Chicken Drumsticks with Sweet Potatoes and Pineapple

Enjoy these mouth-watering chicken drumsticks with sweet potatoes and pineapple tidbits – a sweet and tangy slow cooked dinner! MORE+ LESS-

By Pillsbury Kitchens

Updated June 25, 2010

Ingredients

medium dark-orange sweet potatoes, peeled, sliced (about 3 cups)

can (8 oz) pineapple tidbits in unsweetened juice, undrained

1/2

cup chicken broth

1/4

cup finely chopped onion

teaspoon grated gingerroot, if desired

1/4

cup barbecue sauce

tablespoons honey

1/2

teaspoon ground mustard

chicken drumsticks (about 1 1/2 lb), skin removed

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In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix sweet potatoes, pineapple with liquid, broth, onion and gingerroot.
2

In small bowl, mix barbecue sauce, honey and ground mustard. Coat chicken drumsticks well with barbecue sauce mixture. Arrange chicken in single layer over potato mixture in slow cooker, overlapping slightly if necessary. Spoon any remaining barbecue sauce mixture over chicken.
3

Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 10 hours.

There are two types of sweet potatoes available in most supermarkets. Dark-skinned sweet potatoes with deep orange flesh are more moister and sweeter than the pale-skinned variety with light yellow flesh. For this recipe, the dark-skinned sweet potatoes are ideal.