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Chicken with pineapple and bacon

A one dish meal perfect for a weeknight. Chicken, pineapple, bacon, and peppers in a sweet and salty sauce.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup water or broth
  • 3 cloves garlic pressed or minced
  • 2 T. balsamic vinegar
  • 1 T. Blackstrap molasses
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 T. fish sauce
  • 4 slices of bacon cut into pieces
  • 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs about 6
  • 1 bell pepper red or green, cut in bite sized pieces
  • 1 heaping cup pineapple chopped in bite sized pieces (fresh or canned)
  • olive oil for greasing pan

Instructions

  • Drizzle olive oil in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
  • Place chicken in the bottom in an even layer.
  • Add your pineapple and peppers in an even layer over the chicken.
  • In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix together water, garlic, vinegar, molasses, salt, and fish sauce. Pour over chicken.
  • Sprinkle the top with raw pieces of bacon, taking care to separate the pieces of bacon so they cook evenly.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Then at 500 degrees for 5 minutes to crisp the bacon. Make sure the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.