Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken
Easy Weeknight Chicken Dish

Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken makes for an easy weeknight meal. This tasty barbecue chicken recipe calls for chicken breasts but I have used leg quarters with equal success.

The slow cooker method for chicken calls for simmering the chicken in ketchup, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce and mustard until tender.

The slow cooking keeps the chicken moist while the ingredients impart their savory flavors.

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Shred the chicken for wraps, burritos or sandwiches. Any leftovers make a terrific hash!

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
Ready In: 6 hours 35 minutes

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken

Ingredients

4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 cup ketchup or chili sauce
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon granulated garlic or garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco
Kosher salt and ground black pepper

Directions

Whisk together the ketchup or chili sauce, maple syrup, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, chili powder, granulated garlic, cayenne pepper and hot pepper sauce or Tabasco sauce.

Season the boneless chicken breasts with the kosher salt and black pepper.

Put the chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker. Pour the sauce over them, cover the pot and cook on low for 6 hours.

Remove the chicken from the cooker when it's done and shred it with 2 forks or your hands. Put it back in the slow cooker and simmer for another 30 minutes. Pile it into sandwich rolls or hamburger buns, or for any other use you desire.

Food For Thought – This recipe calls for shredded the chicken, but you can serve the whole breasts after they are cooked through.

Carefully remove them from the sauce and keep them warm. Strain the cooking sauce into a small saucepan and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer until it’s thickened. Serve the chicken breasts with some of the sauce spooned over them and some of it on the side.

Good To Know – This recipe works just as well with other cuts of thicken.

Breasts with the bone in, thighs and legs all work well. Remove as much skin as you can from the pieces of chicken and increase the cooking time by 2 hours.

Yield = 8 Servings