Hoisin BBQ Chicken with Tropical Salsa

Summer entertaining is here.  Since I am not a meat eater, I am always looking for new ways to cook chicken.  This Hoisin BBQ chicken with Tropical Salsa is one of the new ways I am cooking it this summer.  The hoisin sauce is sweet yet spicy.  The salsa has pineapple, mango, strawberries and red pepper.  This one has just a hint of ginger but you could add cilantro or mint if you want to.

They are both easy recipes, one bowl each.  Just a bit of chopping and stirring.  You can make both earlier in the day, the Hoisin BBQ sauce could be made the day ahead.

I had thinly sliced chicken breasts on hand so I ended up skewering them.  You could just cook whole breasts.  The salsa would be great on fish too.

Hoisin BBQ Chicken with Tropical Salsa

1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sambal
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
1 clove garlic minced
1 teaspoon ginger minced
1 green onion chopped
2 boneless skinless chicken breast
Kosher salt
Freshly ground pepper

Mix all ingredients other than the chicken breast in a small bowl. Brush sauce on while cooking them on the grill.  Serve a little of the sauce on the side along with the Tropical Salsa.

Tropical Salsa

1/4 cup pineapple, diced
1/4 cup mango, diced
1/4 cup strawberries, diced
1/4 cup red bell pepper, diced
1/4 red onion, diced
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.  Chill until you serve.