I love my crock pot. Like, love it to the point of adding it on my list of 10 things I’d grab running out the door in a house fire kind of love. We use our slow cooker year-round but there’s certainly something about the cooler fall weather that makes me want to use it more often.
This weekend, among the craziness that is our life with a football wind-up and buying a new vehicle (so fun…no it isn’t) I made this quick recipe to help save the day at dinner time!
Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken Breasts, cut into larger bite sized pieces
- Salt and pepper to season
- ½ cup of cornstarch
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- ¼ cup of olive oil
- ---------
- ½ cup of brown sugar
- ½ cup of apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup of ketchup
- ¼ cup of soy sauce
- ¼ cup of water
- 1 tsp minced garlic
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sauce ingredients
- In a separate bowl, season the chicken with salt and pepper then stir in cornstarch and eggs
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet and cook the chicken until light golden brown (about 4-5 minutes)
- Transfer the chicken to your crockpot and cover with the sweet and sour sauce
- Stir to evenly coat the chicken, then let it cook on high for 3 hours (or low for 6 hours)
- Serve over rice and garnish with green onion or sesame seeds
Notes
I found that cooking this on high, while getting the job done, burns the edges of the chicken because of the brown sugar in the sauce. So, if you can, cook it on low for the afternoon.
awesome i have all the ingredients on hand..gonna try the your recipe this week.
Hooray! I love when I have everything on hand too – it’s really frustrated to get excited about a recipe and realized you’re missing some really odd ingredient that isn’t a pantry staple.
Looks yummy. I have everything except apple cider vinegar. I need to use my slow cooker more often and you do post some amazing looking recipe.
Thanks Trisha! I use apple cider vinegar in a few recipes (it’s great in this Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs recipe too: http://feistyfrugalandfabulous.com/2013/07/slow-cooker-bbq-ribs/) Grab some for your pantry!
We make this at home already & gets made atleast once a month 🙂 very yummy!
Sounds yummy! So easy for fall suppers!!
This looks wonderful, thank you for another great dish to create in my slow cooker!
I love sweet and sour chicken and have a crock pot but never thought of making something like this in it. Thanks for the recipe, I must give it a try. Yours looks dellicous.
Looks delicious! I am going to have to try this recipe.
I love trying new slow cooker meals. Thanks for the recipe, it looks delicious.
Oh gosh I love my slow cooker, and this recipe looks like a great one to add to my collection! Easy and delicious = perfect for me!
Sounds like a really nice glaze!
oh wow does that look amazing!! i have yet to buy a slow cooker so you know what is #1 on my Christmas list this year 🙂 then i can make delicious dishes such as this one
looks like an easy and tasty meal! thanks for the tip.
This sounds & looks sooo yummy.
Looks good. I hope my chicken caramelizes like yours. I hate it when chicken looks anemic.
Looks so good, & so easy.
I just love the ease of my slow cooker – especially as it cools down to have a nice hot meal ready! The recipe sounds great!
I love slow cooker recipes! Thank you for sharing this!
Ill have to try this.. I am always looking for new chicken recipes!
I will have to try this recipe, it looks yummy
Thanks for the recipe, I am always looking for slow cooker recipes.
Looks delicious
Love it ! I too absolutely love my slow cooker , it just makes a busy life easier and this recipe is so simple I am going to have to give it a try for sure ! ( it helps that hubby works in a poultry store so we ALWAYS have breast on hand )
This looks delicious. Passing the recipe to my husband. he is the slow cooker king in our house.
my slow cooker gets a work out and this recipe sounds perfect.
I actually tried this recipe but on stove top. It was yummy! I will try the slow cooker next time.
Sounds and looks yummy! Love using the slow cooker so that dinner is ready when we get home!
This looks so good, I’m going to have to give this one a try!!
I have all of these ingredients on hand. I’m going to give this one a try.
i was looking for a new chicken slow cooker recipe. Going to try this out this week!
I love sweet and sour – will try this one for sure!
This looks so easy and sounds so delish! I will definitely try this recipe out, thanks for sharing! :o)
ok can you come cook for me??? looks so delicious i am drooling
This sounds delicious. I love sweet and sour chicken.
I love chicken and now I love your slow cooker sweet and sour chicken! Thank you, looks simple too! 🙂
This looks so good and so much healthier than take out!
Thanks for another great recipe
I will have to try this one day!
I tried your recipe and it was delicious. Thanks so much Tenille. 😀
This sounds so delicious.I love the sound of sweet and sour chicken and I am anxious to try this in my slow cooker.Thank you very much for posting this recipe.I am going to love this!!!
Thank you for sharing this! My husband loves sweet and sour chicken, and a slow cooker recipe definitely makes it easier to make! Going to give this a try for tomorrow!
Yum! I will be trying this recipe once I get a crock pot!
Browsing through your recipes for the slow cooker makes me realize that I have pretty much quit using mine. You have some great recipes, with simple ingredients. I hate having to run out for missing things! This Sweet and Sour Chicken might be just the one to get me back on track. I’m not much of a cook but this looks easy enough for even me 😀
Mouth watering….I need to get a slow cooker asap!
This looks so yummy, I love sweet and sour chicken!!
Looks delicious, will have to try this one!
I may give this a try on the weekend.
Sounds delicious. I should dig out our slow cooker to make this
looks so good, a great meal to make during holidays in slow cooker!
Had this for dinner last night its delicious
your photographs always make these items looks so delicious.
Thanks, have been thinking about sweet & sour chicken!! Hmmmm!!!
looks wonderful Now it is getting cold I will be using my slow cooker much more.
this looks soooo good
Looks like an easy recipe to whip together. I love sweet and sour sauce so I’m sure this recipe would be a winner for me!
Oh, this sounds really tasty. I need a change from the regular winter meals. I think my family will love this.
I’m a slow cooker junkie and this one looks so easy and yummy!
This looks delicious, thank you for another great dish!
This sounds like something my family would love with ingredients I always have on hand.
This looks soo good, musty try!
great tasting recipe and that photo is really spot on
This sounds so delicious. I think I will be trying this out over the weekend. Thank you for the recipe 🙂
what a great recipe! Thanks for sharing!
I wish I saw this earlier when I was trying to figure out dinner for tonight. On the list for tomorrow. Sounds amazing!
I have to try this!
Yummy and with ingredients I usually have on hand. Bonus!
I love that the recipe has items I always have in. It looks great. I am seriously going to have to consider buying a slow cooker.
Fall time almost and I am on the hunt for amazing slow cooker recipes 🙂 Thank you!
Looks yummy!
This looks really good!
Can never have too many slow cookder recipes and this one looks like a keeper.
I like this slow cooker recipe because it’s different than all the soup and beef stews out there.
This looks absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
Now that I have a slow cooker I am going to have to start collecting recipes, starting with this one
love chicken on rice recipes
Sounds good! I was looking for a slow-cooker recipe and this one I shall prepare.
Cheers.
This looks so delicious and because I love this sweet and sour chicken I have already pinned it!
This looks amazing! I love sweet and sour recipes and especially when they are done in the slow cooker.Thanks for sharing this one! 🙂