
How To Make Sweet Hawaiian Crockpot Chicken
This sweet Hawaiian crockpot chicken recipe offers tender and flavorful bites, made with chicken thighs in a rich, dark pineapple sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup soy sauce, or gluten free alternative
- ½ cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp garlic, minced
- ½ tbsp ginger, minced
- 2 lbs chicken thighs, boneless, skinless
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch chunks
- ¼ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- rice, cooked, for serving
- green onions, for garnish
- sesame seeds, for garnish
- red pepper flakes, for garnish
Instructions
- Grease a 6-quart crockpot with cooking spray, then set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, minced garlic, and minced ginger.
- Pour ½ of the sauce into the prepared crockpot, top with chicken thighs and peppers, then pour on the remaining sauce.
- Cover and cook on Low for 7 to 8 hours or High for 3 to 4 hours.
- Remove chicken and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk orange juice and cornstarch together until smooth, then slowly whisk into the sauce until well combined.
- Cut the chicken into large chunks and stir back into crockpot.
- Cover and cook on High for an additional 30 minutes.
- Taste and re-season, if desired, then serve over rice with optional garnishes and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Sugar: 30g
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- Calcium: 51mg
- Calories: 522kcal
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Cholesterol: 149mg
- Fat: 26g
- Fiber: 2g
- Iron: 2mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g
- Potassium: 566mg
- Protein: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Sodium: 1576mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 803IU
- Vitamin C: 71mg
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