South Pacific Island Chicken (from A Crock Pot!)

Total Time: 6 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 (46 ounce) can of 100% pineapple juice
• 2 (12 ounce) cans frozen orange juice concentrate
• 2 (15 ounce) cans mandarin oranges
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 2 (20 ounce) cans pineapple chunks
• 2 large onions
• 2 large green bell peppers
• 2 large red bell peppers
• 2 large orange bell peppers
• 4 tablespoons ground ginger
• salt and pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) box instant rice

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl combine pineapple juice, orange juice, and 3 tablespoons of the ground ginger.
• 2 put 1/2 of the liquid in a large zipper seal bag (or split it in two bags if need be). reserve rest of liquid in bowl or other covered container.
• 3 rinse chicken and pierce with a fork in several places of each breast. place chicken in zipper bag(s)and refrigerate at least 4 hours to overnight (i prefer overnight).
• 4 drain the mandarin oranges and put in container with reserved liquid, cover and marinate for the same amount of time as the chicken.
• 5 chop peppers and onion.
• 6 when ready to cook, place chicken in bottom of crock pot, discard the marinade. layer the onions and peppers on chicken and salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 drain pineapple chunks and add fruit to crock pot. add undrained crushed pineapple to crock pot as well as the mandarin oranges with the liquid.
• 8 set crock pot to high and cook 6-8 hours, depending on when the chicken is done.
• 9 when ready to serve cook rice according to package directions and serve chicken with sauce over the rice. enjoy!