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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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Putting this on the menu for tomorrow! Looks yummy but I will have to do a 1/2 recipe as we are a senior family of just 2. Love recipes that use items I already have on hand!!
I am glad you're trying this recipe. Enjoy! 🙂
Dear Cassy, as a senior also, I love making a dish to cook one and eat twice.
Love the recipe and I cooked it as presented.
It’s become a huge favorite around our house
and to be honest, I’m not a big fan of cooked
pineapple! But this? Different story!
Thank You!!!!
Michael, you are very welcome! So glad you tried this recipe, enjoyed it and shared such a positive comment! 🙂
This was delicious even though I didnt have the bacon on hand(didn't even miss it). Instead I finely sliced some red pepper and zuchinni and layed it on the bottom of the baking dish before layering the rest of the ingredients. I also did not have mozza but had jalapeno jack cheese so used that. It was a perfect one dish meal! Thank you for the recipe!
You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for sharing the changes you made. Using red pepper and zucchini sounds delicious!
I am not a chief but a pretty darn good cook; I have not tried this, but it looks like a great combination. The BBQ sauce is the secret to success. Thank you.
I am glad you liked this recipe - enjoy!
I absolutely love this recipe!! I've made it several times and am adding it to my menu plan for the next week! It's even a hit with my husband who isn't a fan of pineapple with savory foods!!
Thank you, Jessica! So happy to hear you loved this recipe. Your comment made my day!
What do you serve this with?
Serve this with rice or roasted vegetables, such as broccoli or asparagus.
so easy and delicious
Thank you!
Could this be done with chicken thighs?
I would use skinless, boneless chicken thighs.
Great recipe! Made this last night. It was a hit with everyone! Even me and I’m not wild about chicken! Thanks
You are very welcome! So glad to hear everyone enjoyed this recipe! 🙂
This recipe is AMAZING!! I will definitely be making this again. Thank You!
You are very welcome! I am glad you liked this recipe!
Love the recipe however one concern is I had to cook the chicken longer than 30 mins not sure why so therefore everything else kinda burned with it!
I am glad you liked the recipe! Every oven is different, and it might take longer to bake the chicken depending on the oven. Maybe, next time reduce the baking temperature to 350 F and bake longer to avoid burning.
Making this tonight! So excited
Enjoy!
I found this amazing recipe on Pinterest and this was by far one of the best recipes, I have tried so far. Absolutely delicious and it is a bonus that you can put it together very quickly! I added it to my personal favorite pins boards. Thanks so much for sharing!
Marie Moore
Thank you for such a kind comment! I am so glad you liked this recipe! Yes, it's delicious and very easy.
Loved the recipe . It was a hit. Made some chicken rice and cornbread muffins. It all tasted wonderful. Thx for the recipie.
You are very welcome! So glad you enjoyed it! Serving chicken rice and cornbread muffins sounds delicious!
Loved this recipe, definitely will make this again. We added sautéed mushrooms and pepper jack cheese into the mix as well. Thanks for sharing!
You are very welcome! I am very happy you liked it! Adding mushrooms sounds delicious!