Make this delicious recipe for Crock-Pot Aloha Chicken in your slow cooker today or prep ahead for a quick and easy crock-pot freezer meal. Your family will love the sweet and tangy chicken served over rice!
Crock-Pot Aloha Chicken
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While we love the convenience of making this recipe as a freezer meal that you can prepare ahead of time and cook whenever, this recipe is also just lovely made any old day of the week as a chicken recipe that the entire family will love (yes… including the kids!).
This was an easy and fun recipe to put together, and I dare say it could easily be doubled if you have a lot of people you want to feed. My kids were totally impressed by the sweet and tangy chicken that we shredded and served over jasmine rice that I cooked in my rice cooker.
But you could also serve this chicken over stir-fry noodles or even in a tortilla as a wrap.
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| Servings | 6people |
| Prep Time | 20minutes |
| Cook Time | 4 - 6hours on LOW |
- 3 whole Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 10 ounces Canned Pineapple Chunks drained
- 1/2 cup Pineapple Juice
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup White Vinegar
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons Low Sodium Soy Sauce
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Ingredients
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- In a 6 quart crockpot add all of the ingredients and give it a quick stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Pull the chicken and pineapple out when it has cooked and shred the chicken with two forks, adding the some of the slow cooker juices to the chicken to keep it moist.
- If serving this recipe over rice cook start your rice in the rice cooker or on the stove top about 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
- Serve and enjoy!
Freezer Meal Instruction:
- Measure everything and place into the bag except the pineapple juice.
- Add the chicken and then pour in the pineapple juice.
- Lay flat and push out the extra air and lay flat in the freezer.
- Place everything in the bag into the crock and cook at the same temps as above.
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How much pineapple? Half of an 8 oz can or 24 oz can?
About a 20 oz can, aprx. It doesn’t have to be exact.
can i use fresh pineapple?
The drawback with fresh pineapple is it hasn’t been processed and may end up being too hard in spots to chew vs using it via the can. I haven’t cooked fresh pineapple before to know what it ends up being consistency wise.
Two questions. Do you drain the juice from the pineapple before adding it? Can you use the juice from the can for the liquid?
I did drain the juice from the pineapple, however I did actually purchase true pineapple juice (I purchased the small little cans of Dole pineapple juice) as the liquid in the pineapple tidbit/chunks cans is more water and sugar and less pineapple. In a pinch I would think it would be okay to just use the liquid from the chunk pineapple can but can’t guarantee it.
If I double the recipe, will six hours on low still do the trick?
I would check it as 6 hours but it may go up to 8 if the chicken is not done at the 6 hour mark.
Does the chicken need to be frozen or thawed? And Can I cook it on high instead? if so how long for froze. Thanks!
I would adjust your time by an several hours if you do it frozen. Most of the time you can switch to high, cutting the time by about half, but you may need to watch it a bit better to make sure it doesn’t burn. The newer crockpots…cook much hotter then the older style.
Any recommendations for a veggie side dish that goes with aloha chicken?
Thanks!
Sugar snap peas, regular peas frankly, and if you wanted to do a fruit, chunks of pineapple would be marvelous as well.
Can I make this without the pineapple chunks? If so, do I still need that extra juice from the chunks can or can I just omit the can of chunks entirely?
Hi Jeannie, This pineapple in this recipe is one of the main flavor profiles. We have not tested this recipe without it so cannot offer any advice on how the recipe will turn out without the pineapple in it.
I am just double checking… 1/2 cup of vinegar for this recipe?
Yes, 1/2 cup of White Vinegar is what the recipe calls for.
I thought the end result was waaaay too sweet and the chicken was overlooked by 6 hours ?
ADDING SLICED CELERY & MINCED ONION IS AWESOME
Sounds great Aynne!
What would the serving size be?
Hi Hailey, for most recipes we do not measure out a serving size (1 cup, 2 cups, etc). Instead a serving is 1/6th of this recipe since it serves 6 people.
Do you think the leftovers would freeze well?
Hi Crystal, I think the leftovers of this Aloha Chicken will freeze well.