Not to be confused with Pineapple Chicken (which now that I think about it will be on a future menu), tonight’s grill offering consisted of chicken breasts and pineapple. Enough chicken was cooked for leftovers tomorrow, and the pineapple was for dessert. And yes, other food was cooked in the house (string bean casserole, to be exact) so that we would have something resembling a balanced meal. Well, sort of balanced; there were veggies in there somewhere…
The chicken received a light dusting of garlic salt, barbecue spice, and Montreal chicken seasoning (thanks McCormick) on each side, and were cooked indirectly (as always) on the Weber Performer. After they came off, the grill got a quick cleaning and on went the pineapple, also cooked indirectly while we were in the house having the main course. I considered cooking the pineapple directly tonight, but decided I’d rather have hot dinner than experiment with burning fruit. Probably a good decision…
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Wow looks great!!!
Thanks! Coming from you I consider this high praise!
That DOES look good.
Did you do anything else to the pineapple after it left the grill, like top it with chocolate sauce?
A question about the Weber performer; How does the built in fire starter work when you set up the charcoal baskets on opposite sides of the bowl? Does it light both or do you need to light the charcoal first and then add it to the charcoal baskets?
It disappeared too fast last night; there wasn’t time to put anything on it. Sometimes it gets served over ice cream; we haven’t topped it with chocolate yet but I’m sure my wife will see this comment and want to give it a try…
To be honest, I haven’t used the fire starter on my Performer yet. I never got around to picking up some propane, so I have continued to use a chimney and newspaper. Having said that, I have used a friend’s fire starter; you pull the baskets to the center then move them to the sides once the coals are lit. It will light both if you have them centered properly, but I wasn’t real happy with the efficiency factor (took longer than a chimney and used too much propane). If I ever get around to using the propane on mine I will probably continue to use the chimney (just like JB said in the video on BBQ Rules) and set it right over where the flame comes out. I’m guessing that will cut down on propane use, and then I can just pour the charcoal where I want it directly from the chimney.
I tried pineapple spears direct after soaking them in rum and brown sugar. Yeah, the burned just a bit, but not too bad.
We put two spears in an oval single casserole dish (something like you’d do creme brulee in) , topped with good vanilla ice cream and then chocolate syrup for a pineapple split. AWESOME!
Looks like you guys had a GREAT dinner!
Wow, that sounds great. I’m sure my wife will want to try that. Also, I have to fess up and say that I deviated slightly from the recipe this time around and used brandy instead of rum. It gave them a slightly different flavor, but they were still real good…
pinnapple on the gri ll is superb. great with chicken. cut out the core of apples and fill with dark brown sugar mixed with butter. cook slow for about 45 minutes and top with ice cream..
mmmmmmmmmm gooddddddddd……. later. sr
Mmm… baked apples. I haven’t done that in awhile, thanks for the reminder!