Chicken 'ono Nui
Chicken and pineapple - baked in a coconut shell! Chicken 'Ono Nui is both delicious AND aesthetically pleasing!
Notes
Variation: Substitute tuna or turkey for chicken.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon oil
- 6 tablespoon flour
- 3 cup milk
- 2 cup cooked chicken, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pimento, sliced
- 1 cup pineapple, diced
- 3 coconuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Trim rough fiber from coconut shells. Saw in half crosswise.
- Combine oil, flour and milk in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until you have a smooth white sauce.
- Add chicken, salt, pimiento, and pineapple.
- Fill coconut halves with chicken-pineapple mixture.
- Place in shallow baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. Coconut meat becomes firm and cannot be eaten.