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Easy One Pot Dinner! Hawaiian Chicken

Easy One Pot Dinner Hawaiian Chicken

This Easy One Pot Dinner Hawaiian Chicken is a sweet and savory crockpot meal made with tender chicken, pineapple, colorful bell peppers, and rice all cooked together in a flavorful Hawaiian-style sauce. Perfect for busy weeknights with minimal cleanup.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Hawaiian
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients
  • 1 cup white rice dry
  • 1 20 oz can pineapple chunks with juice
  • 1 lb chicken breast diced
  • 1 cup red bell pepper diced
  • 1 cup orange bell pepper diced
  • 1 small white onion diced
Sauce
  • 7-14 oz chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 tsp minced ginger
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
Slurry
  • 1/2 cup cooking sauce reserved from crockpot
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch

Equipment

  • Crockpot
  • Mixing Bowl

Method
 

  1. Layer the dry white rice, pineapple chunks with juice, diced chicken breast, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, and diced white onion into the crockpot.
  2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together chicken broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar, minced garlic, minced ginger, brown sugar, and ketchup until well combined.
  3. Pour the prepared sauce evenly over the ingredients in the crockpot.
  4. Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours, until the chicken is tender and the rice is fully cooked.
  5. During the last 30 minutes of cooking, remove 1/2 cup of the cooking sauce and whisk it with cornstarch to create a slurry.
  6. Stir the slurry back into the crockpot and continue cooking until the sauce thickens to a glossy consistency. Serve warm.

Notes

For fluffier rice, cook the rice separately and serve the Hawaiian chicken over freshly cooked rice. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top for extra flavor if desired.