Chicken With Polynesian Vegetables Recipes

Steps:

• CHICKEN:
• Coat chicken lightly with seasoned flour.
• Melt butter in a shallow baking dish. Arrange chicken in dish.
• Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Turn chicken, reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 35 additional minutes or until chicken is tender.
• POLYNESIAN VEGETABLES:
• Combine first 4 ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat add celery, carrots, and green pepper.
• Return to boiling cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Add green onion and water chestnuts cook 2 minutes.
• Remove vegetables to a heated dish and keep warm.
• Combine cornstarch and pineapple juice stir into broth and cook until thickened.
• Pour over vegetables. Serve piping hot.

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Add the chicken, one piece at a time, and shake to coat. in a large skillet, brown chicken in oil in batches; drain. Place in two greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes., In a large saucepan, bring orange juice, pineapple juice and ginger to a boil. Pour over chicken. top with pineapple, oranges and almonds. , Cover and bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Serve with rice.

Steps:

• For the sauce, in a small saucepan combine pineapple juice, honey, mustard, soy sauce, cornstarch and garlic. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 more minute. Remove from heat. Transfer half of the sauce to a bowl; cover and set aside.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. For charcoal grill arrange medium-hot coals around drip pan. Test for medium heat above the pan. Place chicken on grill rack over drip pan. Cover; grill until chicken is no longer pink or 165 degrees Farenheit, brushing frequently with remaining sauce during the last 5 minutes of grilling. (For gas grill preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Adjust for indirect cooking. Grill as above.).
• Note: If you do not have cornstarch on hand, you can substitute with 3 Tsp of all purpose flour.

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the water, soy sauce and reserved pineapple juice until smooth; set aside. In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry carrot in 1 tablespoon hot oil for 1 minute. Stir in the celery, sweet peppers and onion; stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add sugar snap peas; stir-fry about 1 minute longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove vegetables and keep warm., In the same skillet, stir-fry chicken in remaining oil for 3-4 minutes or until no longer pink. Stir soy sauce mixture; gradually stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in vegetable mixture and pineapple chunks; heat through. Serve over rice if desired.