I have had some requests for the recipes for the food that was served at the Relief Society Birthday Party Luau. Enjoy!
Crock-Pot Root Beer Pulled Chicken
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breast
16 oz. root beer
1 18 oz. bottle BBQ sauce (I used Sweet Baby Ray's)
Place the chicken breast in the crock-pot. Pour the root beer over the chicken. Place the lid on the crock-pot and let the chicken cook for 6 hours on low. Remove chicken breast from crock-pot. Remove and save liquid from crock-pot. Shred the chicken breast using two forks. Place the shredded chicken back into the crock-pot. Squeeze the entire bottle of barbecue sauce on top of the chicken. Add 1/2 cup of the reserved liquid back into the chicken. Stir the shredded chicken mixture. Add additional reserved liquid until desired consistency is achieved. Replace lid on the crock pot and cook another hour or so. Serve on your choice of buns.
Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
1/4 c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 can (20 oz.) pineapple slices in juice, drained
1 jar (6 oz.) maraschino cherries without stems, drained
1 box pineapple cake mix
Vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In 9x13 pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice and arrange remaining cherries around slices; press gently into brown sugar. Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.
