Slow Cooker Pineapple Cashew Chicken Recipe

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Say hello to your new favorite weeknight dinner! This Slow Cooker Pineapple Cashew Chicken is a truly easy, dump-and-go recipe that makes cooking a delicious meal effortless. With tender chicken, sweet pineapple, and crunchy cashews, this Asian-inspired dish is perfect for a busy day.

What makes this slow cooker chicken recipe a go-to is how simple it is to prepare. Just add all of your ingredients to the crockpot, set it, and you’re free to go about your day. It’s an easy, one-pot dinner that only requires you to make rice to serve with it when you’re ready to eat! For the best results, we recommend using organic, skinless chicken breasts for this recipe.

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Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken 

Slow Cooker Dump and Go Recipe

What You’ll Love About This 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 almost ready, about 20-25 minutes before. 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 also like this Chicken Pineapple Stir Fry Recipe! 

Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken Recipe

Ingredients for Pineapple Cashew Chicken

• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
  For this recipe, I used Foster Farms® Simply Raised Chicken Breasts, which I found at my local grocery store.
• 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 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.

Recipe Notes and Tips

Set The Slow Cooker On a Low Heat

1. Check the internal temperature of the chicken before the cooking time is up!
2. Cooking the cashews will give the dish additional flavors. You can add more cashews after cooking, for garnishing and crunch!
3. At about 3 hours, use a thermometer to check the internal temperature.
4. You will not need to cook it for the full four hours (especially if you are using thin cuts of chicken).
5. Slow Cookers/ Crockpots on low are set to 4 hours (typically).
6. You will want to cook the chicken only until the chicken is fully cooked with an internal temperature of 165°. Once the chicken reaches 165°F, it is finished cooking.

Recipe Tips

1. Overcooking the chicken can dry out the meat.
2. For thicker cuts of chicken, it may take longer. Just ensure you get the proper internal temperature reached. Then it is ready to serve.
3. For thin cuts of chicken, it may cook more quickly. It is important to pull out the chicken and temp it as it cooks (around 1-2 hours).
4. Use a meat thermometer to test the chicken’s temperature.

Make the rice

Start to make the rice according to the package directions 20-30 minutes before the dinner has finished cooking.  

1. Make the rice

   

   sticky rice

   

   or jasmine rice

   

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. 

Serve and enjoy this cashew chicken cooked in the slow cooker. What is your favorite slow cooker chicken recipe? 

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Slow Cooker Pineapple Cashew Chicken Recipe

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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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