How to make Cuban Spiced Chicken with Pineapple Salsa -

Chicken breasts coated with Cuban spices and cooked and served with pineapple salsa.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sanjeev Kapoor Kitchen.

Main Ingredients : Boneless Chicken (हड्डी रहित चिकन), Pineapple (पाइनेपल/अनानास)

Cuisine : Cuban

Course : Main Course Chicken


Cuban Spiced Chicken with Pineapple Salsa

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Hindi: murgh
Be a kid or a teenage or an adult or an oldie, chicken lovers trend all over the world at all times! One meat that is a favourite of all beyond belief! When cooked, it can be presented in many guises. Sauté it, fry it, toss it, bake it, steam it – eat it the way you want to. Whatever its form may be upon being cooked, its flavour may change but its flesh remains high in protein, low in fat and can be digested easily.

Prep Time : 31-40 minutes

Cook time : 26-30 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Moderate

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Cuban Spiced Chicken with Pineapple Salsa Recipe

  • Boneless Chicken 4

  • Pineapple peeled, cored and chopped 1 medium

  • Salt to taste

  • Clove powder 1/2 teaspoon

  • Cumin powder 2 teaspoons

  • Crushed black peppercorns 2 teaspoons

  • Lemon juice 3 tablespoons

  • Green chillies 2

  • Fresh coriander leaves 1/2 cup

  • Garlic cloves 1

  • Oil 2 tablespoons

  • Spring onion greens chopped 2 tablespoons

Method

Step 1

Make some slashes on the chicken breasts. Sprinkle some salt, some clove powder, some cumin powder, some crushed peppercorns and 2 tbsps lemon juice. Sprinkle some more crushed peppercorns, cumin powder and clove powder.

Step 2

Coarsely grind half the pineapple with green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic, 1 tbsp lemon juice and salt. Heat oil on a non stick grill pan and place the chicken breasts on it masala side facing downwards. Sprinkle the remaining masalas on the other s

Step 3

Cook till the underside is done and grill marks appear. Turn them over and cook the other side similarly. Transfer the ground pineapple into a bowl. Add the remaining pineapple and spring onion greens and mix.

Step 4

Transfer salsa into a serving plate. Place the chicken breasts over the salsa and serve immediately.

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MasterChef Sanjeev Kapoor

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.