Sheet Pan Hawaiian Hen and Veggies

This isn’t your typical sheet pan hen and veggies dinner. Colourful, roasted veggies add taste and texture, and tender hen breasts make it an entire meal. Prime all of it off with our home made, candy and tangy teriyaki sauce.

For less difficult sheet pan meals, strive our Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies.

Why Our Recipe

• Full with our candy and spicy, home made 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 purple onion pair effectively with Hawaiian flavors, you possibly can actually add no matter veggies you need. We advocate zucchini and mushrooms, that are traditional kabob elements that pair effectively 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 simple consuming.
• Bell Peppers: Utilizing a number of colours of bell peppers provides plenty of further taste. It’s not only for appears.
• Crimson Onion: We love the chunk that purple onions convey, however you can too use a white or yellow onion.
• Pineapple: Use contemporary when you can, however canned pineapple chunks can even 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’ll be able to substitute apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar.
• Soy Sauce: You should use reduced-sodium or coconut aminos.

Pineapple Choices

Contemporary Pineapple: Contemporary pineapple gives you the perfect taste and texture. Simply be sure that it’s ripe! The best technique to inform? Give a delicate tug on one of many middle leaves of the pineapple. It ought to come out simply.

Canned Pineapple: When 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 greatest outcomes, select a strong, rimmed 13×18-inch baking sheet. That is typically 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, resembling 9×13, could crowd the elements, resulting in much less crispy veggies. In case your pan is on the smaller aspect, it’s higher to separate the elements between two pans to make sure they roast completely.