BBQ Chicken Crockpot Recipe
Yes, you CAN have good Barbeque Chicken in the crockpot - this recipe is proof!
Yesterday was a lazy Fall Sunday, and we wanted barbue chicken - but I was in no mood to fire up the grill. Believe it or not, you can make the best Barbeque Chicken in the crockpot (and once you do everyone will want your recipe).
Now first, let me say that BBQ sauce itself is so subjective. Some people have guarded recipes that have been passed down for generations, and others prefer to take the easy route (like myself) and just use barbeque sauce from the store. I don’t care which you use in this recipe - just substitute what YOU like for the sauce portions. Also - some people prefer chicken on the bone because it’s cheaper and you can use dark meat as well. We prefer only skinless, boneless chicken breast, but again - use what YOU prefer.
Ingredients you’ll need -
- About 2 lbs chicken
- 3 tbsp chopped garlic
- 1 medium green pepper chopped
- 1/2 chopped Vidalia onion
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp ground Cumin
- 2 full bottles “Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce”
- 1 - 4 qt crock pot
Turn your crockpot on high first. Empty both bottles of barbeque sauce into the crockpot with the chopped garlic, and stir. Chop up your green pepper and onion, add it to the mix. Also ad the chili powder and Cumin, and mix well. Add the chicken to the pot, mix well with the sauce - place the lid on the crockpot. Stir every 30-40 minutes and let cook for about 4-5 hours+.
This recipe easily servers 6+, but you could add another pound of chicken and another bottle of BBQ sauce if you wanted to sever 8-12 and fill the crockpot. The entire house will smell of beautiful bbq as it cooks, the sauce will carmelize at it boils and permeate every last pore of the chicken. I think chicken this way is much different than on the grill because it cooks for hours and hours IN the barbeque sauce, and the veggies disappear and become part of the sauce. We eat the chicken on buns with a piece of cheese - just like a burger. You could just as easily eat it over rice. Last night, we served this with oven baked french fries and coleslaw, yum!
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