Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken Chili

Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken Chili is an easy recipe that makes its own tangy sauce as it cooks in your slow cooker!

Sweet chili sauce, crushed pineapple and fresh lime juice combine with juicy chicken breasts making this a crockpot pineapple chicken recipe bursting with flavor!

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• Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken
• How to make sweet chili pineapple chicken
• Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
• Substitutions
• Storage
• Equipment
• Can I make chicken chili with chicken thighs?
• Can a slow cooker recipe be cooked in an instant pot?
• Ingredients for pineapple chili
• Easy Slow Cooker Recipes
• Slow Cooker Pineapple Chili Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken

With the fall arriving and the weather turning quite chilly, it's time to heat up the slow cooker for Slow Cooker Chicken Chili, a warm and hearty chicken dinner.

Actually, any time of year is a good time for making a slow cooker recipe. Your kitchen will stay cool in the summer when the crockpot does the cooking.

Simmer chicken, crushed pineapple and a sweet chili sauce in your crockpot while at work, then stir in fresh lime juice and top with cilantro and scallions when you get home.

It doesn't get much easier or more delicious than that!

Our pineapple chili recipe tastes fabulous when you serve it with hot cooked rice or rice noodles.

And may I recommend steaming up some broccoli and tossing a salad for a delicious dinner? There you go,  you're all set!

Your mouth will water when you taste the sweet and tangy sauce in this crockpot recipe.

Guaranteed you'll be coming back for seconds!

And when it tastes this good and cooks itself too, it's safe to say our pineapple chicken slow cooker recipe is a winner-winner chicken dinner!

So go ahead, get that crock pot out and make some Hawaiian chicken chili for dinner tonight.

We have lots more easy slow cooker recipes here at Swirls for you to try!

Moroccan chicken is bursting with warm spices, garlic chicken is a crock pot pulled chicken recipe that can be served on rolls, with rice, in tortillas, and even over noodles and salsa verde chicken slow cooks with just four ingredients.

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How to make sweet chili pineapple chicken

Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below

• Arrange the chicken in the bottom of your slow cooker.
• In a small mixing bowl combine sweet chili sauce and crushed pineapple with its juice and pour over chicken.
• Cook for 6-8 hours on low or for 3-4 hours on high.
• Stir in the fresh lime juice and top with scallions and cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
• Serve, if desired, with hot cooked rice or rice noodles.

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Add a pinch of red pepper flakes for a hint of heat
• Make this recipe with a combination of boneless chicken breasts and boneless chicken thighs
• This recipe makes 8 cups.
• Sweet Chili Sauce can be found in the condiment or ethnic section of your grocery store. Frank's and A Taste of Thai are two popular brands that make Sweet Chili Sauce.

Substitutions

• you can use boneless chicken thighs in place of the boneless chicken breasts
• change up the flavor and use orange in place of the lime

Storage

• store any leftover chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator
• the chicken will stay fresh for about 2-3 days in the refrigerator
• As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines

Equipment

• slow cooker
• chef knife
• cutting board
• measuring spoons
• measuring cups

Can I make chicken chili with chicken thighs?

Our chicken chili recipe calls for boneless chicken breasts but you can substitute boneless chicken thighs if desired.

You can also make our chili recipe with a combination of boneless chicken breasts and boneless chicken thighs. The choice is yours!

Can a slow cooker recipe be cooked in an instant pot?

The answer is yes. To cook this recipe in an instant pot:

1. Place ingredients in instant pot as directed in recipe and set to slow cooker setting.
2. For slow cooker low, cook on normal setting 7-8 hours.
3. For slow cooker high, cook on high setting 3-4 hours, adding an extra 15 minutes for each hour.

ALWAYS CHECK YOUR INSTANT POT'S USER MANUAL FOR INSTRUCTIONS AS INSTRUCTIONS FOR SLOW COOKING MAY VARY WITH MODELS AND MANUFACTURERS.

Ingredients for pineapple chili

• boneless skinless chicken breasts
• sweet chili sauce
• crushed pineapple in 100% pineapple juice
• scallions
• cilantro
• limes

Easy Slow Cooker Recipes

My slow cooker is one of my best friends! I just love coming home to dinner cooked and ready for me after a busy day. Be sure to try these slow cooker recipes and you'll have a variety of flavorful dinners that cook themselves to add to your recipe round up!

Coconut Curry Thai Chicken’s light curry broth is the perfect blend of the Thai flavors and seasonings of coconut, curry, ginger, basil and lime and guaranteed to wake up your taste buds!

Slow Cooker Cherry Cola Garlic Chicken makes it's own sweet and spicy sauce with brown sugar, cola soda and garlic for an easy chicken dinner recipe tonight.

Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken will transport you to a far away place with it's sweet and tangy raisins and olives and combination of spices. 

Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese, or make it a trendy “bowl” and serve over hot cooked rice or quinoa topped with chopped celery, crumbled blue cheese and chopped cilantro, and spice up dinner or your next get together.

Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken will soon become your new go-to favorite comfort food that’s as easy to make as it is delicious….and with just four ingredients, simmered in a slow cooker, served over rice, it doesn’t get much easier or more delicious! 

Guinness, brown sugar and horseradish mustard combine in your slow cooker and flavor your corned beef. Slow Cooker Corned Beef & Guinness Reduction cooks on it's own during the day for an easy Saint Patrick's Day dinner you can come home too!