Pineapple Marinated Grilled Chicken Sliders
Pineapple Marinated Grilled Chicken Sliders taste great. From dinner recipes, budget menus and healthy diet selections, you’ll easily find any recipe you need.
Ingredients:
For the chicken:
1/2 C Pineapple juice
1/2 C Soy sauce
1/4 C Packed honey
3 T Red wine vinegar
4 Scallions – trimmed and minced
4 med Garlic cloves – finely chopped, about 2 T
1/2 t Freshly ground black pepper
2 lb Boneless, skinless Foster Farms fresh chicken thighs – about 6
2 T canola, grapeseed, or peanut oil, plus more for grilling
For the sliders:
1/2 ripe pineapple – peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch rings
1 med Red onion – trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch rings
12 slider buns (such as King’s Hawaiian bread or Trader Joe’s mini burger buns)
1/3 C Good-quality mayonnaise
4 T Chile-garlic sauce (such as Sriracha)
1 med Ripe avocado (optional)
Directions:
- Combine pineapple juice, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, scallions, garlic and pepper in a medium nonreactive bowl.
- Whisk until completely incorporated, add chicken, turn to coat in the marinade, cover, and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours.
- Brush a grill pan with 2 tablespoons of the oil.
- Then heat over medium heat.
- Brush the pineapple and onions with additional oil.
- Then grill until golden and grill marks are visible, about 5 minutes on each side.
- Quarter the pineapple pieces when done.
- Then set onions and pineapple aside on a plate.
- Meanwhile, cook the chicken until the juices run clear when pierced, about 4 minutes per side.
- Transfer to a cutting board, and tent with aluminum foil to keep warm and rest.
- Meanwhile, split each slider roll.
- Then lightly brush the insides with oil before toasting on the grill surface (brushed-side down) for 1 minute.
- Meanwhile, combine mayonnaise and chile-garlic sauce in a bowl and stir until evenly combined.
- Slice the avocado into 6 slices on each half, cut crosswise (across the shortest length).
- To serve, spread each roll with a thin layer of the chile-garlic mayonnaise.
- Slice each thigh in half.
- Top each bun with a piece of chicken and, as desired, pineapple, onion and avocado, and serve.
