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    Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken

    April 4, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 18 Comments

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    slow cooker hawaiian chicken

    This was one of those meals that sorta came together and ended up “balancing” perfectly. I started out with chicken and pineapple in the slow cooker. Then as dinnertime drew closer, I decided that rice would be a nice complement, and found a side of the red cabbage apple slaw in the fridge! (How to Shred Cabbage here.)

    Voila!

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    Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken

    Pineapple pairs perfectly with chicken in this slow cooker dish!
    Prep Time5 minutes
    Cook Time8 hours
    Servings - 6 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 6 chicken thighs
    • 6-8 slices canned pineapple, plus 1/2 cup of juice
    • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
    • Salt and pepper
    • 1 cup brown rice and 1/2 cup rice blend, or 1 1/2 cup rice
    • Red Cabbage Apple Slaw

    Instructions

    • Place the chicken thighs in the base of the slow cooker. Top with the the pineapple slices and add some of the juice from the can into the slow cooker. Sprinkle the cinnamon and crushed red pepper over top.
    • Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 8 hours.
    • Before dinner, cook the rice as directed on the package.
    • Serve with side of vegetables. Any will do!

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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Rice Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes

    Comments

    1. Alea says

      April 4, 2011 at 7:17 pm

      I finally figured out how to make a frugal lasagna: replace the expensive cheeses that my kids don’t like with mozzarella which they do like. Making a lasagna with taco seasonings and salsa also allowed me to replace 1/2 of the meat with black beans, further reducing the cost.

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      • Tabitha says

        April 19, 2011 at 8:07 pm

        Alea-what a wonderful idea! I love lasagna but my husband and children do not like cheese. So I rarely get to make it. But we all love tacos-that is such a great idea! Thank you!!

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    2. [email protected] Balance Sheet says

      April 4, 2011 at 7:46 pm

      Thanks for the link up. And Congrats on your new site.

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    3. Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says

      April 4, 2011 at 8:40 pm

      Love slow cooker recipes! Thanks!

      Reply
    4. Karen Petersen says

      April 4, 2011 at 10:31 pm

      Love the slow cooker! Bone in chicken works so great. See the Garlic Lime chicken recipe…it is awesome and SOOOO easy!

      Reply
    5. Felicia says

      April 5, 2011 at 7:34 am

      Mine is more like a $5 lunch or snack…. well.. less than $5, but we eat it for Breakfast, lunch or dinner (sometimes)!

      Reply
    6. Rebecca says

      April 17, 2011 at 1:18 pm

      I made this today, and I wasn’t impressed with it 🙁 The dish seemed to lack flavour — the crushed red pepper got absorbed by the pineapple and didn’t flavour the chicken 🙁 Will try to tweak this though!

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    7. Lynn Dalsing @ Secondhand Firsthand says

      April 23, 2011 at 9:23 pm

      I made this today with a few simple tweaks that I thought worked really well.

      We used a little extra pineapple (the can had 10 slices) and all of the juice from the can. When I was almost ready to make the rice, I mixed some olive oil and garlic with about 1/2 cup of pineapple juice and 2 cut up and “mushed” pineapple slices out of the slow cooker. Then I added a little bit of chicken bouillon (which worked well as there wasn’t a lot of salt in anything else we were using).

      I used that concoction mixed with water to cook the rice in. Yum!

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    8. Brynna says

      June 1, 2011 at 11:48 pm

      Also not a huge fan. :/ However, I can’t say I wouldn’t make it again in a pinch, especially with a couple tweaks, since it was SO easy. It was entirely edible, just needs something and felt somewhat dry and bland. Thanks for the idea. 🙂

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    9. Carissa says

      September 4, 2011 at 9:36 am

      I made this last night and it was really tasty! Even my husband who, as a rule, doesn’t like cooked pineapple took seconds! I made a small modification (as did someone above) in that I added all of the pineapple (10 slices) and juice from the can. I think I let it go a little longer than 8 hours (busy day!) and it was touch dry – but next time I’ll probably just add 1/2 to 1 cup chicken stock which I think would solve the problem.

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      • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

        September 6, 2011 at 7:42 am

        Wonderful Carissa! And adding some stock, or even water would help with the dryness.

        Erin

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