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Crockpot Chicken Breast with Sweet Potatoes and Pineapple
This crockpot jerk-seasoned chicken is delicious, made with sweet potatoes, pineapple, and golden raisins! A great dairy free crockpot chicken recipe.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 35 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 449 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes (skin on)
- 20 oz can pineapple chunks in juice juice reserved
- ¾ cup golden raisins (not packed)
- ½ medium yellow onion, diced
- 1 ⅓ pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons Caribbean jerk seasoning blend (see notes)
- 1 lime, juiced
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- ½ tsp salt (see notes)
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
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Use a fork to poke the sweet potatoes a few times. Place them in the microwave covered by a damp paper towel for 4 minutes to par-cook them. Chop them into chunks, then add to your crockpot.
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Pour the juice from the can of pineapple chunks into a medium mixing bowl. Add the actual pineapple chunks to the crockpot, along with the golden raisins and onion, and give everything a good stir.
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Place the chicken breasts on top of the mixture in the crockpot, and season with the jerk seasoning.
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To the bowl with the pineapple juice, add the lime juice, Worcestershire, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pour the pineapple juice mixture over everything in the crockpot.
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Cover and cook on low for 3 to 3 ½ hours (see notes), until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F. Serve warm, enjoy.
Recipe Notes
- For this recipe, I used McCormick A Hint of Sea Salt Caribbean Jerk Chicken Seasoning, which contains 0 mg of sodium per serving. As such, I added enough salt to balance that. However, if you are using a seasoning blend with salt, you may want to reduce the additional added salt to ¼ teaspoon.
- If you decide to use a jerk paste (like Walkerswood or Busha Browne), keep in mind that these typically pack in much more heat compared to a dry seasoning. I would reduce the seasoning amount to 2-3 teaspoons instead of 2 tablespoons if using those.
- Par-cooking the sweet potato in the microwave when prepping this meal ensures that the sweet potatoes will be tender when the chicken breast is cooked through. If you do not par-cook them, the sweet potatoes may be under cooked.
- Chicken breast cooks quickly in a crockpot, and leaving them in too long results in dry, tough chicken. In general, you should only need around 3 to 3 ½ hours on *low* to cook the chicken breasts to the proper internal temperature. Always double check with a meat thermometer to ensure they reach 165 degrees F.
- If you use another cut of chicken, you’ll need to extend the cooking time. Do not use the same cooking time for bone-in chicken, as it’ll be undercooked.
Nutrition (approximate per serving): 449 calories, 7.5 g fat, 1.5 g saturated fat, 520 mg sodium, 61.5 g carbohydrate, 4.5 g fiber, 36.5 g protein, Vitamin D: 0%, Calcium: 6%, Iron: 12%, Potassium: 26%