Crock-Pot Cantonese Sweet and Sour Chicken

Submitted by DebS 2

"From Online Recipes for Everyday Cooking"

 

• Ready In: 7hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 lbs boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
• 1 green pepper, seeded, cut into strips
• 1 red pepper, seeded, cut into strips
• 1⁄2 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 cups pineapple chunks, reserve juice
• 1⁄4 cup cider vinegar
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• chow mein noodles or rice, for serving

directions

1. Place the chicken, peppers strips and onion in the crockpot.
2. In a bowl mix the brown sugar and cornstarch. Add 1 cup of the reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, water, soy sauce and salt, blend until smooth. Pour over chicken and veggies.
3. Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 9 hours. One hour before serving, add the pineapple chunks, stir into the meat and sauce.
4. Serve over Chow Mein noodles or rice.

Reviews

[Carrie in Greenville]

This was quite nice. I used my electric pressure cooker and since it cooks with less liquid (and in 1/4 or less of the time!), I omitted the water and cut back some on the juice. About 15 minutes before serving, I added the pineapple, left the lid off, turned the pressure cooker to the saute setting and cooked it down a bit. My family all liked it and I'm sure I'll make it again. By the way, I couldn't love my Cuisinart pressure cooker any more! Anything I could make in my crock-pot can be made in my pressure cooker in about 1/4 of the time!

 

[jeep99_girl]

This was very tasty! I made it last night and will make again - however, my chicken came out very very dry. I'm a novice in the kitchen so next time I think the cooking time can be shortened and/or I'll make more sauce.