A simple, 30 minute meal that is full of wholesome ingredients and flavor.
Hi Friends!
Time for another quick recipe. I skipped out on food prep this weekend because my parents were in town until Sunday afternoon and by then I was too tired from the weekend to do it. So, this week I’ve been throwing stuff together and making it work since we didn’t go to the grocery store either.
This dinner comes together in under 20 minutes and requires very few ingredients. I made it even easier on myself by pre-chopping the chicken and veggies before I left for Crossfit so that all I had to do when I got home was dump things in a pan.
Here’s what you need:
PrintPineapple Chicken with Bok Choy
An easy weeknight dinner that can be on the table in under 20 minutes
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup onion, diced
- 1 tsp paprika
- black pepper, to taste
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- 2 heads of baby bok choy, chopped
- 1 cup fresh pineapple, chopped
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 1 Tablespoon low sodium teriyaki sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 1–2 teaspoons Sriracha, optional
Instructions
- In a large pan, saute the chicken, garlic, onion and spices for 5-7 minutes over medium-high heat.
- While chicken is cooking, combine the pineapple, ginger, teriyaki sauce, water and sriracha in a blender or food processor and process until smooth. Taste and add more ginger or sriracha if desired.
- Add the peppers, bok choy and half the sauce to the pan and cook until chicken is cooked through.
- Serve with rice, quinoa or sweet potato noodles and remaining sauce on the side.
Notes
This can be served over rice or quinoa or you can spiralize a sweet potato, saute the noodles for a few minutes and add them to the pan before serving. [br]You can add all the sauce to the pan if you want to…or just add a little for flavor and then let people add more if desired.
I served mine with sweet potato noodles because I wanted to try out my new spiralizer. I just sauteed them lightly for a few minutes before I started cooking the chicken, set them aside and then added them back in at the very end. This would also be good served over brown rice or quinoa. Don’t like bok choy? Choose another favorite veggie like green beans or broccoli!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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i really like the sound of pineapple chicken – we are big pineapple fans here!!
I love bok choy and need to cook with it more often. This looks delicious! I’ve never had sweet potato noodles before but it sounds really good!
Hi 5 for chicken recipes this week- chicken and pineapple brings me back memories of Chinese take away from back home! Confession- dishes like this scream to be eaten cold 😉
I’m actually not sure that I’ve ever had bok choy or at least I’ve never made it myself 😕 Maybe it’s time…
Also, super jealous of your spiralizer!
I rarely cook meat with fruit, but adding pineapple to chicken sounds really good! Love that sweet savory combo. Darn, I just finished all the pineapple we had.
I love pineapple in savory dishes! And you can’t go wrong with a quick dinner like this. Love. 🙂
Love this recipe!
New to the bok choy scene.
But now I can both pronounce and eat bok choy . Yay!
(Even though my keypad doesn’t want me to type in bok choy for anything, it keeps changing it!)
Oh, gosh! This looks delicious! I’m in if it’s got pineapple and chicken, love that combo together.
Oh this sounds great. I really want a spiralizer! I love bok choy. I forget to cook with pineapple for savory dishes. This could totally be done with tempeh or tofu.
for sure!! would be great as a veggie dish!
I love my spiralizer! I use it all the time. I haven’t tried sauteing sweet potato noodles yet though, sounds good!
Looks absolutely delicious! I have bookmarked your page and will try your pineapple chicken recipe in future.
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This sounds awesome Lindsay! I keep forgetting to cook with bok choy even though I really enjoy it. I will have to try this out with either tempeh or tofu in place of the chicken.
enjoy!!
Looks amazing! I have everything besides the chicken in the refrigerator, so I’m thinking about trying this tonight if I can swing by the store!
Bok Choy is something I am terrified to cook with, but when pairing it with pineapple I feel I need to try it now!
normal size bok choy scares me but i like the baby version 🙂
This looks awesome!! I just used Bok Choy for the first time this year and now I need more recipes for it – this will be perfect!
Looks good 🙂
I’ve never eaten nor cooked bok chou, but this sounds delicious!
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you should give it a try!
Looks like will be a delicious. Cook book offering clear and simple recipes with easily obtained ingredients as an antidote to some of what’s out there.