Meals With My Deals: Hawaiian Chicken Recipe

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This week I’m going to share with you one of my absolute favorite recipes! It’s super easy and great to make when pineapple is in season. You can use canned pineapple with it (remember that great 50¢/1 Dole Canned Pineapple coupon a few months back?) but since fresh pineapple is on sale for as low as $1.99 right now (or free this week if you have an Earth Fare store near you) then I would recommend using fresh.

You can use bone-in chicken pieces for this meal, but I personally prefer using Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts instead. My “buy it” price for BSCB is when it’s under $2/lb, and especially when it’s $1.88/lb like it is this week at Kroger.

I ended up buying the off-brand Heinz 57 sauce because this is the only recipe I use it for and even though I could’ve bought the larger brand-name bottle and used a $2 off coupon from the 3/14 SS (which would make it cheaper per ounce than the off brand), the bottle would end up just sitting in my fridge for YEARS! If you are feeling really brave, you can make your own Heinz 57 sauce (did you know it has pureed raisins in it??)

Here’s what you need:

2 pounds of your favorite Chicken Pieces
Salt and pepper to taste
Enough sliced pineapple to cover each piece of chicken (or 1 can of sliced pineapple in its own juice)
1/3 c. Heinz 57 Sauce
2 Tbsp. Honey

Here’s what you do:

1. Place chicken in lightly oiled (or sprayed) baking dishes. Season with the salt and pepper. Bake chicken in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes.

2. While the chicken is cooking, cut and drain the pineapple, and reserve 2 Tbsp. of the juice. If you are using a fresh pineapple, cut the top and bottom off and then cut off the sides. I didn’t have a pineapple corer, so my centers that I cut out aren’t perfectly round. Also, I juiced the cores in my Vitamix to get enough juice for 2 Tbsp and strained it into a measuring cup.

3. Combine the pineapple juice, Heinz 57 sauce and honey and pour over the chicken. Bake chicken an additional 25 minutes, basting occasionally.

4. Arrange sliced pineapple over the chicken and bake an extra 10 minutes.

5. Spoon the excess sauce over the chicken and serve with rice and veggies! I thought it went very well with sauteed spinach with garlic. ENJOY!

Now it’s your turn! What kind of recipes did you come up with to use with your deals? Please link directly to your frugal recipe below.

I also highly recommend heading over to $5 Dinners Bargain Meal Of The Week where she categorizes meals by different store deals!