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Have a Dinnertime Luau

May 27, 2022

Coming up with new dinner ideas to ‘wow’ your family with can be tricky to say the least. Often, it’s
a balancing act between choosing nutritious meals and considering food preferences of those living
in your home. Let’s be honest, it can be a refined art to get kids to try something new but this
Hawaiian Chicken Bake recipe is the complete dinner package – fun, fruity, sweet, colorful, delicious,
and healthy!

It can seem like dinner time is always just around the corner. Within a busy household, the thought of
figuring out what to serve for dinner constantly looms. It is very easy to fall back on ‘tried and true’
meals, but that can grow boring. And the last thing anyone wants to here after spending the time to
make dinner is “oh, this again?”

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN BAKE

If you’ve been looking for recipes to bring excitement and fun to your dinner table, here is a recipe
that will easily become your home’s new go-to weeknight dinner—Hawaiian Chicken Bake! It’s quick
to pull together and full of delicious, sweet pepper and pineapple goodness. This healthy, balanced
meal features chicken, brown rice, sauteed Aurora Bites Mini Sweet Peppers, plus a creamy coconut
aminos sauce that brings the whole dish together. Enjoy it as-is or serve along with your favorite
steamed veggie. It’s filling, flavorful, and a meal your family will keep requesting time and again!

START WITH GREAT INGREDIENTS

                                                                          Dinner winner right here! This
recipe offers up the best sweet notes, thanks to the crushed pineapple and coconut aminos which
balances perfectly with the chicken and sautéed Mini Sweet Peppers. It’s a dream meal that will
spark feelings of relaxing in tropical Hawaii! One taste and this recipe will have you dreaming of your

next vacation. The flavors are a beautiful combination of sweet teriyaki chicken, meets barbequed
pineapple, meets creamy macaroni salad - sounds wild but give it a try!

Delicious Aurora Bites Mini Sweet Peppers are the perfect vegetable addition to this meal! You
cannot beat their crunch sweetness factor, and they pair really well with the sweet pineapple
flavors. You can pack the Mini Sweet Peppers in lunchboxes for an easy veggie on the go, roast
them in bowls, or sauté them for dinner recipes. No matter how you want to enjoy them, they work
and are sure to become a favorite in your household.

HOW TO MAKE HAWAIIAN CHICKEN BAKE

                                                                              Making Hawaiian
Chicken Bake is just a few simple steps! Sauté sliced Aurora Bites Mini Sweet Peppers over medium
heat until they start to get some color around the edge. Then add half the cooked peppers, cooked

rice, shredded chicken, and pineapple into a large bowl and mix to combine.

While the peppers sauté, combine the sauce ingredients together in a bowl, then pour into the
chicken and rice mixture and stir until fully combined. Add the Hawaiian Chicken Bake mixture into a
large baking dish, and top with the remaining cooked peppers, and bake! When it’s bubbling around
the edges it’s ready to enjoy!

MAKE TIME TO MEAL PREP

This recipe was made for busy weeknights! While prepping ahead is definitely not required, the
ingredients that are used in this recipe lend themselves to simple prep in the best way.

The two items you should prep in advance are the chicken and the brown rice. For the chicken
breast, you can roast it or boil it, shred it, and then simply store it in the fridge until it’s assembly
time. For the rice, cook ahead of time using your favorite method, cool it, and store in the fridge until
assembly.

This the perfect dish to make on the weekend – just assemble together and then bake when you
need it during the week. No time to bake? If you only have a few minutes to get dinner on the table,
go straight to the stovetop! Add the chicken bake into a large pot on the stovetop, heat over medium
heat while stirring until warm.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Though this recipe is great as is, below is a list of substitutions that will also work well in this
Hawaiian baked chicken recipe so you can customize it to your family’s needs.

        Brown rice – White rice or cauliflower rice work well as a substitute
        Shredded cooked chicken – You can use shredded chicken thighs, or even try it with
        shredded pork or beef!
        Crushed pineapple – Diced pineapple will work, however, if you can, give it a quick chop
        before adding to help distribute the pineapple throughout the casserole
        Kefir – Plain yogurt works as a great alternative, or you can increase the mayo amount
        Coconut aminos – Use a combination of soy sauce and pineapple juice (half and half) as an
        alternative to coconut aminos. You can also substitute in teriyaki sauce

So, if you are always
                                   scrambling to come up with new ideas for dinner, try something a little different with this Hawaiian
                                   Chicken Bake. Hopefully it will please everyone around your dinner table and soon become one of
                                   your favorite weekday dishes to create. Dinner doesn’t have to be boring! Mixing in the sweet and
                                   savory flavors in this meal is what really brings it all together. Add in your favorite veggies to make it
                                   perfect for you and your family – the sky is the limit!

                                   Thank you Pure Flavor® and Heather Englund!

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