Pineapple Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 12 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple tidbits
• 1/2 cup sherry wine
• 2 cups sliced celery
• 1 1/2 cups sliced onions
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups fully cooked ham, cut into thin strips (lunch meat is fine)

Recipe

• 1 rinse chicken and pat dry.
• 2 stir together flour and salt and roll chicken pieces in this mixture to coat.
• 3 in a large skillet, cook chicken half at a time in butter until brown, turning once.
• 4 transfer chicken to a 13x9 baking dish, reserving drippings in the skillet.
• 5 bake uncovered in a 350º oven for 30 minutes.
• 6 meanwhile, drain pineapple, reserving juice.
• 7 add sherry to drippings in skillet and cook and stir over medium heat, scraping up bits in the bottom of pan.
• 8 add pineapple tidbits, celery, and onions.
• 9 bring to boiling, reduce heat, simmer uncovered for about 5 minutes or until celery starts to soften.
• 10 combine reserved pineapple juice and the 2 tbsps. flour and stir into sauce mixture in the skillet.
• 11 cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• 12 remove from heat.
• 13 spoon off any juices from the chicken in the baking dish.
• 14 sprinkle ham strips over the chicken and pour sauce over all.
• 15 bake uncovered about 10 minutes more or until chicken is tender and fully cooked and no longer pink.
• 16 to make ahead: prepare chicken as directed except bake uncovered without the sauce for 35 minutes or until tender and no longer pink (fully cooked). cool slightly, drain and cover. chill up to 2 days.
• 17 prepare sauce as directed, except do not pour over chicken. cool and transfer to storage container and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
• 18 to reheat, sprinkle ham over cold chicken and bake covered, in a 350º oven for about 40 minutes or until heated through. while chicken is cooking, reheat the sauce over medium heat for about 15 minutes or until heated through.
• 19 pour sauce over chicken and serve immediately.