Sam and Shauna’s pineapple and rum BBQ chicken with salsa and barbecue sauce recipe on Saturday Morning

Sam Evans and Shauna Guinn served up tasty pineapple and rum BBQ chicken with salsa and barbecue sauce on Saturday Kitchen.

The ingredients for the spicy barbecue rub are: 3 tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp dried chilli flakes, ½ tbsp soft brown sugar, 1 tbsp garlic granules, 1 tbsp onion granules, ½ tsp ground turmeric, ½ tsp cracked black pepper, 1 tbsp fine sea salt, For the pineapple chicken, 1.5kg whole chicken, preferably corn-fed and 1 large, slightly under-ripe pineapple.

For the pineapple and rum barbecue sauce: 1 tbsp butter, 1 banana shallot, finely chopped, 2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste (or equal parts grated ginger and garlic), 50ml spiced rum, 150ml tomato ketchup, 2 tbsp soft brown sugar, 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce or mushroom ketchup, 2 tbsp cider vinegar, 100ml pineapple juice, 1 tbsp tamarind paste, ½ tsp smoked paprika, ¼ tsp cayenne pepper and 1 tsp ground black pepper.

For the burned pineapple salsa: 4 wedges pineapple, from above, ½ red onion, chopped, 1 jalapeño, seeds removed, finely chopped, ½ red pepper, chopped, handful fresh coriander, chopped, 1 lime, juice and zest, extra virgin olive oil and ¼ tsp sea salt.

To serve: 3 limes, cut into wedges and 15cm wheat flour tortillas.




See recipes by Sam and Shauna in the book title: Hang Fire Cookbook available from Hang Fire Cookbook now.

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