5 Points Plus - Pineapple And Honey Glazed Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup canned crushed pineapple in juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce, reduced sodium
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon ginger, fresh grated
• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 small jalapeno pepper, preferably red, seeded and minced
• 1 (4 lb) chicken, skinned, and cut into 8 pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped fresh

Recipe

• 1 combine pineapple, soy, honey, lime, ginger, shallot, and jalapeno in large bag; add chicken and marinade at least 4 hours.
• 2 preheat oven to 375*f.
• 3 place rack in large roasting pan.
• 4 remove chicken from marinade and place on rack. reserve the marinade.
• 5 bake chicken until browned, about 45 minute.
• 6 baste with marinade twice during first 25 min of cooking.
• 7 stir cornstarch and water in small bowl until smooth.
• 8 transfer chicken to platter; keep warm.
• 9 remove rack from roasting pan; use spoon to skim fat off pan juices.
• 10 por pan juices into small saucepan on medium heat.
• 11 cook until juices reduce by half (~2min).
• 12 add cornstarch mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until bubbles and thickens.
• 13 stir in parsley. serve chicken with the sauce.
• 14 5 pp yields 1 piece chicken with 2 tbsp sauce.