With this zany sweet and sour sauce chef Manjit of Holiday Inn has created a chicken delicacy that will have many ‘foodies’ pining for more. To keep the fruity balance, besides pineapple, he has added our very own local favourite…sweet potatoes.

And if your husband says aloha don’t think that he is pining away for those grass skirted beauties. The preparation would have him pining for more.
Hawaiian Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken breasts 4, butter ¼ cup, chilli powder 2 tsp, flaked coconut ¼ cup, egg 1, bread crumbs ¾ cup, salt 1 tsp, pineapple slices 4, cooked sweet potatoes 2, bananas 2
For the sweet and sour sauce : Butter 2 tbsp, chopped onion ¼ cup, tomato ketchup ½ cup, apricot preserve ½ cup, brown sugar 1 tbsp, cider vinegar 1 tbsp, curry powder ½ tsp
Method: Rinse chicken and make it dry. Place chicken between two pieces of plastic wrap and flatten slightly. Cream butter and chilli powder. Blend in coconut and tuck in-sides, roll and skewer. Chill it for two hours. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Dip chicken rolls into egg, then roll in breadcrumbs. Melt 1/4 cup of the butter in a pan over medium heat. Add chicken rolls and brown evenly on all sides. Transfer to greased baking dish and bake 10-15 minutes, or until chicken is tender. Remove skewers. Melt remaining butter in a pan over medium heat. Heat pineapple, sweet potatoes, and bananas. Arrange with chicken rolls on a searing platter and serve with Hawaiian sweet and sour sauce.
Hawaiian Sweet and Sour Sauce:  Melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Add finely chopped onion, cook until tender. Stir in ketchup, apricot preserves, brown sugar, cider vinegar, curry powder, and blend. Keep warm until served.