Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken
photo by anniesnomsblog
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 2 -3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (16 ounce) can pineapple slices, drained
- 1 (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- 1⁄4 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
directions
- Combine all ingredients in the crock pot.
- Stir well.
- Cover and cook for 4-5 hours on low or 2-3 hours on high.
- Serve with steamed rice.
- Enjoy!
Reviews
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As noted in the description, this is not a zingy recipe. This was super easy to prepare. I mixed the dry ingredients then added the juice of the pineapple to it because I was concerned the cornstarch would be clumpy. This did not change the flavor, but next time I will follow the recipe as it would have clung to the chicken differently. My youngest 2 boys loved it. my eldest decided he does not like cooked pineapple, and I overcooked as we did not get to dinner until 2 hours later than usual. The oranges broke up more than I expected - maybe because I overcooked. We had a lot leftover. On day 2, I added teriyaki sauce and this went from okay to awesome for my family including DH. Some asian chile sauce on the side also bumped up the zing for hubby. Overall, this might not make weekly rotation, but will be a repeat over this fall and winter.
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I thought this was pretty good and very different. I used one of the 3 lb bags of frozen chicken breasts from the grocery store (I didn't thaw the chicken before use). I threw the all the ingredients plus 1/2 of a diced onion in the crock pot. The chicken was so tender that when I stirred in the rice, it shredded. It made a very nice hawaiian chicken casserole.
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I loved the simplicity of this recipe! I cooked it for 3 hrs in my crockpot and it was just perfect. I had to add a lttle of the the juice from the pineapple as it was starting to stick, but the dish turned out to be delicious. The mandarins melted into the most glorious sauce. We all polished this off quickly!
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Tweaks
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I slow cooked this for 8 hours added one bird eye pepper and felt it needed more heat so I added some crushed red pepper. Shakes till I thought it was good. I was going to add two scotch bonnet peppers but they went bad before I used them.. if u do go with the scotch bonnet just cut slices in the pepper and drop them in.. we enjoyed this over coconut rice and corn bears
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I made this on the HIGH setting of my crockpot, and it could not have been easier to put together. It was good; however, I think it could benefit from something to give it some texture or crunch -- maybe some vegetables or cashews or something. If I make this again, I may try browning the chicken in a skillet first, and then simmer on the stovetop instead of using a crockpot, and maybe add some vegetables and more ginger or some garlic.
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