I love cooking with my slow cooker. In fact some nights when I am making a bigger meal I will use more than one slow cooker – I am a proud owner of 3 slow cookers and I find that I use all of them! Be sure to check out the Slow Cooker giveaway at the end. I was looking for something to quickly put together and cook in the slow cooker today and my friend Katie shared this Hawaiian Haystacks recipe with me. It is one of those recipes that is so simple it almost isn’t recipe. My family loved it!
Easy Slow Cooker Hawaiian Haystacks
Ingredients Needed:
- 3 Chicken Breasts
- 3 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
- Seasonings (I sprinkled my chicken with garlic powder, lawry’s seasoning salt and pepper)
- Rice (I cooked up 2 cups of rice and had leftovers)
- Toppings (my family likes Crunchy Noodles, Green Onions, Olives, Cheese, Pineapple and Mandarin Oranges)
Hamilton Beach sent me this Stay or Go slow cooker to try out with my recipe today and I am excited to share some of its features with you.
One cool feature on this slow cooker is the lid – it is a hinge lid! So you don’t have to worry about setting your lid down, you just have to lift it up. Just be careful to use a hot pad as steam escapes and can be quite hot. It also easily slides out of the hinge for easy cleanup!
The contol panel is easy to understand and use. Push the on button, choose your heat setting by pushing the Temp. button (warm should not be used for cooking). Then choose your hours by pushing on the hours button. You can choose 2 hour increments and you can adjust the hours while cooking. It also counts down as you cook in 2 hour increments – so if I start with 4 hours after 2 hours it would switch to the 2 hours on its own. Once it has cooked for the time you set, it automatically changes over to warm.
So let me show you how easy this recipe is to make. Place your chicken breasts into your slow cooker. I season each side with onion powder, season salt and pepper.
Add in your Cream of Chicken soup. If you don’t want to used the canned crem of chicken soup I know there are a lot of recipes out there for homeade cream of chicken soupo. I personally am okay with canned Cream of Chicken soup – it helps me out when I am in a hurry. Make this with the homemade or canned depending what is best for you and your family.
Tip: You can make a smaller or larger amount of sauce. The ratio is one can of soup per chicken breast.
Close your lid and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
15 minutes before the chicken is ready I cook my rice and prep/chop my toppings. You can have all sorts of toppings. My family loves cheese, chinese crunchy noodles, green onions, olives, pineapple and mandarin oranges.
Remove the chicken breasts into a bowl to shred. To shred quickly just use your mixer and you will have shredded chicken in less then 20 seconds.
Put the chicken back into the sauce and mix until it is nicely incorporated into the sauce.
This is perfect for nights I have family coming and going at dinner time because the sauce can be kept nice and warm in the slow cooker.
Serve over rice and add your favorite toppings.
If you like this recipe you might want to check out my other recipes.
I am so excited to giveaway a Hamilton Beach Programmabe Stay or Go Slow Cooker to one of you!
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Disclosure: Hamilton Beach provided me and one of my readers a Slow Cooker. All opinons are 100% mine.
Katie Adams says
Yummy! that look delicious! Pinning so I don’t lose the recipe.
Katie Adams says
I love to make roast in a slow cooker. Super easy and it always turns out really moist and just falls apart. Yum!
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Laurie says
I’m becoming re-acquainted with my slow cooker 🙂 Your recipe sure looks tempting. Pinning to share. Thank you for linking up with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday and sharing your recipe with us. Have a wonderful week!
~Laurie
Katrina B. says
I want to try a Red Beans and Rice with Kielbasa recipe, would love to win the slow cooker! Thank you for contest.
Wehaf says
I would love to make a lemon roast chicken!
Nancy Loring says
I would like to try and make pulled pork which is one of my favorite meals.
Cindy Brandon says
pork tenderloin make it into pulled pork for sandwiches yummy!!
Casie Kersey says
I’d love to make a pot roast in the slow cooker!
Ronda says
I would love to make some roasts, chicken and soups.
Jenna H says
I would love to make cheesy broccoli soup. Also I would love to try some dessert recipes in here too…maybe apple crisp?!
Regina says
I would make chili, but I think I would start out by making the recipe you posted first.
Laura Avery says
I would love to make a roast with potatoes and carrots 🙂
Trudy says
I want to make chili in the slow cooker.
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Candace M says
I want to make pulled pork.
Cami Valenzuela says
I’d love to make a Mississippi pot roast.. this looks delicious
allyson tice says
I would love to make slow cooker chicken lasagna!
Lauryn R says
I would love to try your recipe, it sounds delicious!
