Slow-Cooker Sweet & Sour Chicken

photo by:kraft

Have dinner ready and waiting when you get home tonight. This slow-cooker version of a take-out favorite has everything you love (except the little white boxes).

time

prep:

15 min

total:

4 hr 45 min

servings

total:

6 servings

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What You Need

onion, sliced

carrot, sliced

stalk celery, sliced

1-1/2

lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces

1/3

cup packed brown sugar

1/3

cup KRAFT Classic CATALINA Dressing

1/4

cup lite soy sauce

tsp. grated gingerroot

Tbsp. cornstarch

can (8 oz.) pineapple chunks, drained, liquid reserved

each green and red pepper, cut into strips

cups hot cooked long-grain white rice

It's for dipping and dunking and mixing-upping. And yes, for salad too.

Make It

PLACE onions, carrots and celery in slow cooker; top with chicken.

MIX sugar, dressing, soy sauce and ginger; pour over chicken. Cover with lid.

COOK on LOW 4 to 5 hours, increasing heat to HIGH for the last 30 min.

STIR cornstarch into reserved pineapple liquid. Add to slow cooker with pineapple and peppers; stir. Cook, covered, 30 min. or until sauce is thickened. Serve over rice.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Make Ahead

To make your slow-cooker preparation even faster, get ingredients ready the night before and place in the slow cooker. Remove inner container and refrigerate until ready to cook the next day.

Note

This recipe works best when cooked on LOW heat. But if you choose to cook it on HIGH, reduce the initial cooking time to 2-1/2 to 3 hours.

Substitute

Serve with hot cooked brown rice.

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mrnmrslynch

posted:6/8/2011

This recipe was so delicious and the family loved it! Will be a regular recipe in the menu rotation.

JennyMoMom

posted:6/7/2011

Made a couple modifications: cooked mine on low for aprox. 4 1/2 hours until the chicken was fully cooked and shredded easily, then added double the cornstarch amount, and added siracha hot sauce also for the last 30 minutes on high. The recipe is a keeper, super easy to make, tastes great and it is very economical recipe.

mmmlandis

posted:5/18/2011

I love sweet and sour and to make it ina slow cooker even better.

Leea76

posted:2/24/2011

Really good, next time i think i will add cashews :o)

nicusue

posted:1/3/2011

Good and easy!

jessicaann04