cocinas de 5 a 8 min. o hasta que estén bien doraditas.
• Agrega la maicena a la mezcla de pollo; cocina la salsa y revuélvela 1 min. o hasta que espese un poco. Deshazte de los clavos, del palito de canela y de las hojas de laurel. Reserva 1/2 taza de la mezcla de tocino. Agrega el resto de la mezcla de pollo; mézclala bien. Sirve el platillo con la mezcla de tocino que reservaste y con el perejil.

ALITAS DE POLLO CON PIñA

Steps:

• Calienta el horno a 400°F.
• Coloca las alitas en un molde para hornear de 13X9 pulgadas rociada con aceite en aerosol. Hornéalas por 30 min. Mientras tanto, escurre el líquido de la piña, pero reserva 1/4 taza del mismo. Mezcla bien la salsa para asar y el líquido que reservaste con la piña.
• Agrega esta mezcla a las alitas; revuélvelas hasta cubrirlasde forma pareja.
• Hornéalas por 30 min. o hasta que estén cocidas.