Grilled Pineapple Chicken Foil Packets – chicken, pineapple, peppers, and onions slathered in a sweet and savory teriyaki sauce and cooked on the grill!
One of my favorite traditions growing up was tin foil dinners. That’s what we called them anyway. My mom always made them the same way: handmade hamburger patties + quartered baby potatoes + baby carrots. We’d cook them on the grill or over an open fire and when they were done, smother the heck out of them with ketchup.
Every now and then I still get cravings for my mom’s tin foil dinners, like this week I was dying for one. So I made one… with a totally new twist. Okay basically the only thing that was the same about it was the idea of food wrapped in foil and cooked on the grill. I swapped out hamburger meat for chicken and added 6 other simple yet totally irresistible ingredients…
pineapple + chicken + red peppers + green peppers + onion + the BEST and EASIEST two ingredient sauce everrrrr x10.
This recipe just might be my new favorite summertime dinner – try it, you’ll fall in love with it too!
Grilled Pineapple Chicken Foil Packets
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts - cut into 1 ½ inch pieces
- 1 red bell pepper - chopped
- 1 green bell pepper - chopped
- 1 small onion - chopped
- 1 15-ounce can pineapple chunks
Sauce
- 1 cup teriyaki sauce - (see note)
- 1 cup Asian toasted sesame dressing - (see note)
Instructions
- Preheat the grill. Lay out 4 large (about 24 inches long) pieces of foi. In a bowl whisk together teriyaki sauce and sesame dressing.
- Distribute chicken, peppers, onions, pineapple chunks, and sauce between the sheets of foil. Fold the the sides of the foil over the fillings and seal shut.
- Grill packets for about 10-15 minutes, turning over once half way through. Carefully unfold foil packets and check chicken to make sure it is cooked through. Garnish with cilantro and sesame seeds if desired, serve immediately.
So raw chicken only takes 15-20 minutes to cook?
Yes, because they are cut into small pieces.
Is there another way to cook this? I have my camping meals planned for my trip and I was making this for one of our dinners but, we currently have a burn ban in our state.. I have a camp stove and a propane fire pit.
either of those options can work! We have grilled these before and enjoyed the end result just as much!
Can this be done in the oven?
For sure!
If coking on the oven, what temperature & time would you suggest?
Bake in foil packs on a sheet pan at 400 degrees 15-25 minutes just until chicken pieces are cooked through.
Can I eliminate the foil altogether and put everything into a slow cooker instead?
Sure!
Made this while camping. Delicious! Easy! Will make this often!