• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Kitchen Meets Girl logo

  • home
  • about
    • work with me
  • recipes
    • Breakfast and Breads
      • Eggs
      • Everyday
      • Muffins and Baking
      • Pancakes and Waffles
      • Yeast Breads and Other Breads
    • Dinner
      • Fish and Seafood
      • Meat and Chicken
      • Pizzas, Pastas and Sauces
      • Soups and Salads
      • Quick and Easy
    • Desserts
      • Brownies and Bars
      • Cakes and Cupcakes
      • Cookies
      • Sweet Stuff
    • For the Slow Cooker
    • Healthier Options
    • Sides, Apps and Snacks
  • Home Meets Girl
    • Home Meets Girl
  • Cookbooks

April 23, 2014

Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken

44

Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken

This Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken is the perfect combination of salty and sweet and is sure to please even the pickiest of eaters!

This Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken is the perfect combination of salty and sweet and is sure to please even the pickiest of eaters!

Last weekend, Doodle attended a bowling party with kids from his karate school – he’s the youngest one in the group, and has such a blast hanging out with the “big kids.”

Seriously, this bunch of young people is awesome.   First of all, some of these kiddos have very well-deserved black belts by age 9 (!!!), and to watch what they can do with a bow staff/nunchucks/swords kind of blows my mind.   I’m not sure what I was doing at that age, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t backflips and jump-kicks higher than my head.

Not only that, but every single kid in this group is kind and supportive and willing to take time to help Doodle learn.   He sometimes gets frustrated trying to keep up with kids who’ve been doing karate much longer than he has, and isn’t very patient with mom and dad when we try to help…but if Ben or Bryce or Molly show him what to do, he actually pays attention and listens.

Oh, and apparently they are teaching him to put away pizza like no one’s business.

When I arrived at the party to pick him up, his coach told me she cut him off from eating pizza because after eating four or five pieces, she was worried he’d get a stomach ache.  “Do you usually let him eat that much?” she asked.  At this point, I’m wondering if she had the right kid, because it’s usually a fight at dinner to get him to eat half of a hot dog and two bites of corn.

This Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken is the perfect combination of salty and sweet and is sure to please even the pickiest of eaters!

So when I made this Hawaiian Chicken the other evening and he ate an entire sandwich, I knew this recipe was a winner!

It’s super easy, requires only a handful of ingredients – and you can serve it in many different ways: on buns, tortillas, or with rice or veggies.  We like to add chopped red onion, chopped cilantro, and extra pineapple slices to ours.

Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken
 
Print
Serves: serves 8
Ingredients
  • 1 pound boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
  • juice of one lime
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 3 or 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes (adjust to your heat preference)
  • 8 whole wheat buns
  • for serving, optional: pineapple rings, diced red onion, chopped cilantro
Method
  1. Place chicken into crock pot. Cover chicken with remaining ingredients, through the red pepper. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours. Shred chicken and serve on buns; top with additional pineapple, red onion and/or cilantro.
3.5.3251

19 Comments

  1. Amy | Club Narwhal
    Amy | Club Narwhal on April 23, 2014 at 11:38 am

    9 year old black belts–go them! That’s so sweet how the karate kids have taken Doodle in 🙂 These sandwiches look amazing–especially since they are made with a slow cooker!!

    Reply
  2. Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
    Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes on April 24, 2014 at 1:04 am

    My kids would love this – and I love that it’s pretty much fuss-free! 🙂

    Reply
    • Marie Czarnecki
      Marie Czarnecki on June 8, 2017 at 5:58 pm

      Jamie: YES FUSS FREE, THE SLOW COOKER DOES ALL THE WORK!!!!

      Reply
  3. Lauren
    Lauren on April 24, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    This looks delicious- and easy! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Stephanie
    Stephanie on April 24, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    This looks fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  5. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch)
    Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) on April 27, 2014 at 10:53 am

    A slice of pineapple is always welcome on any sandwich of mine. This recipe sounds wonderful. I love the crushed pineapple, lime, honey combo. And with red pepper flakes for some excitement, I’ll be making this one soon. Pinned and thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  6. Trish - Mom On Timeout
    Trish - Mom On Timeout on April 28, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    Wow! That is an amazing group of kids! This chicken looks fantastic Ashley! Pinned!

