BBQ Chicken Crockpot Style

Hubby has been a very busy bee this past weekend again, trying to reduce a little bit of the load for me, which I greatly appreciate!

In addition to the sauerkraut and pork dish, he also loaded up the crockpot and made some BBQ Chicken.

Granted, I would have preferred he NOT make a whole crockpot of BBQ Chicken as it only has one 'real' use, and that is BBQ chicken. But alas, I can't squash his good intentions...



BBQ Chicken ... seriously easy

6 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breast (I think next time I will suggest chicken thighs with 1 or 2 breast)
1 cube of frozen garlic (or fresh garlic, finely chopped) (Keep an eye out for the garlic tip!)
salt and pepper
finely chopped onion
1/2 cup or so of chicken broth

Sorry for the raw chicken picture, but I wanted you to see how
FINE he chops the garlic onion (!!) courtesy of the food processor!


And look how MUCH seasoning he uses!

That there be the frozen cube of garlic ... post coming SOON, I promise!


Toss all in a crockpot and cook til chicken is done, about 2 to 3 hours on high or 5 to 6 hours on low. Every crockpot is different which drives me NUTS but it is what it is :)

Once chicken is cooked, drain the liquid out of crock and allow the chicken to cool enough where you can shred it with 2 forks OR your hands (oh, go for it!) ... top with bbq sauce of choice and mix well. Make it as wet or dry as you like. Hubby added a touch of garlic powder too at this point.



Serve on a toasted roll with coleslaw on the side.  Enjoy! (Seriously? We used leftover burger and hot dog buns, I buttered up the insides and laid flat in skillet to toast) ... no slaw to be had so we skipped that part. AND we've been eating it just plain in a bowl it's so dang tasty!



NOTE: We used a bbq sauce made by Jack Daniels that was EXTRA SPICY. Also expensive, but a gift ... price tag was $9.95. Some dang good stuff ... and well, like the silver, if you have it, you might as well use it!

Linking up with these great blog parties: Made Famous By, What's Cooking Wednesday, Its a Party!, Show and Tell, Recipe Swap, What's New Wednesday, Ultimate Recipe Swap, What's Cooking Thursday, Show Your Stuff, Taste This Thursday, Thrifty Thursday, Frugal Food Thursday, Frugal Fridays, Food on Friday, Anything Goes, Dwell on Fridays, Friday Foodfight, Foodie Friday, Simple Living Foodie Friday, Inspirations, Weekend Wander, Simply Delicious Saturday, Weekly Roundup, Not Bad Sunday, Potluck Party, Sunday Showcase, Savory Sunday, Sundae Scoop

Comments

  1. ErikWednesday, April 25, 2012

    This looks really good, and I do have a heavy hand when it comes to spices, too (to the chagrin of my co-workers who get subjected to the aroma of my lunches). I found it interesting that you add the BBQ sauce after cooking; is there a significant difference, or does it come out the same either way?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. UnknownThursday, April 26, 2012

      Erik, it must be a guy thing then :) We usually add the bbq sauce after cooking in the crockpot because of the liquid/fat issue ... there was a LOT of juice to dispose of and these were chicken breast so imagine if it had been dark meat? Thanks for stopping by!

      Delete
  2. Run DMTSunday, April 29, 2012

    I have been on the hunt for a decent BBQ crockpot recipe for ages now. Thank you for linking up and sharing your recipe at Friday Food Fight.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Dwell on JoySaturday, May 05, 2012

    Thanks for sharing at Dwell on Joy. Put that coleslaw right on top of BBQ chicken - it's a great contrast to the spicy, hot meat!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Smelly Shoe Fix!

Image
Honestly, we have real good hygiene habits in my house, I can assure you of that! But, lets face it, living in paradise with 125% humidity can be a little trying sometimes ... my running shoes (which have NOT seen much running action for quite a while) get a little ripe smelling ... and oh man, you should smell the shoes that Hubby wears outside in the yard, patio, garage and boat that constantly get wet ... enough to suck the oxygen right out of your body ... whew! Then you have the Boy ... who works out pretty darn hard and doesn't always wear socks, nor does the Princess ... I mean, seriously, I've had to throw shoes away because you could smell them just sitting there. No one wants to be the person that people are wrinkling their nose at when they are walking by you! So when I saw the featured post for the Smelly Shoe Solution (and dang, I'm still trying to find the original post because I had no need to bookmark it, such a simple fix!) Yes. That's IT!
Read more

Non Toxic Mosquito Spray

Image
Let's face it, living in Paradise does have a few drawbacks with the #1 complaint being ... BUGS. Yeah, bugs.  Mostly mosquitoes that can just ruin an evening of relaxation on the patio ... those pesky little guys can really do a number on you quickly!  Heaven forbid if you are one of those who are very sensitive to the bites (the Boy), you will have welts in no time. So Hubby always decides to spray AFTER everyone starts swatting the air and scratching. We have to gather up our drinks and appetizers, go indoors and wait for 20 minutes or so for the toxic fog to flat away ... only to be swatting and scratching AGAIN in 30 minutes. After seeing THIS tip a few too many times, I figured, what the heck, $5 at Walmart is worth it to try, right? Guess what?  It seems to work!!!  I need to do a few more nights to say for certain but I say it's WAY better than that can of toxic stuff ... and cheaper to boot! You must use the ORIGINAL flavor, and yes, it nee
Read more

Rice Cooker - Hard Boiled Eggs

Image
One of the things I picked up at Costco was a new Rice Cooker. The one I have, well, I gave that to the Boy when he went away to college (so he could make his macaroni and cheese), not to mention, it was small as heck, like mini size! So, I figured, you know, Hubby likes to make rice occasionally. The Boy makes brown rice in the microwave every other day and leaves the bubbly residue behind for ME to find when I go to heat something up (I hate a dirty microwave, totally wigs me out and sends me running for the windex!) ... so I grabbed the rice cooker ($29.95), a 10 pound bag of organic brown rice and a 20 pound bag of Basmati rice. I'm asking myself now, a whole week later, what the hell am I going to do with 20 pounds of Basmati rice? Anyways. Then I was reading the recipe booklet that came along with the cooker. They had one recipe that said to add the eggs, unshelled, to the steamer basket.  Ok. That made me re-read it a few times. Unshelled? Did they mean out of the shell?
Read more