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Pineapple-glazed chicken breasts with pineapple chunks and sliced scallions served over white rice.

Pineapple Glazed Chicken

Chicken browns in butter before pineapple and brown sugar simmer into a glossy skillet glaze. Spoon the fruit and sauce over rice for an easy sweet-savory supper.

By Betty Lou Gardner35 minUpdated 2026-08-25

Made in one skillet with a short list of pantry ingredients, this Pineapple Glazed Chicken turns canned pineapple and brown sugar into an easy family supper. The glaze reduces around the chicken and is especially good spooned over rice, noodles, or simple vegetables.

Betty Lou Gardner in a family archival photograph

Granny’s Kitchen Notes

From Betty Lou Gardner

The sauce looks thin right up until it doesn’t. I use the widest skillet I have so it reduces properly, and I spoon every bit of pineapple over the rice. Extra scallions if I have them.

How to Make Pineapple Glazed Chicken

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Four evenly portioned pieces of seasoned chicken browning in butter in a wide skillet.
01

Season and Brown the Chicken

Pat the chicken dry, season it with salt and black pepper, and brown it in butter until lightly golden on both sides.

Pineapple chunks and juice being added to browned chicken as brown sugar is held beside the skillet.
02

Build the Pineapple Glaze

Add the pineapple chunks with their juice and stir the brown sugar into the liquid around the chicken.

Chicken and pineapple chunks simmering in a glossy brown-sugar glaze in a wide skillet.
03

Finish the Chicken

Simmer gently until the chicken reaches 165°F, turning it once so it cooks evenly.

04

Reduce and Serve

Remove the chicken if necessary, reduce the sauce until glossy and syrupy, return the chicken to coat, and finish with scallions.

Pineapple-glazed chicken breasts with pineapple chunks and sliced scallions served over white rice.

Pineapple Glazed Chicken

Chicken browns in butter before pineapple and brown sugar simmer into a glossy skillet glaze. Spoon the fruit and sauce over rice for an easy sweet-savory supper.

By Betty Lou Gardner

Prep10 minCook25 minTotal35 minDifficultyEasy
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Ingredients

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Pineapple Glazed Chicken

Instructions

  1. 1½–2 pounds chicken, salt, black pepper
  2. 1 tablespoon butter, seasoned chicken
  3. 1 can pineapple chunks with juice, ¼ cup brown sugar
  4. Chicken, pineapple glaze
  5. ¼ cup scallions

Nutrition (Approximate Per Serving)

Yield

4 servings — Serving size: 1 chicken portion with pineapple glaze

Some ingredients could not be modeled and may meaningfully change the totals. Treat these values as a rough estimate.

Calories
280
Carbohydrates
13.5 g
Protein
33.5 g
Fat
10 g
Saturated Fat
3.5 g
Cholesterol
170 mg
Sodium
170 mg
Fiber
0.2 g
Total Sugars
13 g

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