Island Crock Pot Chicken Recipes

TROPICAL ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine first 10 ingredients. Set aside 1/3 cup for basting; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken; seal and turn to coat. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight., Prepare grill for indirect heat, using a drip pan. Place chicken over drip pan; grill, covered, over indirect medium heat 45-60 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°-175°, turning and basting frequently with reserved marinade during the last 20 minutes.

SLOW COOKER BARBEQUE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put chicken breast halves in a slow cooker.
• Whisk barbeque sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl until the sugar dissolves; pour over the chicken.
• Cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours.

SLOW-COOKER HONEY GARLIC CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger, red pepper, and black pepper.
• Place the chicken breasts directly on the bottom of the slow cooker, sprinkle with a bit of salt, and pour on the honey sauce.
• Cook the chicken for 1½ hours on high.
• Toss in the carrots, broccoli, and bell peppers. Using tongs, mix the chicken and veggies around the slow cooker so that everything is mixed and coated with the honey sauce.
• Cook on high for another 1½ hours.
• Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and place, skin-side up, on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Broil for 2-3 minutes, until the skin is golden and crispy. (optional)
• Serve on plates with the veggies, chicken, and a spoonful of the leftover honey sauce.
• Enjoy!

SLOW-COOKER CREAMY GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to skillet, and sear chicken breasts on both sides until golden brown; arrange in single layer in bottom of slow cooker.
• Add garlic to same skillet, and cook until just golden in a few spots; carefully add wine to skillet, and scrape up any browned bits from bottom. Heat to simmering; simmer 1 minute. Pour into slow cooker. Add broth to slow cooker, stirring gently to combine. Add thyme sprigs. Cover; cook on High heat setting 4 to 6 hours.
• Twenty minutes before serving, with slow cooker still set to High, beat cornstarch and water with whisk to make a slurry; stir the slurry, Parmesan cheese and whipping cream into liquid in slow cooker (if necessary, remove chicken from slow cooker for this step, and add back once mixed).
• Cover; cook 20 minutes longer to thicken. Serve with parsley and, if desired, additional Parmesan. Serve over pasta, rice or mashed potatoes.

ISLAND CROCK POT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Drain pineapple and reserve liquid.
• Put chicken parts in bottom of slow-cooker.
• Mix together pineapple syrup, chicken broth, vinegar, brown sugar, and soy sauce in a saucepan.
• Heat until brown sugar dissolves.
• Pour over chicken.
• Heat on high for one hour.
• Add pineapple chunks, garlic and green pepper.
• Cover and cook on low for 7- 9 hours.
• Half an hour before serving mix together cornstarch and water and add to the slow-cooker.

SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND CHICKEN (FROM A CROCK POT!)

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine pineapple juice, orange juice, and 3 tablespoons of the ground ginger.
• Put 1/2 of the liquid in a large zipper seal bag (or split it in two bags if need be). Reserve rest of liquid in bowl or other covered container.
• Rinse chicken and pierce with a fork in several places of each breast. Place chicken in zipper bag(s)and refrigerate at least 4 hours to overnight (I prefer overnight).
• Drain the mandarin oranges and put in container with reserved liquid, cover and marinate for the same amount of time as the chicken.
• Chop peppers and onion.
• When ready to cook, place chicken in bottom of crock pot, discard the marinade. Layer the onions and peppers on chicken and salt and pepper to taste.
• Drain pineapple chunks and add fruit to crock pot. Add UNDRAINED crushed pineapple to crock pot as well as the mandarin oranges WITH the liquid.
• Set crock pot to HIGH and cook 6-8 hours, depending on when the chicken is done.
• When ready to serve cook rice according to package directions and serve chicken with sauce over the rice. ENJOY!

SLOW-COOKER ITALIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken in a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker. In a bowl, combine the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, green pepper, onion, garlic and seasonings; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, 3-4 hours. Remove chicken and keep warm. , Pour cooking juices into a small saucepan. Combine flour and cold water until smooth; stir into juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Serve with chicken and pasta. If desired, top with shaved Parmesan cheese.