How To Make Slow Cooker Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken
This Hawaiian pineapple chicken is made with tender chicken thighs, soaked in a sweet and savory honey-ginger sauce, then slow-cooked to juicy perfection.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4chicken thighs,bone-in, skin on
- 2cupspineapple,cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1yellow onion,cut into 1-inch chunks
- 3tbsphoney
- 2tbspsoy sauce
- ½cupdark brown sugar
- 1tbspginger,grated
- 2garlic cloves,minced
- 2tspsesame seeds,optional
- 1tbspcornstarch
- 1red bell pepper,cut into 1-inch chunks
- parsley,for garnish
Instructions
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Using a skillet or the cast aluminum slow cooker insert, brown the chicken thighs on both sides for about 3 to 5 minutes over high heat. Remove them from the slow cooker.
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Add the pineapple and onion to the bottom of the slow cooker.
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Mix the honey, soy sauce, brown sugar, grated ginger, and garlic into the slow cooker.
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Carefully add the chicken thighs back into the slow cooker. Cook on Low for 5 hours or on High for about 3 hours.
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Add the cornstarch to a tablespoon of water. Mix and add to the slow cooker with the bell peppers, then let it cook for about 30 minutes.
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Serve and garnish with parsley, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 631.53kcal
- Fat: 33.12g
- Saturated Fat: 8.88g
- Trans Fat: 0.16g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.71g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.11g
- Carbohydrates: 50.35g
- Fiber: 2.79g
- Sugar: 41.33g
- Protein: 34.20g
- Cholesterol: 189.14mg
- Sodium: 607.69mg
- Calcium: 75.07mg
- Potassium: 699.78mg
- Iron: 2.56mg
- Vitamin A: 109.78µg
- Vitamin C: 85.48mg
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