Slow Cooker Pineapple Cashew Chicken Recipe

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Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken, Red Bell Peppers, and Cashews... This is an Asian-inspired chicken dinner made in a crockpot and served over or with rice. Do you love chicken recipes? I do! And when it’s hot in the summer I enjoy cooking chicken with my slow cooker/crockpot. You can cook this slow-cooker chicken recipe any time of the year! 

What’s great about this Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken is it’s super easy to make. Just put it together. Turn on the slow cooker and go have fun! I prefer and use organic chicken in my recipes. For this recipe, I used skinless chicken breasts. Looking for something else to cook in your crockpot? Easy Crockpot Recipes. 

Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken 

This recipe is a slow cooker dump recipe! There is no pre-cooking of your chicken needed for this recipe. The slow cooker will do all the cooking for you. Once the dish is close to being ready all you need to do is make rice and serve it! It’s delicious, easy to make, and it makes a great family dinner. In a hurry to get dinner on? You might like this Chicken Pineapple Stir Fry Recipe! 

Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (I used Foster Farms® Simply Raised Chicken Breasts)
• Canned Pineapple Chunks
• Teriyaki Sauce
• Cashews
• Poultry Seasoning
• Pineapple Slices
• Red Bell Pepper
• Jalapeno Pepper 
• White Rice 

How To Make Cashew Chicken In The Slow Cooker! 

Instructions:

1. Pre-spray your slow cooker with a nonstick spray.
2. Then add your chicken breasts (boneless) to the slow cooker.
3. Sprinkle each breast with poultry seasoning. 
4. Add 3/4 a cup of pineapple juice from the pineapple chunks can.
5. Then, add half a cup of soy sauce and one cup of the pineapple chunks into the crock pot.
6. Next, add 1/4 cup of the cashews into the slow cooker.

You can add more cashews after cooking. The ones that cook will be softer but, give the dish flavor.

Set The Slow Cooker On a Low Heat

Recipe Notes:

Check the internal temperature of the chicken before the cooking time is up!

1. At about 3 hours use a thermometer to check the internal temperature.
2. You will not need to cook it for the full four hour time (especially if you are using thin cuts of chicken).
3. Slow Cookers/ Crockpots on low are set to 4 hours (typically).
4. You will want to cook the chicken only until the chicken is fully cooked with an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
5. Once the chicken reaches 165F degrees internally it is finished cooking.

• Note: Over-cooking can dry out the chicken meat. If you use a thicker cut of chicken it may take longer. Just ensure you get the internal temperature for chicken reached. 

Make the rice about 20 minutes before the dinner has finished cooking. 

While the cashew chicken is cooking:

1. Make the rice, sticky rice, or jasmine rice about 20- 30 minutes prior to the meal being done.
2.  When the pineapple chicken is done, plate the dinner by adding your pineapple ring to the plate, rice, and then, spoon your cooked cashew chicken with pineapple on top.
3. Sprinkle with additional cashews for garnish.
4. If you like you can also add chopped green onions to garnish the dinner. 

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Slow Cooker Pineapple Cashew Chicken - Enjoy this delicious, easy-to-make recipe for pineapple chicken in the crockpot or slow cooker. With a few ingredients, you can make this Asian-inspired dinner to serve over rice. Use chicken breasts, seasonings, pineapple, and red bell pepper...

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 3 hours

Additional Time 30 minutes

Total Time 3 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. - 1-1/2 lb. Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 1 Can of Pineapple Chunks
• 1 Small Can Pineapple Rings
• 1 Red Bell Pepper
• 1 Jalapeno
• Teriyaki sauce
• Poultry seasoning
• Cashews
• Rice

Instructions

1. Spray your slow cooker or crockpot with a nonstick spray such as Pam.
2. Add your boneless skinless Chicken Breasts into the crock pot.
3. Sprinkle each breast with poultry seasoning.
4. Add 3/4 a cup of pineapple juice from the pineapple chunks can.
5. Then add half a cup of Teriyaki sauce.
6. Measure and add a cup of the pineapple chunks into the crock pot.
7. Next, toss in 1/4 cup of the cashews. You can add more later, the ones that cook will be softer but, give the dish flavor.
8. Wash the red bell pepper and jalapeno.
9. Carefully seed the jalapeno and chop it.
10. Seed, and slice the red pepper.
11. Add both to the crock pot then lid and cook until the chicken is done.
12. About 20-30 minutes before the chicken is done make the rice according to the directions on the package.
13. When the chicken recipe is done: add the cooked rice to the plate. And plate the dinner by adding your pineapple ring to the plate then, layer your cooked ingredients on top.
14. Garnish by adding and sprinkling with extra cashews.

Enjoy!

Notes

Check the internal temperature of the chicken before the cooking time is up!

1. At about 3 hours use a thermometer to check the internal temperature.
2. You might not need to cook it full-time.
3. Typically Slow Cookers/ Crockpots on low are set to 4 hours.
4. You will want to cook the chicken only until the chicken is fully cooked with an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
5. Once the chicken reaches 165F degrees internally it is finished cooking.

• Note: Over-cooking can dry out the chicken meat. If you use a thicker cut of chicken it may take longer. Just ensure you get the internal temperature for chicken reached. 

This recipe can easily be doubled and adapted to your liking!

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About Foster Farms Simple Raised Chicken:

• American Humane Certified
• Simply Raised means No Antibiotics are administered, ever.
• Foster Farms Organic line is available at Costco and select supermarkets in CA, WA, and OR.
• USDA Certified Organic* Organic certification verifies that livestock is raised according to the USDA organic regulations throughout their lives, including raised on organic vegetarian feed, on certified organic lands, without genetic engineering, and managed in a way that conserves natural resources and biodiversity. Go here to find out more: www.ams.usda.gov/organicinfo

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