Grilled Chicken with a twist

[BigBadBen]

We grill a lot of Chicken, I have a great marinade and seasoning I usually use, but this weekend I decided to try something a little different.

So, I marinaded the chicken breasts in pineapple juice over night (shoulda done it for 2).

Then I wrapped them each with a slice of bacon, and topped it off with a couple leaves of pineapple sage.

I slow grilled them & they turned out pretty dadgum good. There is always room for improvement, but for the first attempt it was a success.

I think it would be better in a smoker, but I just have a grill, so be it.

[Erick]

Sounds great. What is pineapple sage?

I think smokers dry out chickens. Stay with the grill! That being said, I have always had a hard time grilling chickens.

[snuffy]

What is pineapple sage?


Sponge Bob's older, wiser friend that keeps him out of trouble?

[BigBadBen]

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Description

The bruised foliage of pineapple sage really does smell like fresh pineapple! This is a semiwoody, mostly herbaceous, subshrub, 3-5 ft (1-1.5 m) in height with an open-branched, airy habit, and a spread of 2-3 ft (0.6-0.9 m). Like most mints, pineapple sage has square stems and opposite leaves. The branches originate on opposite sides of the main stem, too. The leaves are softly fuzzy, light green and 2-4 in (5-10 cm) long with serrated margins. The flowers are ruby red, 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) long, and like other salvias, tubular with two lips: the upper lip hoodlike and the lower lip spreading. The flowers are arranged in four-flowered whorls on 8 in (20 cm) terminal spikes. Flowering occurs through late summer and autumn. 'Scarlet Pineapple', with more numerous and larger flowers than the wild species, is commonly available. 'Frieda Dixon' is a cultivar with pink flowers.


The fresh leaves of pineapple sage are used in fruit salads and drinks. Crush a few fragrant leaves into hot or iced tea for a flavorful treat. The delicious flowers add color and flavor to salads and deserts.

[cactusjack]

I grill chicken 4 days a week. Sounds pretty good, but don't want the added sugar.

[topdaug]

Sounds like something I posted a while back:

http://www.ostatesports.com/community/showthread.php?t=4634

But yeah, chicken marinated in pineapple juice is awesome, especially when wrapped in bacon...so delicious....