Slow Cooker Sticky Pineapple Chicken

Sweet and saucy this Slow Cooker Sticky Pineapple Chicken is crisped up in the oven and made with only a few ingredients for a deliciously sweet and sticky dinner.

When it comes to slow cooker recipes I really want something that I can dump and run. This recipe uses 4 ingredients for the sauce that can be mixed right in the slow cooker!

It really doesn’t get much easier than that!

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What sides go with pineapple chicken?

This would be a perfect pairing with rice plus:

• Real Hawaiian Macaroni Salad for a delicious Hawaiian plate lunch
• broccoli, sugar snap peas, or edamame
• don’t forget some pineapple slices to serve up with it!

Ingredients you need: 

• soy sauce
• hoisin sauce
• honey 
• canned sliced pineapples
• bone in chicken breasts

How to make sticky pineapple chicken?

• Drain pineapple juice off into a bowl reserving pineapple slices for later use.
• Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and honey to pineapple juice in bowl. Mix well. 
• Place chicken in slow cooker and pour sauce over chicken. Cook on high for 3-4 hours.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker, reserving sauce, and place chicken on a foil lined baking sheet.
• Add 1 Tbsp cornstarch to a small sauce pan and whisk as you slowly add the sauce. Cook over medium-high heat just until thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
• Brush sauce on chicken and place under a preheated broiler for 4-5 minutes or until chicken skin has become crisp. Serve with reserved pineapple slices.

How to make the sticky pineapple chicken glaze?

I thicken the pineapple sauce that the chicken has cooked in and serve it up for those who want some extra sticky pineapple chicken. It’s really easy to thicken up the pineapple sauce with a little cornstarch on the stove top really quick.

Brush on the glaze just before you put the chicken under the broiler for extra crispy and sticky chicken.

How to get crispy skin on slow cooker chicken?

Broil the chicken on high for 3-5 minutes until the chicken skin is nice and crispy!

Once upon a time we lived in a place where I lived the battle of the oven. It was supposed to be a brand new oven but it worked once or twice and then quit. It only would get up to about 200 degrees or so. Great for keeping things warm not so much for cooking.

So I was constantly trying to come up with dishes that I could make in the slow cooker or the stove top. I love my crock pot but of course I really wanted Honey Glazed Chinese Chicken but that needed to be made in the oven not in the slow cooker.

After trying to figure it out for a few days I came across a recipe on Pinterest where she made chicken wings in the slow cooker and then put them under the broiler for a few minutes to crisp them up. Brilliant!

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• Slow Cooker Kalua Pork
• Pineapple Pork Carnitas
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Slow Cooker Sticky Pineapple Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Sticky Pineapple Chicken

Slow Cooker Sticky Pineapple Chicken is cooked in the slow cooker and crisped up in the oven and made with only a few ingredients for a deliciously sweet and sticky dinner.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 4 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

Course: Main

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 215kcal

Author: Jade Jones

Ingredients

• ▢ 1/2 cup soy sauce
• ▢ 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• ▢ 1/4 cup honey
• ▢ 1 20 oz. can sliced pineapples with juice
• ▢ 2 lbs bone in chicken breasts

Instructions

• Drain pineapple juice off into a bowl reserving pineapple slices for later use.
• Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and honey to pineapple juice in bowl.  Mix well. 
• Place chicken in slow cooker and pour sauce over chicken. Cook on high for 3-4 hours.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker, reserving sauce, and place chicken on a foil lined baking sheet.
• Add 1 Tbsp cornstarch to a small sauce pan and whisk as you slowly add the sauce. Cook over medium-high heat just until thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
• Brush sauce on chicken and place under a preheated broiler for 4-5 minutes or until chicken skin has become crisp. Serve with reserved pineapple slices.

Nutrition

Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 1006mg | Potassium: 246mg | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 75IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1.2mg

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