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May 23, 2013

How to (Easily) Grill Pineapple

 

Have you ever eaten at Tucano’s?  If you haven’t, you should.  🙂

It’s a sit-down Brazilian restaurant where they bring out meat and veggies on skewers and cut and serve it right in front of you.  Everything they offer is really yummy, but my favorite is definitely the succulent, divine grilled pineapple.  It’s the best!  We request it over and over while dining there.  I could eat it all day and never tire.

So, like my husband and I always do, we went home from there one time and tried to re-create it for ourselves, and let me tell you…it’s every bit as good as the stuff you can get at Tucano’s.

And it’s so easy to do!

 

 
{GRILLED PINEAPPLE HOW-TO}
 
 Cut your pineapple however you choose.  We have a cool gadget from Pampered Chef that cuts it into pretty spirals for us (it’s amazing), but here’s a good tutorial with pictures if you’ll be doing it by hand.
In a microwave-safe bowl, add 2 T. butter and about 1/2 t. honey.  Or you can add 1 T. citrus (lemon or lime) juice and 2 T. honey.  It’s really hard to go wrong with this, so don’t worry about being exact with your measurements.

 

 Zap until just melted.  At this point, add a little hot sauce and stir, if you want it to have a zip.  We used some Sriracha Hot Sauce, but it’s perfectly yummy without it too.
 Place your pineapple pieces in a big Ziploc bag and pour the butter mixture in.  Seal the bag and carefully move the contents around until the pineapple is fully coated.  **If you’d rather, you can add 1 c. brown sugar to the bag instead of the butter/honey mixture and shake the pineapple up.  Both methods produce yummy results!
Grill on high heat for about 3 1/2 minutes per side.  Turn only once, when the pieces look about like this underneath.
These can be grilled on a different heat right alongside whatever else you’re having, but be sure to adjust the cooking time accordingly.

 

It’s so juicy, sweet, and just completely delicious…a perfect side to a summer meal.
And who doesn’t love fresh pineapple?  It’s gotta be one of the best fruits out there, at least in my book. 🙂

 

Enjoy!


What will you be grilling up this coming weekend?


Linked up at A Little Claireification

Filed Under: Grilling, Recipes, Uncategorized

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  1. Wes and Dani says

    May 23, 2013 at 1:22 pm

    Interesting! We love tucanos and the grilled pineapple is my favorite too! Wes always gives me some of his. :) when I grill pineapple I use broken sugar -- I'll have to try honey next time!
    • Wes and Dani says

      May 23, 2013 at 7:11 pm

      Brown sugar not broken sugar! :)
  2. Brenda @ Chatting Over Chocolate says

    May 23, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Great post, Christine! Thanks for sharing! Pinned ;) Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!! :*)
  3. An Inviting Home says

    May 23, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    I love pineapple and this looks SO yummy!

    ~Sarah
  4. Melody :-) says

    May 23, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    I haven't ever heard of this restaurant, but I agree -- grilled pineapple IS delicious! DH and I like to have it with jerk chicken, too.
  5. Nicole says

    May 23, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    Thanks so much for stopping by and following! I just wanted to let you know I'm now following you as well :)
  6. Linda Bouffard says

    May 27, 2013 at 2:33 am

    Wonderful! I've got to add this to Grilling Wednesday!! Bst wishes, Linda

    PINNING!
  7. ALyssa says

    May 28, 2013 at 11:15 pm

    THis looks awesome I will def try it. Linking up for the first time from http://callmepmc.com Oh I"m pinning it too!
  8. Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.com says

    May 29, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    Someone recently recommend that I try grilling pineapple. Thanks for all the tips. It looks/sounds delicious.
  9. mail4rosey says

    May 30, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    I love pineapple, but haven't had it grilled! Thanks for the tips. :)

    I'm visiting today from Thursday's Favorite Things.
  10. The Tumbleweed Contessa says

    June 2, 2013 at 1:17 am

    I love grilled pineapple. That is my favorite new ingredient! Thanks for sharing at What'd You Do This Weekend.
  11. KC Coake says

    June 4, 2013 at 1:13 am

    Yum! I've had grilled pineapple once before and it was so yummy. We had it similar to this with some delicious vanilla ice cream. So good! Thanks so much for linking up at the Real Family Fun link party! Hope to see you next week.
    KC
  12. Marissa @ Life is Fantasmic says

    May 24, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    YUM!!! Pinned! I’d love for you to share this at my Saturday Dishes Link Party this weekend! It’s a themed link up & this week’s theme is Memorial Day & Grilling! Feel free to share other posts that fit the theme as well if you have them! (:

    http://lifeisfantasmic.blogspot.com/2014/05/saturday-dishes-memorial-day-grilling.html
  13. Lisa Jorgensen says

    May 24, 2014 at 3:19 pm

    OH my! Love this idea. I will be pinning and featuring this at next week's Saturday Dishes (5/31)! Thanks for linking it to Saturday Dishes.
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    June 20, 2016 at 10:36 am

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