Slow Cooker Sweet n' Sour Chicken

Yes, it's clean, I swear.  And so, so amazing.  We made this for New Year's Eve in an attempt to makeover our Chinese Food Takeout favourites: Sweet n' sour chicken, spicy rice noodles, and spring rolls with a sweet plum-like sauce. 
  
This was a new recipe and it turned out great!  So easy, we made it again last night!  

Here it is, enjoy!

Total time: 4-5 hours in slow cooker  

Ingredients:
1 onion, sliced
2 slices of fresh pineapple, chopped
2 thawed chicken breasts, chopped
Sauce: 2 tbsp honey, 1/4 cup coconut aminos (or soy sauce if you can eat it!), 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cilantro, 1 tsp chilli pepper flakes, and a dash of chilli powder and paprika
1 sweet red pepper, chopped
1 tbsp water & corn starch (optional)

What to do:

1) Add onion, pineapple and chicken to the slow cooker. 

2) Whisk sauce ingredients in a separate bowl.  Then, add to slow cooker.  Stir together. 

3) Cook on high for 4 hours or so.  Stir a few times if you're around. 

4) After chicken is cooked through and onions are super super soft, add peppers and water/corn starch mix.  Stir together with the sauce and replace lid.  The cornstarch/water mix should help the sauce thicken up.  You can skip the cornstarch/water mix if you're not eating corn starch.  Your sauce just won't be thick, still yummy, just not thick.  I add the peppers at this stage because I don't like super soggy peppers.  :)

5)  After about another 20-30 minutes, your sauce should be thickened and ready to serve!  Yummmmm over rice or noodles.