Go Back
Gluten Free Sweet Sour Chicken and rice

Gluten Free Sweet and Sour Chicken

Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 6 hrs
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 6
Calories 172 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Crock Pot
  • 1 Bowl
  • 1 Wooden Spoon
  • 1 SPATULA
  • Measuring cups
  • Measuring spoons
  • Food Scale

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs Chicken Breast
  • 4 tbsp Gluten Free Balsamic Vinaigrette
  • 2 tbsp Gluten Free Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Gluten Free Ketchup
  • 1 tbsp Sweetener of choice
  • 1/4 Salt
  • 2 tsp Minced garlic
  • 2 tbsp Pineapple juice
  • 2 tbsp Water
  • 1 cup Carrots
  • 1 Can chunky pineapples
  • 1 Bell pepper red or green

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together the ingredients for the sauce
    Balsamic Vinaigrette, Soy Sauce, Ketchup, Sweetener of choice, Salt, Minced Garlic, Pineapple juice, Water.
    Set aside,
  • Cut up vegetables into bite size pieces.
  • Cut up chicken breast into bite size pieces.
    Spray crockpot with cooking spray,
    Place chicken in the crockpot and then pour sauce over the chicken.
  • Cover crockpot and set temperature to cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours.
  • When done serve over long grain rice, orzo, or quinoa

Notes

Tips,
Depending on the crockpot the recipe could cook a little longer.
To thicken the sauce remove lid for about a half hour before recipe is done, or remove 1 cup of sauce and mix together with 1 1/2 tablespoon of cornstarch and replace to crockpot.
Choice of sweetener , brown sugar, low sugar maple syrup, sugar free syrup, honey,
Optional: add water chestnut for a nutty taste or sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Garnish with green onions.
If you add vegetables in too early they will become very soft.