Grilled (Or Slow Cooker) Hawaiian Style Huli Huli Chicken

🍍 This is a tasty & simple chicken meal!

Ingredients: 

1 large can pineapple chunks in juice

pineapple juice

2 cups no salt chicken broth

1 cup brown sugar or Monkfruit brown sugar sweetener

2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger

2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic

1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos

1/4 cup catsup or no sugar catsup

4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or tenders

coconut oil cooing spray

1/4 cup unsweetened coconut (optional garnish)

1/4 cup all purpose flour

freshly ground black pepper 

cooked rice

Method:

Drain the juice from the pineapple chunks and save for the marinade. Set the chunks aside in a bag, or container, in the refrigerator. Add additional pineapple juice to the juice drained from the can to measure 1 cup.

Whisk together the juice, broth, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and catsup. Cover all of the chicken pieces with the marinade sauce. Marinate overnight.  

If desired, preheat oven to 300*. Sprinkle the coconut in the bottom of a pie pan. Bake in the oven until lightly toasted for 4 to 7 minutes, being careful not to burn. Set aside to use as a garnish.

Grill or Broiler Method:

Grill or broil 6 to 8 minutes per side. Serve on top of rice. Season each serving with freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with pineapple chunks and toasted coconut. makes 6 to 8 servings.

Slow Cooker Method:

Very lightly spray the inside of a slow cooker with the coconut oil. Add the chicken and marinade to the slow cooker. Cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours. Remove the chicken to a covered dish. Add the marinade and cooking juices to a cooking pot. Mix the flour with 1/3 cup water whisk together to mix in. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Serve portions of chicken over rice. Spoon or ladle sauce over the chicken and rice. Season each serving with freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with pineapple chunks and toasted coconut. Makes 8 servings.

Notes: Traditionally, Huli Huli Chicken is a Hawaiian grilled chicken with a sweet sauce that is barbecued over mesquite wood. Huli is the Hawaiian word for "turn" and Huli Huli chicken is turned while being grilled or broiled. 

On a busy day, when I didn't want to dirty the broiler, I decided to cook the chicken in a slow cooker. (My cousin who lived in Kuai, cooked it this way.) My family loved it and my husband said it was the best chicken he had ever tasted!