Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
A super easy weeknight dish, this Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken is great as a sandwich, over rice and so many other things!
Servings: 12
Calories: 289kcal
Ingredients
Chicken:
- 4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups BBQ sauce of choice
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
Optional sandwich ingredients:
- 8-12 brioche buns
- More BBQ sauce for serving
- Coleslaw
- Pickle slices or spears
- More BBQ sauce for serving
Instructions
- Salt and pepper both sides of each chicken breast.
- Place chicken into slow cooker.
- Sprinkled brown sugar over chicken breasts.
- Pour BBQ sauce over chicken.
- Cover and cook for 2 ½ to 3 hours on high heat or for 3 ½ to 4 hours on low heat or until cooked through.
- Shred the chicken using the two-fork method or a shredding tool right in the slow cooker
- Toss until fully coated in the sauce, then serve as desired.
- To build a sandwich, place a serving of BBQ chicken onto bottom of Brioche bun, top with ¼ cup prepare coleslaw and serve.
Notes
- Nutritional value is for chicken only, not as a sandwich.
- You can use boneless skinless chicken thighs in place of the breasts.
- Use any of your favorite BBQ sauces to flavor this the way you'd like.
- You can make other things with this other than sandwiches, see above for some ideas.
- This can be frozen, see above on how to do that.
- You can cook this on high for 2-3 hours or low for 3-4 hours.
- Shred as thick or thin as you'd like.
- Make sure you are using a 5-6 quart slow cooker for this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 766mg | Potassium: 683mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 152IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg