Crockpot sweet & sour chicken

[skincarekathy]

2lbs blsl boobs
1 whole pineapple chunked or 2 cans of whatever style pineapple
2-3 navel oranges or 4-6 clementines peeled and cut into chunks
2 green/red/yellow pepper, cut in large chunks
1 large onion cut in large chunks
1 can (drained & rinsed) or 6oz frozen (no need to thaw) edamame beans or limas or favas or whatever beans you have
1 whole head of fresh sliced garlic or 1 tablespoon of crushed/minced
1 tsp dry ground ginger or microplane about 2 inches of fresh ginger
1 cup of orange juice UNLESS you used canned pineapple, then just 1/2 cup of water
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes or 4 Tien Tsin chilies (remove whole chiles before serving)


Put all that stuff into a crockpot and cook on low 4-5 hours or high 3 hours. The boobs will fall apart after that cooking time, no need to slice them. Serve over rice.

Yummy!

 

[savor]

After reading the PF Changs home menu label of the orange chicken (SODIUM) I had last night for dinner and for lunch today I may try this. I removed at least 5 frozen chunks of sauce before heating it in the skillet and it was still over sauced.

Picked up my first crockpot for $5 from Goodwill and haven't shopped for food to try it out yet!

 

[kensbaby93]

I am trying this tomorrow for dinner. Dont have any crushed red pepper flakes, might try using a little cayenne instead?

 

[Beandippy]

I'm making this today, and it's smelling very good! Thanks for the recipe! (I left out the beans because I didn't have any, and not going out in the cold just for that - lol) Gonna serve it over brown rice.

 

[kensbaby93]

I'm making this today, and it's smelling very good! Thanks for the recipe! (I left out the beans because I didn't have any, and not going out in the cold just for that - lol) Gonna serve it over brown rice.

Fyi...I made this the other day and 10 hours was way too long...had to toss it. I was not home to check on it =[

 

[skincarekathy]

I updated the directions Cari, I am always home to babysit it & just guessed at cooking time

 

[kensbaby93]

I updated the directions Cari, I am always home to babysit it & just guessed at cooking time

I normally am too....Had a Drs appointment for the kids and it ran late (it was also the day we got hit with all that snow). The chicken was Brown =(...I thought maybe it was because of all the pineapple juice....nope...DRY.

I am going to try it again because it looked and smelled SO GOOD!!!