A whole Barbecue Chicken Dinner cooked in the slow cooker! The trick is in foil packets and layering the food, something I learned from Stephanie at A Year of Slow Cooking. She used the trick to make steak, baked potatoes and corn on the cob in the slow cooker. I’ve used her trick to cook ham with Hashbrown Casserole.
I love pulling everything out of the crockpot, done and ready to go. Clean up is a breeze too, because there’s just the crock to wash.
Here’s what you’ll need:
Ingredients
- boneless chicken breasts
- barbecue sauce
- potatoes, chopped
- cheddar cheese, shredded
- onion, diced
- salt and pepper
- a bit of olive oil
- frozen corn on the cob
- plenty of foil
Instructions
- Place the chicken in the bottom of the crockpot.
- Pour on some barbecue sauce. You don’t want to add too much, because the goal is to have as little liquid as possible in the bottom of the pot.
- Stir the potatoes, a bit of olive oil (that didn’t make it in the photo), onion, cheese and salt and pepper together in a bowl.
- Make a large packet out of foil and wrap the potatoes in it, loosely.
- Wrap each corn in foil.
- Place the potato packet on top of the chicken. Add the corn.
- Cook on high for 5-6 hours or low for 7-8.
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http://eatathomecooks.com/2009/12/complete-barbecue-chicken-dinner-in-the-slow-cooker.htmlHere are a few photos of the process:
Seriously? How easy is that!
This sounds delicious! I’m so excited to try it! I found your site recently and love seeing the things you cook. Thanks! Oh, and you might want to switch the cooking times around a bit. Instead of “Cook on low for 5-6 hours or high for 7-8″ you might want, Cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 5-6. I’m pretty tired at the moment so maybe I read it wrong but it did seem a little confusing.
Mandi, thanks for pointing that out. I had it backwards. I’m off to fix it.
I’m glad you found Eat at Home!
I too learned about layering from Stephanie. I use my crockpot a lot. I’ve taken many of her recipes and adapted them to my liking and made them. Most have come out wonderfully.
I’m SO doing this tomorrow. Thanks!
This sounds like a great idea. I’m adding it to my menu for next week!
Cant wait to try this. Love layering in the crockpot it saves so much time.
I love this idea…I’ll bet the possibilites are endless! Looks delicious.
brilliant ~ thank you! we received a slow cooker for our wedding and can you believe, I haven’t taken it out yet? I’m always intimidated we’ll be having leftovers up to our ears! But I need to try this, now is the time~
have a lovely weekend~
Excellent idea. I love using my crockpot but the only way I have a whole meal is by making something like pot roast. I’m loving your frugal and easy recipe ideas!
What a cool idea! I’m so glad I stumbled upon your blog!
Love this idea! I am going to have to try it!I love your blog! Thanks for the time you put into it!
Wow, this is gonna change my life, I can tell!
Are the chicken breasts frozen or thawed?
Angela, the chicken can be either frozen or thawed. If you do frozen, just make sure to give it plenty of time to cook.
I learned this from Stephanie’s blog and made it successfully last year. It DOES work. Thank you for putting it back on the ‘front burner’ (so to speak)
Tiffany,
I have one question. In other words, the chicken is NOT in foil? I want to make this for my Sunday dinner.
Thank you!
Jessica, that’s right. The chicken is on the bottom and not wrapped in foil. Hope you like it for your Sunday dinner!
Thanks for asking this question. I was wondering the SAME THING! Gonna try it tonight. Its been 110 here in Texas.. no thank you to using the oven!
Thank you, Tiffany. I’m shopping for the ingredients today. I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for getting back to me quickly!
Tiffany, I wanted to give you an update. I made this for our extended family dinner Sunday, and it was a big hit! Everyone loved it, and it was so easy to make. I put it all together Saturday night, and put the crock pot in the refrigerator. Sunday morning, I just took it out and placed it in the heating part of the crock pot, and let it cook all day till suppertime. Actually, I made extra and used 2 crock pots.
Thank you for the wonderful recipe ideas you provide!
Thanks,I plan to try this recipe for this sunday’s dinner.I hope it turns out good !:)
I only wish I had known of your blog before making my menu plan. This is definitely going on my plan next week!
This is a wonderful site, thank you. I am a working mom and cannot come up with good meals for my busy family. Everyone is picky and/or on their way out the door to some activity. This slow cooker idea is wonderful. I’m trying it this week!!!!
Is the chicken suppose to be frozen? and are we suppose to wrap the chicken in foil too?
Thanks,
Hayley Espey
You can start with frozen chicken or thawed chicken. It doesn’t matter, except you will need to give more cooking time to frozen. Put the chicken on the bottom and don’t wrap it in foil.
Ok great, thanks for your quick response!!
Wow! I have never heard of this, but I LOVE this idea!!! Can’t wait to try it! BTW, I stumbled upon your blog yesterday and am SOOO THRILLED to have found it!!! What a blessing you are to those of us following you! I love to cook but get tired of coming up with meal ideas! This is EXACTLY what I have wanted and am so grateful to you that you have put this out there for the world to use for free. Thank you so much!! Please know this is truly appreciated by me and many, many others I am sure!
this sounds amazing. Do you have any other recipes like this? Maybe with pork chops?
Love your blog! This recipe sounds delish. Just wondering though, can you do the potatoes without cheese? My husband doesn’t eat cheese.
Erin, it will work fine to leave out the cheese.