This Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken has a sweet and tangy sauce along with onion and green bell pepper! Great over brown rice and with steamed green vegetables.
Easy chicken recipes are what the slow cooker is all about! Also, try my fiesta chicken or Mongolian chicken next.
I enjoy easy recipes like this that don’t need much work. After I get home, I put on a pot of rice and can get dinner served right away. Crockpot Hawaiian chicken will be one of your favorite healthy dinners!
When I think of Hawaiian recipes, I think of pineapple, green pepper, and a sweet sauce, this chicken recipe checks all of those boxes.
Recipe Ingredients
- Chicken breasts – Boneless skinless chicken breasts are great for this recipe. They stay moist in all the sauce. Another option is chicken tenderloins.
- Bell pepper – Green bell pepper is a staple in Hawaiian recipes.
- Pineapple – Crushed pineapple will sweeten and flavor the sauce; drain pineapple chunks. You can add the pineapple juice to the dish, though the sauce will be on the runny side.
- Bacon – Cooked and crumbled bacon adds a slightly smokey flavor to the recipe.
- Sauce ingredients – For the sauce, you will need barbecue sauce, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and pepper.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
Step Two – Sprinkle over the pepper and garlic powder. Add the bell pepper, crushed pineapple, barbecue sauce, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Mix everything.
Step Three – Cook on low for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time. The chicken will marinate as it slowly cooks.
Step Four – If desired, shred the chicken, or serve the chicken breasts whole or halved.
How to serve
- On Rice – Serve the chicken over rice along with the Hawaiian sauce. For a healthy option, serve with brown rice, or you can make white rice or even coconut rice. Great with a green side dish such as steam broccoli and topped your dish with sliced green onions.
- With Mashed Potaotes – You may not think of serving this chicken with mashed potatoes, but it is good! The salty mashed potatoes go great with the sweet and tangy chicken.
- As a Sandwich – Serve the shredded crockpot bbq Hawaiian chicken on hamburger buns with macaroni salad.
Recipe FAQs
You can use boneless skinless chicken thighs in this recipe with no issues. You may need to degrease the sauce before serving by laying paper towels over it to soak up the grease.
If you want to make this even healthier, leave out the bacon. The sauce still has plenty of flavor without it.
Yes, add one sliced jalapeno to make spicy Hawaiian chicken. Or you can add a couple of pinches of cayenne pepper.
You can add other vegetables such as sweet yellow onion, thickly sliced carrots, green beans, and even water chestnuts.
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Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken Recipe
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts (can use chicken tenderloins or boneless skinless chicken thighs)
- 5 slices bacon, sliced and cooked
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (I use Sweet Baby Rays)
- 2 tsp. soy sauce
- 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained very well
Instructions:
- Add the chicken breast to the slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients and stir the toppings on top of the chicken to combine.
- Cover and cook on low for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- If desired shred the chicken. Serve over white or brown rice, or hamburger buns. Enjoy!
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Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
do you need to use pineapple?
No, you can leave it out.
Delicious and easy. I used canned diced pineapple. Served over Minute brown rice. Picky eaters of he house were happy.
Can this recipe be doubled in one crock pot? Would the cooking time change?
Yes. You most likely won’t need any extra time if you keep the lid on the entire time.
Made this tonight …. delicious flavour
Looking forward to making this!
Broccoli as a side jumps out to go with the chicken and rice. Any other suggestions? Maybe baby bok choy?
Thanks!
I serve broccoli with most everything. That or asparagus sounds good.
I made this today for supper. We loved it! So easy..I added some water because I felt that the sauce was too thick. Next time I won’t drain the pineapple as much. We ate it over rice. I will make this again..
Sorry, I haven’t made this yet, but I am going to. It looks and sounds amazing! I have a question. Would this freeze well (without the rice)? I’m not sure how the green pepper and pineapple will hold up? Thanks!
Update: I ended up making this and it was so good. We really enjoyed it! I was really happy to have come across this recipe because it’s different than anything I’ve ever made. Will definitely be making again. I am still wondering about if it would freeze well.
Made this for dinner tonight and we were all blown away by all the flavors in this! Easy prep, crock-pot meal that is wonderful for the summer months here in Texas. This one will be repeated.
Wow! I made this yesterday and it was awesome. You have to try this one! It was amazing! Making the Poor Mans Stew Today
Loved the photo, wonderful heritage you have, love your recipes too, God Bless you.
In your recipe can I omit the Bacon? And those recipes that you use Chicken Thighs, can you use skinless Boneless Chicken Breast?
What temperature and amount of time would you recommend if this was cooked in a glass baking dish in the oven instead of a slow cooker?
Do you HAVE to use the bell pepper?
No, not at all!
I have this in the slow cooker right now. I can’t wait fir dinner. Love your recipes!x
I made this it was so good thank you for sharing Sarah..