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Bacon Pineapple BBQ Chicken with Red Onions and Mozzarella Cheese - a delicious way to cook chicken breasts and keep them moist, flavorful and far from boring!
If you're looking for an easy pineapple chicken recipe or Hawaiian BBQ style chicken - this recipe is a perfect choice to try! All you have to do is throw 4 chicken breasts into a medium size casserole dish, top it with BBQ sauce, then add diced pineapple, cooked bacon, red onions, and shredded Mozzarella cheese. Bake it uncovered in the oven for about 30 minutes, and your dinner is ready! Your bacon pineapple BBQ chicken will be smothered in a lot of goodness and, therefore, will remain moist and tender which is what we want for chicken breasts.
The result tastes so good! and, no wonder, chicken and pineapple combination is always good, especially when the BBQ sauce is involved. The chicken will look pretty good too, with lots of colors:
This is just like grilled Hawaiian BBQ chicken, but without the need to turn on the grill.
How do you make bacon pineapple BBQ chicken?
Start by adding chicken breasts to the baking dish. It's not really necessary to season the chicken breasts with salt or pepper, as we are about to pile up a whole bunch of flavorful ingredients on top.
Next, top with about 1 cup of BBQ sauce, to cover all chicken breasts. Use more BBQ sauce if needed.
Then, top your chicken with diced pineapple (from the can):
Top with diced, cooked bacon:
Add sliced red onion:
Top with mozzarella cheese:
Bake your pineapple BBQ chicken for 25-30 minutes until the chicken is completely cooked and no longer pink in the center.
Top with diced green onions, and serve:
Bacon Pineapple BBQ Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts (skinless, boneless - use thinly sliced chicken breasts)
- 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 cup pineapple diced
- 6 strips bacon cooked and diced
- ¼ red onion sliced (about ¼ cup) + extra
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2 green onions diced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. Use thinly sliced chicken breasts
- Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish. Using a spoon, brush chicken breasts with BBQ sauce.
- Top with diced pineapple.
- Add chopped cooked bacon on top of the chicken.
- Top with sliced red onion.
- Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, uncovered, until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the center. Broil for the last 4 minutes if desired.
- To serve, top chicken with a small amount of extra diced pineapple, a little bit of remaining sliced red onion, and diced green onions.
Nutrition
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Loved it!!
That's awesome to hear, Linda! 🙂
Can you make this in an air fryer? If so what is your suggestion on time/temp?
Hi Ivonka! I have not tried this in an air fryer, sorry!
This was very good! My husband really liked it too.
So happy to hear that, Kristi! 🙂
Really good! Made as directed except used thicker breasts. No prob just cooked about 15 min longer. I held up on the mozzarella until the last few minutes of cooking. So good in fact I’m serving it to friends for dinner tomorrow. Serving with rice and fresh green beens. Oh and homemade berry pie for dessert! I often refer to Julia’s recipes. They’re usually simple and always delicious !
That sounds like such a lovely meal—your friends are in for a treat! 🙂 Thank you for your kind words—it means so much to know you come back to my recipes often! Enjoy that amazing dinner (and that homemade berry pie sounds incredible)! 🙂
Was a winner with the whole family, even the picky kids. I serve with Parmesan knorr noodles with broccoli.
What are good side dishes with this entree?
This would be great with potato salad, corn on the cob, rice and beans, or flavored rice.
This dish was simple to make. Already had everything at home. Delicious. My husband raved about it Thank you.
Thank you, Debbie, for your review, so glad you both liked it! 🙂