• Home
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
    • VIDEO SERIES: Learn to Cook on a Budget
    • How-To & Cooking Tutorials
    • Popular Recipes
  • Meal Plans
    • Weekly Meal Plans
    • Freezer Meal Plans
    • The ORIGINAL 20 Meals for $150 Plans
  • Classes
    • Grocery Savings 101 Workshop
    • Freezer Cooking 101 Workshop
    • Meal Planning 101 Workshop
    • Instant Pot Cooking 101 Course
    • My Efficient Kitchen Course
  • Store
    • COOKBOOK: Feeding Teenage Boys on a Budget
    • COOKBOOK: Learn to Cook on a Budget
    • COOKBOOKS & PREP KITS: MyFreezEasy Freezer Meals
    • Whis-Kid Cooking Lessons
    • Erin’s Favorite Gadgets
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • About
    • Press
  • Login

$5 Dinners | Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals

Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals and Cooking Tutorials for the Busy Home Chef

Save on Groceries in 2025

4-Ingredient Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches

February 23, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

264 shares
  • Share13
  • Tweet
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Sign up to receive FREE weekly emails with recipes, coupons and other money saving tips right into your inbox. Become a friend on Facebook too AND/OR join the $5 Meal Plan Family and get meal plans delivered to you each week!

Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches Recipe

Slow Cooker.

4-Ingredients.

5 minutes prep.

I think we might just start eating these every day, forever.

Because “easy-easy-easy.”

Couple notes:

  • I don’t count the salt and pepper in the ingredients. Or the sides/buns. So don’t send me hate email. 😉  There are 3 or 4 ingredients that go into the slow cooker to cook. And that’s it. So simple.
  • You could cook on high for 6 hours or low for 10. I usually write in as low for 8, as that works for many people!
  • Omit the red onion if you don’t like them. I like the extra crunch and flavor punch.
  • Serve on favorite bun or slider bun. If you’re GF, you could serve over rice!
  • This recipe makes 8 servings, so you’ll have leftovers that you can freeze. To freeze the cooked chicken, let it cool completely before adding to plastic freezer baggie or container.

That’s it…let’s get to the delicious-ness!

featured-summer-slow-cooker

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Save Recipe Recipe Saved!

4-Ingredient Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches

Only four ingredients. Only five minutes of prep! Just say yes to easy dinners!
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time8 hours hours
Servings - 8 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breast (or 1 lb. chicken breasts & 1 lb. chicken thighs)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 15 oz. can crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 1 Small red onion, finely chopped
  • 8 buns
  • Side dish ideas: fresh fruit, carrot sticks, chips

Instructions

  • Place the chicken breasts into the base of the slow cooker. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper over the top. Drizzle BBQ sauce over the chicken breasts and then pour the juices around the chicken breasts and the pineapple on top of the chicken. (I like to add the onions raw after the chicken has cooked, but if you'd like to add them in while it all cooks, you can drop them in with the crushed pineapple.) Set on low and cook for 8 hours.
  • Once cooked, pull out the chicken breasts and the pineapple and add to a bowl, then shred with 2 forks. Mix in the chopped red onion, if you didn't add it to the slow cooker.
  • Prepare preferred side dishes to go with the sandwiches.
  • Serve Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches with fruit or veggies and some chips. Or whatever you like!

Freezer Meal Instructions

  • Add ingredients into a gallon size freezer bag. Put baggie in the freezer and freeze up to 6 months in fridge freezer or 12 months in a deep freezer. Thaw in the fridge overnight, or a warm bowl of water for about 20 minutes, before transferring to the slow cooker and cooking on low for 8 hours.

Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches

See more $5 Dinners Popular Recipes here

264 shares
  • Share13
  • Tweet

Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Freezer Recipes and Freezer Meal Plans, Lunch Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes Tagged With: popular recipes

These meals are a LIFESAVER!

Want a set of our best selling freezer meal bag holders?! You can now order them right here!

Comments

  1. DeAnna says

    February 24, 2015 at 12:25 am

    Looks delicious and healthy. Thanks for sharing with a busy working mom and care taker of two disabled elderly parents.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Search $5 Dinners

Favorite Meal Planning & Cooking Resources

Whis-Kid Cooking Lessons Grocery Budget Makeover My Freezeasy Erin Chase Store 5DD Freebie Library 20 Meals for $150 Plans

© 2025 5 Dollar Dinners | Disclosure Policy | Copyright Information | Terms of Service/Privacy Policy | Accessibility | Design & Tech Support by Klong Designs



Copyright © 2025 · 5 Dollar Dinners Genesis Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in