20 Minute Blackened Grilled Chicken With Pineapple Salsa
Learn How To Make 20 Minute Blackened Grilled Chicken with Pineapple Salsa! This tasty salsa is filled with fresh pineapple, red pepper, onions, fresh herbs and lime juice creating bursts of flavors that are beyond satisfying to the palate!
Ingredients
Pineapple Salsa
- 1.5 cup Pineapple Chunks Salt and PepperChili Powder
- ¾ cup Red Pepper roughly chopped
- ½ cup Red Onion roughly chopped
- ¼ cup Cilantro roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon Honey
- 2 wedges Lime Juice about 1 tbsp
- 1 teaspoon Chili Powder optional
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Blackened Chicken
- 1 lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 1 tablespoon Blackened Seasoning
Instructions
Pineapple Salsa
- Dice the fresh pineapple and place in a large bowl.
- Roughly chop the red onion, red pepper and cilantro. After the remaining veggies and herbs are prepped, add those ingredients to the bowl with the pineapple.
- In the same bowl, add the chopped red onion, red pepper and cilantro.
- Pour in the honey, salt and pepper and lime juice.
- Finally, stir the ingredients until thoroughly combined and adjust seasonings and lime juice according to taste.
- Set aside until further use.
Grilled Blackened Chicken
- If your chicken breasts are thicker than two to three inches, save cooking time by pounding the meat thinner.
- With a meat pounder or heavy object that is flat, pound the chicken breasts until one-two inches thick.
- Gather your seasoning of choice and liberally season the chicken breasts.
- Add one to two teaspoons of cooking oil and finish coating the chicken breasts with the oil and seasoning.
- After the chicken breasts are close to reaching cooking temperature, remove from heat, cover/tint with aluminum foil and let rest for at least five minutes.
- Take a blackened chicken breasts and place on a plate. Add about one tablespoon of the pineapple salsa on top of the chicken, serve immediately and enjoy!