Teriyaki Pineapple Chicken

This meal is a favorite around my household and the bonus is that the effort-to-impressing-guests ratio is quite favorable!  This post is really a recipe for teriyaki sauce that can be used on so much more than chicken breasts, as shown here.  It is also good on wings, salmon and beef!

Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients

• 1 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder

Other Ingredients Necessary For This Particular Dish

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 whole pineapple, peeled and cut into rings - canned pineapple rings will work as well but is considered to be sub-par in this house.  The flavor of a freshly cut pineapple is unmatched!  Don't be tempted!
• 4 servings cooked rice

Directions

• Combine teriyaki sauce ingredients.  The flavors will fuse best if they can sit in a container in your refrigerator for a couple hours before adding any meat for marinading.  If there is no time for this step, it's perfectly okay!
• Add chicken and allow to marinade for at least 2 hours.  
• Grill chicken until done
• Brush pineapple slices with leftover sauce and grill
• Serve chicken and pineapple over rice

Note: For a honey teriyaki sauce, add 1/4 cup honey to the sauce