Sheet Pan Hawaiian Hen and Veggies

This isn’t your typical sheet pan rooster and veggies dinner. Colourful, roasted veggies add taste and texture, and tender rooster breasts make it a whole meal. Prime all of it off with our do-it-yourself, candy and tangy teriyaki sauce.

For easier sheet pan meals, attempt our Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies.

Why Our Recipe

• Full with our candy and spicy, do-it-yourself teriyaki sauce.
• Colourful veggies and fruit add selection to your dinner.
• Hen and veggies prepare dinner collectively in a single pan, making cleanup a breeze.

Shake issues up and customise this recipe along with your favourite veggies. Whereas bell peppers and crimson onion pair nicely with Hawaiian flavors, you possibly can actually add no matter veggies you need. We advocate zucchini and mushrooms, that are basic kabob components that pair nicely with teriyaki sauce. Or add some broccoli, shredded carrots, and snap peas for extra of a stir-fry really feel.

Ingredient Notes

• Hen Breasts: Minimize into bite-sized items for straightforward consuming.
• Bell Peppers: Utilizing a number of colours of bell peppers provides quite a lot of further taste. It’s not only for seems to be.
• Crimson Onion: We love the chunk that crimson onions convey, however it’s also possible to use a white or yellow onion.
• Pineapple: Use contemporary in the event you can, however canned pineapple chunks may work.
• Garlic: 2 cloves for the pan and a couple of for the sauce. Use freshly minced garlic or 1 teaspoon per clove if utilizing jarred garlic.
• Brown Sugar: Provides caramelization, will increase the sweetness, and balances out the flavour of the sauce. Use gentle or darkish brown sugar.
• Rice Vinegar: Use seasoned rice wine vinegar for added taste, or unseasoned for decrease energy. You may substitute apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar.
• Soy Sauce: You should utilize reduced-sodium or coconut aminos.

Pineapple Choices

Contemporary Pineapple: Contemporary pineapple will provide you with the very best taste and texture. Simply be certain that it’s ripe! The simplest strategy to inform? Give a mild tug on one of many heart leaves of the pineapple. It ought to come out simply.

Canned Pineapple: In the event you can’t swing a contemporary pineapple, you possibly can completely use canned pineapple chunks. Simply drain and press to take away extra moisture.

Baking Sheet

For finest outcomes, select a strong, rimmed 13×18-inch baking sheet. That is usually referred to as a baker’s half sheet. This measurement permits the sausage and greens to roast evenly with out trapping steam. A smaller pan, corresponding to 9×13, could crowd the components, resulting in much less crispy veggies. In case your pan is on the smaller aspect, it’s higher to separate the components between two pans to make sure they roast completely.