Martha Codi Roberts says
I’d like to make pulled chicken with salsa and cheese.
Diana says
I would make BBQ pulled pork sandwiches. Thanks.
Brook says
I would love to try the recipe for haystacks you posted here! I would also love making Creamy Italian Chicken, BBQ chicken, and Pork for burritos in it 🙂
Marija says
I’d like to make pulled pork for tacos.
MaryAnn says
I want to make taco soup
Tara says
We still have a ton of apples left from our apple orchard. I’d use the slow cooker to make apple sauce! So much easier than cooking it on the stove.
amber.m says
Oh man, that crockpot is cool! I love the lid! I want one!
Also, that food…. YUM!
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Donna L says
I would like to make beef stew.
Shaylin S. says
I would make Italian Beef!
lindsey gain says
I would definitely be making some yummy winter soups!
Sarah Hall says
I would love to make a pot roast with carrots and potatoes in gravy.
Brooke @ Blushing Noir says
I use my slow cooker constantly! It’s been a life saver. I’m always on the look out for new recipes so I’m saving this one!
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Sheila K. says
I’ll make turkey chili in the slow cooker!
Brenda Haines says
I want to make a Mississippi Mud Roast, thanks for the chance!
MCkenzie says
I really loved reading all of the delicious looking recipes on your blog. It looks amazing, especially the slow-cooker chicken 🙂
Lynzy says
I’ve never heard of this but it looks delicious!
Patty s. says
I love making carnitas in my crockpot. Super easy and makes a ton of shredded meat!
natasha lamoreux says
Its the time of year for pot roast and vegtables. Thats what i would make.
Eugenia says
I love crock pot meals!! SO easy and yummy!
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Darlene Owen says
I would make white chili in the pot.
Diane L. says
I would love to make hot soups in my slow cooker on these cold winter evenings. Thank you!
wen budro says
I would love to try making some barbecued pulled pork for sandwiches.
Kate K (My Mommy Brain) says
Love my crock pot! I’m always looking out for new recipes.
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Jennifer Boehme says
I want to try lasagna or meatloaf. But will be able to try new recipes.
STEPHANIE MCFARLAND says
i want to make it all. i sleep during dinner because of my work schedule. it would be perfect to have meals ready for my husband and boys
Aaron says
I would like to make chicken thighs.
chrissy @ the pearl blogr says
this recipe is added to my meal plan this week and I am hoping to win that crock pot!
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Dominique says
I love making chicken and dumplings! And pasta sauce. And beef stroganoff. Well.. everything basically lol. Crock pot is life. Set it and forget it!
Sandy a la Mode says
you had me at slow cooker! i love slow cooker recipes!! so quick and simple!
xo,
Sandy
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Jenn Scott says
BBQ chicken sandwiches!! YUM.
tina kelly says
I think i want to cook a roast for some good sandwiches.
Kendra says
This looks like a great weekend meal!
Breanna Pollard says
I hope to make some soup.
Sarah Halstead says
That looks good. I would make chili.
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Thuy Vu says
I would make pulled barbeque pork sandwiches
Kelly McGrew says
i would make white chicken chili!
aNNA says
Winter is knocking on my door. This crockpot would be so welcome in my kitchen.
Courtney says
chicken noodle soup!
Carly says
Oh my gosh, these look AMAZING!
Julie says
I’d like to make a chicken soup with it.
Trish says
I want to make pot roast
Sarah Cool says
I would love to make slow cooker chicken curry
Jessica Miller says
I would like to make Chili and soups.
Lynn @ TDHGP says
I have a new recipe for White Chicken Chili Chowder that would be perfect for this crockpot. I love that I can take it with me without spills.
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Holly Mitkowski says
I want to make vegan chili!
Ashley t says
I would love to make chili and chicken and dumplings
Kelli Taylor says
I’d make some chicken to shred up for tacos!
Nicole Sender says
I’d like to try your recipe for Hawaiian haystacks! Sounds so good.
Austin Baroudi says
Beef stew and chili!
Lee says
I love my slowcooker. This one is even cooler though…bringing it to my in laws without spilling the contents all over the car sounds amazing
allison says
I would love making my white chili in this! Thanks so much for the chances to win.
MARY M. says
I would like to cook a pork roast because the meat gets so tender when cooked in a slow cooker.
Tracie Cooper says
I would love to make chili con carne!
Patricia Delgado says
Chili or stew would be nice to make!
Sahana says
Looks Delicious. Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty. Happy Thanksgiving from Home Matters family 🙂
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