Best Sweet And Tangy Chicken Recipes

SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place four chicken breasts in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Combine the barbecue sauce, pineapple, green pepper, onion and garlic; pour half over the chicken. Top with remaining chicken and sauce. , Cover and cook on low until a thermometer reads 165°, about 5 hours. Thicken sauce if desired. Serve the chicken and sauce with rice.

SLOW COOKER SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together barbecue sauce, pineapple with juice, green bell pepper, onion, and garlic.
• Arrange 4 of the chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker. Pour half of the barbecue sauce over the chicken. Place remaining chicken in slow cooker, and pour remaining sauce over the top.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 8 to 9 hours.

SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine the mustard, soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and honey in a baking dish; season with garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and black pepper to your liking.
• Add the chicken and toss to coat; turn skin side up and place in oven; bake 40 minutes, flipping chicken halfway through.
• Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees; turn chicken skin side up again and place back in oven. (You could also just use your broiler for this).
• Serve with oregano-scented rice (white rice cooked with oregano) and roasted green beans (toss the vegetables in olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and place in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes). Drizzle plate with pan juices.

SWEET AND TANGY PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chicken in a slow cooker and pour cola-flavored beverage around it. Turn slow cooker to High and cook for 3 hours.
• Meanwhile, mix barbecue sauce, vinaigrette, brown sugar, honey, teriyaki marinade, and cardamom in a mixing bowl until well blended. Place in the refrigerator.
• After 3 hours, remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred. Set aside 1/2 cup of the cooking juices and discard the rest.
• Return chicken and 1/2 cup juice to the slow cooker; stir to combine. Remove barbecue sauce from the refrigerator and pour and blend it into the chicken. Cook for 1 more hour.
• Spread mayonnaise on hamburger buns and fill with pulled chicken and sauce.

SWEET & TANGY CHICKEN WITH RICE AND CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Place chicken in a rectangular oven-safe pan with sides.
• If it’s a tight fit, they can be squished together Chop onion finely.
• Combine in a small bowl in this order; chopped onion, brown sugar, ketchup, salsa, and spice.
• Stir together and pour over chicken.
• Bake in hot oven, uncovered.
• Set timer for 30 minutes.
• Combine rice and water in an oven-safe pot.
• Cover and cook in hot oven beside chicken.
• When the timer rings for the chicken, both are ready.
• Rinse vegetables in a colander under cold water.
• Place in a medium size microwave-safe pot or casserole dish with lid.
• Microwave at high for 5 minutes, then let stand.
• Add spices to vegetables.
• Microwave at high for 2 additional minutes, just before serving.
• Add butter only if necessary.

SWEET AND TANGY OVEN-BARBECUED CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position, about 5 inches from upper heating element; heat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk ketchup, onion, Worcestershire, mustard, molasses, maple syrup, vinegar, chili powder, and cayenne in small bowl; set aside. Season chicken with salt and pepper. 2. Heat oil in heavy-bottomed, nonreactive, 12-inch ovenproof skillet over high heat until beginning to smoke. Brown chicken skinned-side down until very light golden, 1 to 2 minutes; using tongs, turn chicken and brown until very light golden on second side, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to plate and set aside. Discard fat in skillet; off heat, add sauce mixture and, using a wooden spoon, scrape up browned bits on bottom of skillet. Simmer sauce over medium heat, stirring frequently with heatproof spatula, until sauce is thick and glossy, and spatula leaves clear trail in sauce, about 4 minutes. Off heat, return chicken to skillet, and turn to coat thickly with sauce; set chicken pieces skinned-side up and spoon extra sauce over each piece to create thick coating. Place skillet in oven and cook until thickest parts of chicken breasts register 130 degrees on instant-read thermometer, 10 to 14 minutes. Set oven to broil and continue to cook until thickest parts of chicken breasts register 160 degrees, 5 to 10 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to platter and let rest 5 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk to combine sauce in skillet and transfer to small bowl. Serve chicken, passing extra sauce separately.

SWEET AND TANGY RED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix apricot preserves, Russian dressing, soy sauce, yellow mustard, onion, and garlic together in a large bowl.
• Place chicken pieces into the apricot mixture and stir to coat.
• Transfer chicken and sauce to a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce is bubbling and thickened and the chicken is no longer pink inside, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Turn the chicken pieces twice while baking.
• If sauce seems thin, transfer chicken to a platter; place baking dish of sauce under broiler until sauce has thickened, 2 to 5 minutes.

SLOW COOKER SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together barbecue sauce, pineapple with juice, green bell pepper, onion, and garlic.
• Arrange 4 of the chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Pour half of the barbecue sauce over the chicken.
• Place remaining chicken in slow cooker, and pour remaining sauce over the top.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 8 to 9 hours.

SLOW COOKER SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Place onions and garlic in bottom of slow cooker. Arrange the chicken on top. Mix the ketchup, brown sugar, chili powder, lemon juice, salt and pepper together and pour over top,
• 2. Cook on low for 5 hours. Remove the chicken to a serving plate. Place the cooking liquid in a saucepan. Mix the cornstarch and water together.
• 3. Bring the liquid to a boil. Whisk in the cornstarch mixture to thicken. Serve the sauce over the chicken and garnish with fresh basil

SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a 12x8x2 inch dish, arrange chicken pieces with the thickest, meaty pieces to the outside edges of the dish.
• In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, soup mix, dressing and preserves.
• Spread this mixture over the chicken, coating each piece well.
• Cover with wax paper.
• Microwave on High for 18-22 minutes. (If your microwave doesn't have a turntable, turn chicken 1/4 turn halfway through cooking time.).
• Let stand 5-10 minutes before you serve it so the chicken absorbs the flavor of the sauce.
• Serve over rice.