Description
This Slow Cooker Shredded Hawaiian Chicken is a sweet-and-savory dish featuring tender chicken breasts and thighs cooked in a flavorful sauce of pineapple, coconut aminos, lime, and spices. Perfect for versatile meals like lettuce wraps, tacos, or bowls, this recipe is easy to prepare and ideal for meal prep with delicious leftovers.
Ingredients
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Chicken and Sauce
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast
- ½ lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs
- ½ small yellow onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, slightly drained
- ⅓ cup coconut aminos
- Juice of 1 lime (2 to 2 ½ tablespoons)
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
For Serving (Optional)
- Swiss chard leaves
- Avocado slices
- Shredded carrots
- Shredded purple cabbage
- Green onions
- Sliced almonds
- Fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Prepare Ingredients: Place the chicken breasts and thighs, diced onions, and minced garlic in the slow cooker.
- Mix Sauce: In a small bowl, combine the slightly drained crushed pineapple, coconut aminos, lime juice, ground ginger, red pepper flakes, fine sea salt, and black pepper. Stir until well mixed.
- Add Sauce to Slow Cooker: Pour the sauce evenly over the ingredients in the slow cooker.
- Cook Chicken: Set the slow cooker to low and cook for 6 hours or high for 3 hours, until the chicken is fully cooked and tender.
- Shred Chicken: Remove the chicken from the slow cooker onto a plate or cutting board and shred it using two forks.
- Combine and Keep Warm: Return the shredded chicken to the slow cooker and stir it into the cooking juices. Set the slow cooker to the Keep Warm function until ready to serve.
- Serve: Assemble Swiss chard leaves with the shredded chicken and desired garnishes such as avocado slices, shredded carrots, purple cabbage, green onions, almonds, and cilantro. Alternatively, serve chicken as tacos, over salads, or in bowls.
Notes
- You can use either a slow cooker or Instant Pot to prepare this dish effectively.
- The dish serves well as leftovers and can be enjoyed hot or cold.
- Swiss chard leaves make a great low-carb alternative for wraps, but tortillas or lettuce leaves also work well.
- Adjust the amount of red pepper flakes to control the spiciness according to your preference.
- If coconut aminos are unavailable, soy sauce or tamari can be used as a substitute, though it may alter the flavor slightly.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6 of the shredded chicken
- Calories: 170 calories
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 574 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg
