My mum's pollo con piña
Pollo con piña (pineapple chicken) was one of mum's go-to meals, possibly the one she made the most often.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs or drumsticks
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 tsp + 2 tbsp tamari
- 1/2 tsp + 1 tsp tapioca starch
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 2 pineapple in juice slices + 2 tbsp of the juice
- 250 g snow peas
- 1 red capsicum
- 6 green onions white and light green part only
To serve
- cooked rice or cauliflower rice
Instructions
- Marinate chicken with garlic, 1/2 tsp tamari and 1/2 tsp potato starch.
- Wash vegetables, pull off stems of snow peas, slice capsicum and cut green onions in pieces 6-8cm long.
- Brown chicken on all sides.
- Lower heat, add remaining tamari, tomato sauce and pineapple juice, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add capsicum, snow peas, green onion and pineapple and remaining 1 tsp tapioca starch dissolved in 2 cold water.
- Cover and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Serve with rice or cauliflower rice.