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Jerk BBQ Chicken Pineapple Bowl

The most delicious jerk BBQ chicken pineapple bowl!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Jamaican
Servings 2

Equipment

  • Air Fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp jerk seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 lime juice
  • 1 tbsp culantro/ or green seasoning optional
  • 1/2 tsp citrus garlic seasoning

BBQ sauce

  • 1/4 cup BBQ sauce
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp fresh pineapple juice

Pineapple Salsa

  • 1 cup pineapple chunks chopped + pineapple juice
  • 1/4 cup red onion diced
  • 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
  • 1/2 roma tomato optional, chopped
  • 1/2 jalapeno seeded, diced
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1/2 tsp chili lime seasoning
  • 1 lime juice
  • red pepper flakes optional

Coconut Rice

  • 2 cups Jasmine Rice
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1.5 cup water
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 scallion
  • fresh thyme
  • 1/4 yellow onion
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat air fryer to 400 for 10 minutes.
  • Clean and cut any additional fat from the chicken thighs. Place chicken thighs in a medium bowl. Add jerk marinade, culantro, salt, citrus garlic seasoning, honey and lime juice. Mix until chicken is fully coated. Marinade for at least 30 minutes.
  • Cut pineapple in half and remove the "meat" of the pineapple until it's a bowl. Chop pineapple, onion, cilantro, tomato. Add to a bowl. Season with salt, pepper, chili lime seasoning, lime juice and pineapple juice. Mix until combined. Taste and adjust if needed.
  • Cook chicken in air fryer on 400 for 12 minutes. While the chicken cooks, prepare the BBQ sauce.
  • To a small saucepan, combine bbq sauce, honey and pineapple juice over medium heat. Once the sauce begins to bubble, reduce to low and simmer.
  • Once the 12 minutes is up, Reduce heat to 380, flip the chicken and add the BBQ sauce. Return to the air fryer for an additional 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, flip chicken over and add more bbq sauce. Return to the air fryer and cook for an additional 3 minutes. Repeat once more. (total of 21 min) Finish with more bbq sauce.

Coconut rice

  • Wash rice and add to a medium saucepan. Add coconut milk, water, garlic, yellow onion, scallion, thyme, garlic powder and a pinch of salt. mix until combined. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook on low for 25 minutes.

Assemble bowl

  • Add a drop of olive oil to a small bowl. Scoop coconut rice into the bowl and press/pack it down. Take the pineapple or plate and flip the bowl with it. until the coconut rice comes out.
  • Add chicken thighs and top with pineapple salsa.
  • Enjoy!
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