Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken
Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, slow cooker barbecue chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

However, it really wouldn't be much different than just pouring on Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce. I couldn't even detect a hint of the red pepper flakes, and Ray doesn't really need any extra sugar since it's quite sweet to begin with. A slow cooker is an excellent option for a barbecue, especially when the weather is too wet or too cold to fire up the grill.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker barbecue chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken:
  1. Prepare 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1.5 lbs worth)
  2. Make ready 1 1/2 cups ketchup
  3. Make ready 3/4 cup brown sugar
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup cold water
  5. Make ready 1 tsp onion powder
  6. Get 1 tsp hickory flavored liquid smoke
  7. Get 1 tsp apple cider vinegar (white vinegar will do)
  8. Get 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  9. Take 5-6 dashes worcestershire sauce
  10. Take Salt and pepper to taste (optional, I didn't use any)

At that point, the chicken is removed and pulled apart into shreds. You'll wrap it in foil to keep it warm and moist. Stir the remaining seasoning mix with the barbecue sauce and pour back over the chicken. This recipe is very simple to make!

Instructions to make Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken:
  1. Place chicken in the bottom of your slow cooker. Wisk together all other ingredients. Pour evenly over chicken.
  2. Cook on low 6 hrs. Shred chicken (you can do it right in the slow cooker). Stir shreds into the sauce.
  3. Continue on low 1-2 more hrs to really flavor the chicken. Serve on toasted buns. Enjoy!
  4. See notes below ⤵
  5. NOTE: You can totally use bottled bbq sauce instead of the sauce ingredients listed. I'd go with about 1 1/2 cups sauce + 1/4 cup water. I just always have everything on hand to make homemade sauce and prefer it over bottled.

My whole family loves this zesty barbecued chicken. I recently invested in the book, "Slow Cooker Revolution" by America's Test Kitchen and it looks promising. I tried their recipe for barbecued chicken and we all loved it! I have been experimenting with making my own barbecue sauce and I'm super close to posting it, but not quite. These Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken Quesadillas are so easy to make.

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