    Reply
  7. SHEILA
    SHEILA on April 29, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    THIS RECIPE LOOKS WONDERFUL, CAN’T WAIT TO TRY. I ESPECIALLY TOOK NOTICE OF THE NAME DOODLE, I HAVE A 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I HAVE ALWAYS CALLED HER DOODLE (NICKNAME) HER REAL NAME IS AMBER. SHE’S ALWAYS ASKING HOW I CAME UP WITH THIS NICKNAME AND I’M REALLY NOT SURE HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

    Reply
  8. Teneshia
    Teneshia on April 29, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    Looks good will be trying this over some steamed rice and broccoli

    Reply
  9. Jennifer @ MondoMom
    Jennifer @ MondoMom on April 30, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    Can’t get enough slow cooker recipes! And this one looks especially delish! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Diane
    Diane on May 7, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    This was super easy to make, and was absolutely delicious! I’ll definitely be making these sandwiches again.

    Thank you for sharing the recipe.

    Reply
  11. Sarah
    Sarah on May 26, 2014 at 10:43 am

    Looks delish! Think it would freeze well too?

    Reply
  12. lesley
    lesley on July 31, 2014 at 7:35 pm

    This recipe needs something else, maybe a sauce? It was surprisingly bland. If it wasn’t for the cilantro and onion, it wouldn’t have tasted like anything.

    Reply
  13. mma news weekly
    mma news weekly on June 16, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    I do not even know the way I ended up right here, however I thought this submit was good.

    I don’t recognize who you’re however definitely you
    are going to a well-known blogger in the event you aren’t already.
    Cheers!
    mma news weekly recently posted..mma news weeklyMy Profile

    Reply
  14. leah
    leah on August 23, 2015 at 3:19 pm

    This was an OK recipe and I would not have made again except the kids loved it both nights we had it. I would drain the pineapple next time. It was really, really soupy.

    Reply
  15. Jane
    Jane on July 16, 2016 at 11:43 am

    I had to cook for 100 people this week for our weekly end of Vacation Bible School volunteer appreciation luncheon. I needed something to fit into our “under water” theme so I picked this. It turned out beautifully! I used 20 lbs of chicken, 10 cans of crushed pineapple, juice from 10 limes, garlic, 2 Cups of soy sauce, and roughly 10 TBSP of honey. I used my giant roaster pan and cooked it at 200 for about 8 hours, then I shredded the chicken and discarded about 4-5 Cups of the leftover juice and then let it cook on the lowest setting for me that was 150 until noon. Everyone loved the chicken and it was a huge success. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

    Reply

Trackbacks/Pingbacks

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

10 EASY SLOW COOKER MEALS RECIPE BOOK

Success!

SEND ME RECIPES!

Hello There!

Interestingly enough, I didn’t grow up with an interest in cooking.  In fact, I informed my mother on multiple occasions that I was not getting an advanced education so I could spend my evenings preparing meals.

more about me >>

Grab My Cookbook!

Fan Faves

[et_pb_dpblog_portfolio admin_label=”Fan Faves Posts” saved_tabs=”all” global_module=”12347″ fullwidth=”off” posts_number=”1″ custom_post_types=”post” include_categories=”124″ show_title=”off” lightbox=”off” popup=”off” custom_url=”on” custom_fields=”off” show_categories=”off” show_date=”off” show_excerpt=”off” show_more=”off” show_pagination=”off” background_layout=”light” disabled=”off” disabled_on=”off|off|off” zoom_icon_color=”#85e0d4″ hover_icon=”%%190%%” title_font=”Raleway Light|||on|” title_font_size=”18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_dpblog_portfolio]

44

Filed Under: Dinner, For the Slow Cooker, Healthier Options, Meat and Chicken

Primary Sidebar

Hi There!


Interestingly enough, I didn’t grow up with an interest in cooking.  In fact, I informed my mother on multiple occasions that I was not getting an advanced education so I could spend my evenings preparing meals.

more about me >>

Grab My Cookbook

Fan Faves

This Vintage Cake combines two layers of white cake, with a surprise brownie layer soaked in a decadent chocolate sauce. And the cream cheese frosting takes it right over the top!
Did you know you can make dinner rolls - yeast ones, at that - in just 30 minutes? It's true! These 30-Minute Dinner Rolls are so easy to make you'll never go store-bought again.

Copyright © 2021 · Kitchen Meets Girl · Privacy Policy