Monday Budget Meals: Hawaiian Chicken

It's the start of a new week; which inevitably means there's going to be one of those, "Oh shoot; I forgot to take something out of the freezer/bribe the delivery guy to show up with dinner in a timely fashion/we're out of milk which means cereal for dinner is out of the question" type moments. Breathe. Cool Dads Cook has your back. We have a dinner so easy, you don't even need to defrost anything. And you only need 4 ingredients.

Hawaiian Chicken

3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 bottle Sweet Baby Ray's Vidalia Onion Barbecue Sauce (or any sweeter style barbecue sauce)

1 20oz. can crushed pineapple
Minute rice

Put chicken breasts in the bottom of the slow cooker, top them with the pineapple and the barbecue sauce. Cook on low for 6 hours.

Once chicken is done, use two forks and shred the meat. Stir all ingredients to combine well. Serve over rice.

Cost Breakdown

Barbecue sauce: $5.12
Crushed pineapple: $2.62
Chicken: $3.98 per pound, we used approximately 2.5 pounds: $9.96
Rice: $1.05 for 6 cups cooked

Total Cost: $18.75

Yield: 6 servings

Cost Per Serving: $3.13


This recipe is great if you're craving some Chinese food, or sweet and sour chicken- and at $3.00 a serving, it's a lot less expensive than take out! We hope this helps to take some of the stress out of your weekday meal planning!

Stay Cool,
The Cool Dads Crew