Hawaiian Chicken

Ingredients

• 3 lbs chicken breasts
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple, drained and reserve liquid
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• 1 cup cashew nuts
• 2 cups raw rice, cooked as directed on package

Directions

1. 1

   Combine chicken with onion, celery, thyme, salt and pepper, cover with water and simmer until tender.

2. 2

   Remove from heat letting chicken cool in the liquid.

3. 3

   Skin and bone chicken.

4. 4

   Cut into bite size pieces and put in a 2 quart greased baking dish.

5. 5

   In a saucepan combine liquid from the canned pineapple, pineapple juice, cornstarch, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar and cook until clear.

6. 6

   Add green pepper, pineapple chunks, and nuts and simmer 5 minutes.

7. 7

   Pour sauce over chicken and bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.

8. 8

   Serve over hot rice.