Comments on: Complete Barbecue Chicken Dinner in the Slow Cooker

By: Crockpot Cooking: Layered Barbecue Chicken Dinner | A Hen's Nest

Crockpot Cooking: Layered Barbecue Chicken Dinner | A Hen's Nest — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:55:43 +0000

[...] week when I was planning out our menu, I came across a very easy slow cooker recipe for a complete barbecue chicken dinner in the slow cooker. Yum! I am all about making dinners that don’t need me to be in the kitchen for an hour [...]

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:25:53 +0000

Hey Tiffany! Thanks for getting back to me. I just kinda sprinkled a bunch on the potatoes and then stirred them around. I probably used closer to a cup but I think I had a little bit more potatoes. But it smells delicious and it hasn’t even been in the crock pot an hour lol.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:18:26 +0000

Christina, you probably already have this in the crockpot. I think I used about 1/4 cup cheese, but you can use more or less depending on how you like it.

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:12:28 +0000

I’m about to throw all of this in the crockpot and i was just curious how much cheese you should use?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:29:25 +0000

Julie, I would use precooked bacon. I think it would be too greasy and be soft if you didn’t. Let me know how it goes!

By: JulieB

JulieB — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:11:06 +0000

I think it might be time to upgrade to one of those crock pots that has a timer. That will have to be added to my wish list of kitchen appliances
If I try to do it with bacon, will the bacon need to be precooked? Or do I just chop it up and throw it in with the potatoes?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:21:51 +0000

Julie, I’ve had the overcooking problem happen with my slow cooker too. They just cook so hot and if you’re late getting home, things can be pretty well past done. Bacon/ranch potatoes sound really good! Great idea!

By: JulieB

JulieB — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:36:03 +0000

Sorry, I didn’t mean for that post to reply to your comment about liners Tiffany. I thought I was doing my own.

By: JulieB

JulieB — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:34:08 +0000

I tried this the other day with veggies instead of corn on the cob. Unfortunately, it was not successful for me. It wasn’t the recipe, all my fault, but I figure I would share my mistakes.
First off, my crock pot cooks pretty fast so even on low it should have only been cooking for maybe 3-4 hours (maybe 5, but I think that really pushes it), but I didn’t get home when I thought I would. The BBQ sauce burned and the chicken was dry. Boy was the smell awful. The chicken was still somewhat edible if I added more BBQ to it, at least that’s what my hubby thought, I didn’t even eat it.
The potatoes actually turned out good, but I did try the recipe and realized that I probably shouldn’t have since neither my hubby nor I like onions lol. So the onion flavor wasn’t too appealing to us. Generally, if there are onions in a recipe I don’t try to take them out or substitute because if they are cooked we aren’t too bothered by them, but the flavor was really strong on these. The onions may have also had a bit of that over cooked taste to them, but it’s hard for me to tell because I don’t like the onion flavor regardless. But the texture of those turned out right about the way I like them. Maybe a tad too soft since I overcooked them. Way better then when I try to do it in the oven (I always burn it to the pan and end up with crispy potatoes. Hmmm, I sense a pattern). I’ll just have to try it without onions next time. I don’t know why but I’m thinking bacon and ranch seasoning? I’ve been in a “everything needs bacon and ranch” mood lately lol.
As for the veggies, those were the worst part. I’m pretty sure I over cooked those too. They were dark and tasted awful. I did do it from frozen, but they were overcooked with everything else.
I will try it again seeing as the only things that went wrong were my tendency to overcook everything and not cooking to our tastes. There are still so many recipes I want to try from this site. I can’t wait to make them.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:51:28 +0000

use crockpot liners and then there is no clean up.