This recipe combines the flavors of teriyaki sauce, pineapple, sweet onion, red pepper, cashews and a little garlic with tender chicken and swiss cheese (it's a wonderful addition!). It is easy to prepare; just requires a little simmer-time. Serve over your favorite rice.
Ingredients
- sesame oil: 2 Tbsp (divided)
- skinless, boneless chicken breast halves: 2 piece (cubed)
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
- bell pepper: 1 piece (cut into 1/2 inch squares)
- sweet onion: 0.5 piece (cut into 1/2 inch squares)
- Teriyaki sauce: 1 cup
- chicken broth: 1 cup
- sweet onion: 0.5 piece (chopped)
- garlic powder: 1 tsp
- cashew pieces: 0.5 cup
- dashes Asian-style hot sauce: 3 piece (to taste, optional)
- frozen pineapple chunks: 1 cup (thawed)
- slices Swiss cheese: 4 piece (cut into strips)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir chicken, salt, and pepper in hot oil until chicken is almost cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes.
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Heat remaining 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a small skillet over medium heat; cook and stir bell pepper and onion squares until edges of peppers are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
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Mix teriyaki sauce, chicken broth, chopped sweet onion, and garlic powder with chicken; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until liquid is reduced by half and chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
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Stir bell pepper-onion mixture, cashew pieces, and hot sauce into chicken mixture and simmer until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat. Stir pineapple into chicken mixture. Arrange Swiss cheese slices over chicken mixture.
