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Monday, January 25, 2010

Crock Pot Sweet 'n Sour Chicken over Rice

This is what will be served on my dinner table tonight, sounds YUMMY I can't wait to try it. As part of my new 'eating better' lifestyle I'm going to try to do a lot more recipes rather than the usual grilled chicken that we all seem to get bored of...

Crock Pot Sweet 'n Sour Chicken over Rice

Ingredients

1 lb. baby carrots - or 4 carrots cleaned and sliced into chunks
1 med onion, cut into wedges
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
20-oz. canned pineapple chunks
1/3 c packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce
2 tsp. chicken boullion granules
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp garlic powder
3 Tbsp cornstarch
1/4 c water
3 cups cooked brown rice

Directions
Layer the carrots and onion in the bottom of the crock pot
Top with chicken
Drain pineapple, reserving the juice. place on top of chicken
Mix together the juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, chicken bouillon, salt, ginger, and garlic. pour over the top.

Cook on low 6-7 hours

Combine cornstarch and water.
gradually stir into slow cooker
Cook 30 minutes longer or until sauce is thickened

Serve over cooked rice.
Makes 6 servings of 1/2 cup rice and 1 piece of chicken with 1/2 c sauce.

Number of Servings: 6

Nutritional Info

* Servings Per Recipe: 6
* Amount Per Serving
* Calories: 341.1
* Total Fat: 2.1 g
* Cholesterol: 49.3 mg
* Sodium: 565.6 mg
* Total Carbs: 56.5 g
* Dietary Fiber: 3.7 g
* Protein: 22.9 g

5 comments:

Amy's Stocking Stuffers said...

This sounds good! I've bookmarked it to give it a try. Thanks!

Kathy said...

I love my slow cooker. I have a bunch of healthy slow cooker recipes that I post on my blog.

Gina said...

going to check those out now Kathy thanks!

Leslie said...

YUM! Just threw it in my crockpot Gina! :)

~Leslie~

kasandria said...

Oh I am SOO making this on Friday! Thanks so much!
Kasandria