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Slow Cooker Sweet-and-Sour Chicken

Delight family members by serving them sweet and sour chicken packed with vegetables with addition of pineapple chunks – a hearty slow-cooked dinner.

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Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 9 hr 20 min
Servings 8

Ingredients

1: can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks in juice

1: cup baby-cut carrots, cut in half

1: medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)

3: cloves garlic, finely chopped

1: teaspoon finely chopped gingerroot

2: pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 2-inch pieces

1/2: cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

1/2: cup packed brown sugar

1: medium red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces

1: medium green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces

1/4: cup cornstarch

1/4: cup water

: Hot cooked rice or chow mein noodles, if desired

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Directions

1 Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Place pineapple chunks in small bowl; cover and refrigerate.
2 Place carrots, onion, garlic and gingerroot in 4 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker. Top with chicken. Mix soy sauce, brown sugar and reserved pineapple juice; pour over chicken.
3 Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until juice of chicken is no longer pink.
4 During last 30 minutes, add pineapple and bell peppers. Increase to high heat setting. Mix cornstarch and water; stir into chicken mixture during last 10 minutes of cooking. Serve with rice.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

If you don't have fresh gingerroot on hand, use 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger instead.

If you're taking this favorite to a potluck or gathering, chow mein noodles. They add a nice crunch, and there's no need to worry about keeping them hot-simply serve from the bag.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 320
Calories from Fat: 80),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 9g; 9%
(Saturated Fat 3g, 3% ),
Cholesterol: 70mg; 70%;
Sodium: 870mg; 870%;
Total Carbohydrate: 35g; 35%
(Dietary Fiber 2g 2% ),
Protein: 26g; 26%

% Daily Value*:

Iron: 18%;

Exchanges:

4 Vegetable; 3 Lean Meat; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 5/17/2012 12:18:41 PM REPORT ABUSE devonsvoice said:

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I'm an experienced cook, and when I made the sauce while preparing the recipe, it was really tasty! However, once the dish was done--and this only takes about 4 hours on low, plus the 30 minutes on high at the end--the flavor was completely gone. There was plenty of sauce, but it tasted like water, cornstarch, and a very slight hint of pineapple. I'm hoping to revive the leftovers with some bottled sweet and sour sauce today. I won't make this again.

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Posted 4/16/2012 6:41:24 PM REPORT ABUSE Amiee84 said:

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YUM Very good. I cut the receipe in half and after 3 hours on low chicken and carrots were done, so I had to put crockpot on warm for a couple of hours. I may add a little more garlic and ginger next time, but loved the receipe! Will be making again and again!

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Posted 4/14/2012 6:42:31 PM REPORT ABUSE SaskieLynda said:

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This was so-so but NOT the fault of the recipe. My slowcooker seems to be a bit "enthusiastic" so cutting the time down to about 5 hours would have been more than enough (as I found out the hard way, to my chagrin!). My advice, in short - don't follow the time in the recipe, follow your experience with your appliance as they can vary and you're bound to have an awesome meal of this dish. I will note that I used chicken breasts instead of thighs and as I had garlic I had peeled and stored in red wine vinegar in a jar in the fridge, I used that with my garlic crusher instead of peeling and mincing fresh. Made perfect sense and VERY easy and fuss-free. I also used pre-minced ginger I buy in a little jar to cut even more time out of the prep.

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