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My review
Sweet-and-Sour Chicken
Dorothy Hess
"Dorothy Hess of Hartwell, Georgia uses her slow-cooker to fix this stir-fry like supper. Adding the onions, pineapple and snow peas later in the process keeps them from becoming over-cooked."
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Ingredients
3 h 35 m servingsOriginal recipe yields 5 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- In a large skillet, saute chicken in oil for 4-5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the chicken, water chestnuts, carrots, soy sauce and pineapple juice. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, sweet-and-sour sauce, water and ginger until smooth. Stir into the slow cooker. Add onions and pineapple; cover and cook on high for 15 minutes or until thickened. Add peas; cook 5 minutes longer. Serve with rice.
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Most helpful positive review
10/26/2006
I used this recipe yet it wasn't exactly the tase I wanted. I think it was the storebought sauce. I will keep trying til' I get my taste. Make sure not to add certain veggies til' the end. I...
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1/18/2010
After 3 hours the chicken was dried out and stringy. Putting the cornstarch/sweet and sour mixture in the crockpot on high for 15 minutes was not nearly enough time for the sauce to thicken or ...
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10/26/2006
I used this recipe yet it wasn't exactly the tase I wanted. I think it was the storebought sauce. I will keep trying til' I get my taste. Make sure not to add certain veggies til' the end. I...
1/6/2009
Very nice recipe, but I would prefer a recipe that makes the sweet and sour from scratch as I never have sweet and sour in the house. The jarred kinds just aren't very good.
1/18/2010
After 3 hours the chicken was dried out and stringy. Putting the cornstarch/sweet and sour mixture in the crockpot on high for 15 minutes was not nearly enough time for the sauce to thicken or ...
6/11/2011
Very good and will positively be doing again but next time will only use skinless thighs. This time I deboned a whole chicken and cut it into large strips/pieces (like thigh in 1/2 etc.) I did...
10/7/2008
it was easy enough to make but it didn't make a very good impression on any of the 8 people in our family.
7/28/2012
This was pretty good. However, the snow peas really need to cook for longer than the recipe called for. If I make this again I'll probably put the snow peas in a couple of hours before it's done...