Sweet & Sour Chicken (Crockpot)

By Jeanne Benavidez
@jeanneben

After working with a few different recipes for sweet and sour chicken, I combined different ingredients and came up with this one that is easy and delicious. Great served over noodles or rice.

Rating:

★★★★☆ 2 votes

Comments:

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Serves:

4 - 6

Prep:

20 Min

Cook:

5 Hr

Method:

Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients

1: onion, sliced
1: carrot, sliced
1: celery rib, sliced
2 lb: boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into bite-size pieces
1/2 c: packed brown sugar
1/2 c: catalina dressing
1/3 c: soy sauce
1 tsp: grated ginger root
1 Tbsp: crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
2 Tbsp: cornstarch
1 can(s): (8 oz) pineapple tidbits, drained, liquid reserved
1: each, green and red bell pepper, cut into strips
2 c: sugar snap peas
4 - 6 c: hot cooked long-grain white rice.

How to Make Sweet & Sour Chicken (Crockpot)

Step-by-Step

1Place onions, carrots and celery in crockpot; top with chicken.
2Mix sugar, dressing, soy sauce, ginger and red pepper flakes; pour over chicken. Cover with lid.
3Cook on LOW 4 to 5 hours. Increase the heat to high.
4Stir the cornstarch into the reserved pineapple liquid. Add to slow cooker with pineapple, peppers and peas; stir.
5Cook, covered, 30 min. or until sauce is thickened. Serve over rice or noodles.