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Slow Cooker Recipe
Pineapple-Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
We have been reading our cookbooks whenever we can these days to find fun, festive dishes for our holiday gatherings that don’t require a lot of effort but still look and taste fabulous.
This recipe fits our needs and goes beyond our expectations. Not only does it taste great and look appetizing, it also gives us meat and one side dish in the same pot. All you need to add is something green, and your meal is complete and looks lovely.
You can impress your guests but still spend time with them when they arrive. This recipe makes entertaining easy.
Pineapple-Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook, page 165
Makes 4 servings
Prep Time: 25-30 minutes
Cooking Time: 3½-4 hours
Ideal slow cooker size: 4- to 5- qt.
Ingredients:
3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1” chunks
2/3 cup, plus 3 Tbsp., flour, divided
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. pepper
4 5-oz. boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
¼ stick (2 Tbsp.) butter
10 ¾-oz. can cream of chicken soup
¾ cup pineapple juice
2 tsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. grated orange peel
1. Layer sweet potatoes into slow cooker.
2. In a resealable plastic bag, combine ⅔ cup flour and seasonings. Add chicken, one piece at a time, and shake to coat.
3. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook chicken in butter for 3 minutes on each side, or until lightly browned. (Don’t crowd the skillet or the chicken will steam rather than brown.) Arrange browned chicken over sweet potatoes.
4. Place remaining flour in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Stir in soup, pineapple juice, brown sugar, and orange peel until blended. Pour over chicken.
5. Cover. Cook on Low 3 ½ -4 hours, or until potatoes are soft and chicken is cooked through but not dry.
I just bought the Christmas cookbook. I’m going to have to bookmark this recipe.
This sounds yummy, making it this weekend!
I am making this tonight. I will let you know how it comes out tomorrow!
I am going to try this while my hubby is on vacation. I love the Great recipes for the Slow cooker.
going to make this recipe now if i can bookmark it or save it!!
I had these ingredients two weeks ago and found this recipe but only had 2 hrs till dinner…so I followed the directions except I put it in a 9×13 cake pan lined with foil and covered it with foil and baked it in my oven at 350 approximately an hour and a half…removing the top foil the last 20 minutes. I love cooking in my crockpots but was excited this recipe worked in the oven, and better yet the family loved it and it will be made again and probably in my crockpot!!
This sounds so yummy and since most of the meat in my freezer is boneless skinless chicken breast (thanks to a great sale) I have been trying to come up with new ways to serve it. I don’t have any sweet potatoes but do have some butternut squash. Would this be an acceptable substitute with this recipe?
Hi Kim! We have not used butternut squash in this recipe, but we think it would work well as a substitute for the sweet potatoes. Just keep an eye on the squash as it cooks to make sure the vegetables are soft by the time you are ready to eat. Thanks for asking!
Just printed this recipe off and will make it this weekend!!! YUM!!!!!
I like my chicken more browned,wondering if I can brown it first on stovetop then add to the crockpot??
Hi Janet! Yes, we browned the chicken before adding it to the slow cooker in Step 3. We think that enhances the flavor tremendously. Thanks for asking!
It would be nice if you offered the recipe without all the pictures. I copy and paste recipes and save to folders on my computer. Don’t need pictures to know how to make recipe.
Love the pictures with recipes, let’s us see what the finished produce looks like.
I will make this today. Sounds YuMmY!
I love chicken legs, could I use them instead of boneless chicken breasts?
I love the steps in pictures, I couldn’t win your book so I bought it and every recipe that I have tried is great. Just bought another crock pot, as I had no 5 quart one and a lot of the recipes like this one call for 5 quart one. This recipe looks great and I can’t wait to try it.
looks and sounds awesome – want to try this tomorrow – thanks!
Love the pictures to see finished food and what it looks like.
Sounds yummy. I will have to try it. could you use anything other than sweet potatoes? or the butternut squash as family members dont like either.
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Thanks,
Have A Very Merry Christmas
In the crock pot now — used Tony Chachere seasoning salt, a can of crushed pinapple (with the juice) and the seasoned flour as part of the mixture…. will see how it turns out.
Can I use regulaf, or red potatoes instead? My food budget has gone down, & I have alt of those potatoes & no sweet. Thanks!
Have this cooking in the crock pot now, I hope it is as good as it sounds