Name: Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice and Baby Carrots
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 1 stalk celery; 1 green pepper; 1 medium onion; ¼ cup quick cooking minute tapioca (60 mL); 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (900 g or 2 lbs or 32 oz); ⅓ cup dark brown sugar (75 mL); ½ cup pineapple juice (drained juice from a 14 oz can); 4 tsp soy sauce (20 mL); 1 tsp prepared ginger in a jar (or ¼ tsp ginger powder); 1 Tbsp sweet chili sauce (15 mL); 1 tsp minced garlic from jar (5 mL); ⅔ cup pineapple chunks (half of a 14 oz can) (150 mL); 2 ½ cup basmati or white rice (625 mL); 5 cup water (1 qt); ⅔ cup pineapple chunks (remaining half of 14 oz can); 4 cup (450 g or 1 lb) frozen baby carrots

Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice and Baby Carrots

Prep Time

15 min

Yields

5 servings

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ingredients

stalk celery

green pepper

medium onion

cup quick cooking minute tapioca (60 mL)

boneless, skinless chicken breasts (900 g or 2 lbs or 32 oz)

⅓

cup dark brown sugar (75 mL)

cup pineapple juice (drained juice from a 14 oz can)

tsp soy sauce (20 mL)

tsp prepared ginger in a jar (or ¼ tsp ginger powder)

Tbsp sweet chili sauce (15 mL)

tsp minced garlic from jar (5 mL)

⅔

cup pineapple chunks (half of a 14 oz can) (150 mL)

2 ½

cup basmati or white rice (625 mL)

cup water (1 qt)

⅔

cup pineapple chunks (remaining half of 14 oz can)

cup (450 g or 1 lb) frozen baby carrots

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directions

Step 1

The night before…
Chop celery. Thinly slice green pepper. Finely chop onion.
Place vegetables on bottom of slow cooker crock.
Sprinkle tapioca powder over vegetables.
Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and place over vegetables.
Combine sugar, juice, soy sauce, ginger, sweet chili sauce and garlic clove. Mix together.
Add pineapple chunks. Pour mixture over chicken.

Step 2

In the morning…
Return crock, with cover, to outer liner of slow-cooker. Set on low heat. Cook for 8-10 hours.

Step 3

When you arrive home…
Add remaining pineapple chunks to slow cooker (or serve fresh).
Combine rice and water in a large microwave-safe pot. Cover and microwave at high 10 minutes, then medium 10 minutes.
Rinse carrots in colander under cold water. Place in a microwave-safe pot or casserole dish with lid. Cover and microwave at high for 5 minutes, then let stand.
When rice is done, microwave carrots at high for 2 additional minutes.

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