This low sodium chicken with pineapple sauce recipe is very flavorful and easy. Its soy sauce substitute, garlic, and ginger gives it an Asian flavor. To avoid the additional sodium in soy sauce while still providing good flavor, use our recipe for a no sodium soy sauce substitute.
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 16 oz crushed pineapple or pineapple chunks, undrained
- ¼ cup no sodium soy sauce substitute (see recipe)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1½ lb boneless skinless chicken breast or chicken tenders, cut into bite-sized pieces
- In a large saucepan, combine brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the pineapple, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger. Cook and stir over low heat until thickened.
- Place chicken in a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Pour half of the sauce over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15 minutes. Bake 10 minutes longer or until chicken is cooked through, basting several times with the remaining sauce.
Nutrition Estimates:
Use fresh chicken with only 3% sodium per serving instead of chicken that has been infused with a high-sodium broth.
According to our estimates, one 4 oz serving of this dish will contain 60 mg of sodium.
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. 130mg of sodium per serving implies that this recipe provides:
– 3% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 4% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 6% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
