RECIPE: Teriyaki Chicken Sliders with Dole Pineapple Jam from the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival #128

Is your mouth watering yet?

We’re heading into the final week of the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, and gathering some of our favorite dishes from this year’s event for a new Disney cookbook that includes recipes like the Teriyaki Chicken Sliders with Dole Pineapple Jam, new at this year’s LA Style Festival Marketplace. Check out the video below and give the recipe a try!
You’ve got until April 16 to experience the festival at Disney California Adventure park, featuring celebrity chefs, winemaker dinners, beer tasting seminars and loads of fantastic tastes from across the Golden State at more than a dozen Festival Marketplaces. Get more details plus make reservations for signature and other ticketed events at Disneyland.com/foodandwine.

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Teriyaki Chicken Sliders with Dole Pineapple Jam
Makes 8
TERIYAKI CHICKEN

• 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
• 2 tablespoons Dole pineapple juice
• 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 Hawaiian slider rolls

PINEAPPLE JAM

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 small onion, diced
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
• 1 (8-ounce) can Dole pineapple tidbits, drained
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped Fresno chile
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped jalapeño pepper

FOR TERIYAKI CHICKEN:

1. Combine teriyaki sauce and pineapple juice in a small bowl. Pour over chicken thighs, cover and refrigerate for 1-8 hours.
2. Preheat a gas or charcoal grill to 350°F.
3. Drain marinade from chicken and grill 5 to 7 minutes on each side, or until fully cooked.
4. Cut Hawaiian rolls in half and brush with butter. Place on grill for 1 to 2 minutes, or until golden brown.
   Serve with pineapple jam.

FOR PINEAPPLE JAM:

1. While chicken marinates, heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add chopped onion and cook for 5 minutes, until soft and translucent.
2. Add sugar, vinegar and pineapple to saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes, or until thick. Stir in chopped Fresno chiles and jalapeños.
3. Set aside until ready to serve.

I want to thank Rachel Bshero for sharing this recipe on Disney Parks Blog.

Celebrate 50 Years of Pirates of the Caribbean with New Specialty Food and Beverage Items at Disneyland Park Starting Today #112

UPDATE 3/16/17: The Pirates of the Caribbean souvenir stein will be available while supplies last, beginning March 18, 2017.

Avast there! Ye come seeking adventure and salty old pirates, eh? Beginning March 16, you can celebrate 50 years of Pirates of the Caribbean with new Food and Beverage items, inspired by the beloved attraction at Disneyland Park!

Start yer mornin’ with a Caribbean Breakfast Burrito, filled with scrambled eggs, Andouille sausage, rice, sweet potatoes, black beans and cheddar cheese available at Mint Julep Bar and Royal Street Veranda. At lunchtime, Royal Street Veranda and Harbour Galley will serve a hearty Calypso Caribbean Chicken Stew featuring Caribbean-spiced chicken stewed with carrots, onions, celery, potatoes and yucca. At French Market Restaurant, the Buccaneer Pulled Pork Sandwich is piled high with jerk-spiced pork, topped with sweet and tangy barbecue sauce and pineapple Caribbean-style slaw, and served with fried yucca.

 

If ye be seekin’ gold, the Lost Treasure Beignets are for you! These lemon-flavored beignets shimmer as good as gold, and can be found at Mint Julep Bar and Café Orleans. Or try the Golden Churro, from the nearby churro cart—it’s said to lure the most stubborn sailor to its call.

Sorry there are no Vegan dishes pictured, But you can ask your server if there are any specials on the menu.

 For an extra special treat, try Fruits de Mer at the Disneyland original, Blue Bayou Restaurant – featuring pan-seared red snapper, sautéed shrimp, scallop and hush puppy, served on a bed of spinach with spicy shrimp sauce and rémoulade.

 At Café Orleans, try the Steak Sandwich, topped with white cheddar sauce, bacon jam, arugula and cherry tomatoes, and served with sweet potato waffle fries.

Drink up me hearties, yo ho! The Jolly Roger Punch features a blend of tropical fruit juices—pineapple, orange and mango. You can find the special punch at French Market Restaurant, Mint Julep Bar, Harbour Galley and Royal Street Veranda. A limited edition, souvenir Pirates of the Caribbean stein will also available at the same locations.
I want to thank Rachel Bshero, Food & Beverage Marketing Communications Coordinator at Disney Parks Blog for sharing this update.

 

These specialty items are only available for a limited time – so be sure to drop anchor in New Orleans Square Today!

PizzeRizzo Opening This Fall at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Florida #66

Pizza lovers, rejoice! PizzeRizzo will open this fall in Muppets Courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, in the former Toy Story Pizza Planet location. Rizzo The Rat owns and operates the pizzeria, where guests can grab a pizza pie and a cold drink. Enjoy a casual Italian-American dining experience in a whole new way, through the eyes of the lovable, wisecracking Muppet.
Walt Disney Imagineering hid hints of Rizzo, his extended family and friends who have visited PizzeRizzo over the years throughout the two-story quick-service location. In addition to the expansive indoor and outdoor seating area, guests will be able to dine in a “cheesy” banquet room, or take five in a special booth designated just for Rizzo’s celebrity friends.
Stay tuned to the Disney Parks Blog  & "E" Ticket to Tomorrowland for more delicious details about PizzeRizzo!

I would like to thank: by Rachel Bshero, Food & Beverage Marketing Communications Coordinator at Disney Parks  Blogs.