Slow Cooker Sweet Hawaiian Chicken Recipe
This Slow Cooker Sweet Hawaiian Chicken is a perfect dinner recipe your whole family will enjoy! The tender, juicy chicken simmered perfectly in sweet, savory sticky sauce. Pair them with rice and sweet pineapples!
Servings: 5 people
Calories:
Equipment
- 1 Slow Cooker 10 qt
Ingredients
- 3.8 lbs Chicken thighs (about 7pcs) bone in, skin on
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 Tbsp neutral oil
- 1 onion, large chopped
- 2 garlic cloves sliced
- 1 ginger knob julienned
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1½ cup pineapple chunks
Sauce
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup pineapple juice canned
- 2 Tbsp dark brown sugar firmly packed
- 4 Tbsp ketchup
- 4 Tbsp Tshuyu Soup Base/Oigatsu concentrated
- 2 Tbsp vinegar
- ⅛ tsp white pepper
- 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce
slurry
- 1½ Tbsp corn starch
- 2 tbsp water
garnish
- chopped scallions
- roasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet in high heat. Add chopped onion and cook for 1-2 mins until charred while stirring. Add pinch of salt, garlic and ginger and cook additional 30 seconds. Set aside in a bowl.
- Using the same skillet, add little bit of oil and cook chicken thighs, skin side down first. Cook for about 5-6 mins until golden brown, turning halfway. Use the lid to avoid splattering.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Combine all the sauce ingredients and stir until well combined. Set aside.
- Into the slow cooker, first layer the bottom with cooked onion, next chicken, then drizzle the sauce evenly all over. Close lid and set the slow cooker on high and cook for 1½ hour. Glaze meat occasionally.
- When time it up, use a ladle to collect any visible floating fat liquid. Set it aside.
- Add in slurry, red pepper and give it a stir. Close lid and cook additional 20 mins.
- Turn off slow cooker and stir in pineapples. Garnish with scallion and sesame seeds. Serve with hot rice.
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