Grilled Pineapple with Curried Chicken

Have you heard of the Great Cooks Community? What started out as a blogroll run by Jill of Simple Daily Recipes has turned into an online community where each of the (currently) 262 members has access to his/her own page, an opportunity to upload photos and video, a forum, monthly featured bloggers, a regular podcast to tune in to and several special interest groups that you can join (or you can start up a new one yourself).

One of the groups in the community is called Great Cooks County Fair.



A county fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods and often linked with a carnival. Borrowing from this idea, the Great Cooks County Fair gives us the opportunity to display our cooking creations and then group members (you can easily become a group member too) vote on the winning submission.

This time, the event features grilled fresh fruit.

I borrowed some ideas from this recipe, both because it tastes great and because R was out of town when I made it.

Grilled Pineapple with Curried Chicken



2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp sweet paprika
1/2 fresh pineapple
2 plum tomatoes
1 red pepper
approx. 10 cremini mushrooms
olive oil
salt and paper, to taste

Cut up the chicken breasts to your preferred size. Marinate the chicken in turmeric, chili power, cumin, coriander and olive oil. Cut up your fruit and vegetables for grilling.



I seasoned my red pepper and and mushrooms with salt, pepper and sweet paprika.
I also coated my fruit with olive oil. When the chicken is about 1/2 finished, start vegetables on the bbq.



About 8 minutes before the chicken was complete, I added the pineapple and tomato.



It should only take about 3-4 minutes for each side to get nice grill marks.



Serve with rice.

The dish was delicious! Really, the pineapple was the star of the dish. The tomato is a nice addition, but not a deal breaker.



This is my first time grilling fruit and I plan to continue to experiment with it. I'm really looking forward to the roundup of recipes!

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The final countdown is on for entering your submission for Tried, Tested and True Two. The deadline is July 21st at midnight (Eastern Standard Time). For more information about the event, the cause and the great prizes, click on the green ribbon below.



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I've got a couple more France posts in the works - but have been exploding with eagerness to start sharing recipes.