Description
This slow cooker BBQ Chicken recipe is summertime ANY TIME! Tangy, sweet BBQ sauce and tender chicken brings the taste of summer to your slow cooker – and it’s super easy!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 lbs chicken
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp liquid smoke
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp poultry seasoning
- 2 tsp seasoning salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp parsley flakes (optional)
- 1 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Step: Make sure that the chicken is clean and prepared.
- Step: Drizzle on the olive oil, liquid smoke, and apple cider vinegar.
- Step: Season the chicken with all of the seasonings until well coated.
- Step: Place the chicken into the slow cooker.
- Step: Cover the slow cooker with the lid and set to Low.
- Step: Cook for 4 hours.
- Step: Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray.
- Step: Carefully remove the chicken from the slow cooker and transfer to the prepared cookie sheet.
- Step: Brush the BBQ sauce over the chicken pieces.
- Step: Broil in the oven, uncovered, until the sauce becomes sticky.
- Step: Remove from the oven, brush with additional sauce, and return to the oven until sticky again.
- Step: Remove from the oven, let cool slightly, and serve.
Notes
Ensure chicken is cooked thoroughly before broiling. The liquid smoke adds a deep depth of flavor to mimic outdoor grilling.
- Prep Time: PT10M
- Cook Time: PT260M
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 750 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 34 g
- Cholesterol: 105 mg
Keywords: BBQ, slow cooker, Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken, Main Dish