The Gunny Sack

Slow Cooker Shredded BBQ Chicken

Wow!  I am getting today’s post in just a little late in the day!  Today was the first day of our garage sale and I was trying to work too so things were super busy.  This recipe for Slow Cook Shredded BBQ Chicken is one I have made many times.  Christine has been asking me to make it and I finally did last week.    I love how easy this recipe is and I’ve always had great results.

To make it all you need is a 12 oz can of pop, 2 1/2 cups BBQ sauce and about 2 lbs of chicken.

Warm the barbecue sauce and then pour it into your slow cooker.

Add the can of pop and mix.  I used Diet Dr. Pepper but I also made it with Diet Coke.

Add the frozen, boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins.  I don’t know how many pounds of chicken I added because they were from an economy sized bag.  I don’t think the amount matters too much because you can add more barbecue sauce if you need and if you end up with too much you can take some out.  Make sure all of the chicken pieces have some of the sauce on them.  I used a baster to drizzle the sauce over the chicken.

I cooked it on high for 5 1/2 hours and this is what it looked like.

Then, it was time to shred the chicken.  I recently saw a tip from another blogger that they saw on Pinterest to use your Kitchen Aid mixer to shred your meat.  So, I decided to try it.  I dumped all of the chicken into the bowl.

And stirred it around a bit.  Mine was a bit too shredded so next time I will mix it for even less time.

I returned the chicken to the sauce in the slow cooker and added some more barbecue sauce.  I let the chicken soak up even more barbeque flavor in the slow cooker until we were ready to eat.

What’s your favorite way to make barbecue chicken?

Comments

  3. Amanda says

    I can’t wait to try this! I have had the same shredding problem with my mixer. I found using the dough hook works really well for a larger shred. Thanks for the recipe!

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    • Tonia says

      Hi Charissa,
      I’m not sure how many it serves. But it uses about 2 lbs of chicken and about 2 1/2 cups of barbecue sauce. I’ve updated the blog post. This recipe is easily adaptable for however many servings you need. Happy Cooking!
      ~Tonia

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      • Charissa says

        Okay. If I were to half this recipe and use chicken breasts instead, how many breasts would I use? Sorry, beginner chef here!

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        • Tonia says

          I’m happy you are asking! Try using 2 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound), 1 cup of bbq sauce and 1/2 can of pop. You can always add more bbq sauce when you want (before, during and after cooking). Also, might take less time to cook since there is less chicken in the crockpot, about 3-4 hours on high or 6-7 hours on low. Good luck! ~Tonia

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  8. Meg {henninglove} says

    oh one of my favorite go to meals when i can’t think of anything else to make! love the cooking is done all day when i am at work. what a timesaver!! i will have to try diet dr. pepper in mine next time

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  10. Evelyn says

    How easy is this, I love the pork with Dr Pepper but never thought about using chicken. Just hopping over from the May Day Hop and still love following you. I would love to invite you to visit my blog, and link this yummy post to my brand new hop starting today:)

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  12. Anne @ Domesblissity says

    Yummo Tonia. You were doing okay until I read those dreaded words, Dr Pepper and then I read on and was pleased you followed it up with Diet Coke! LOL I’ll give it a try. I used to do something similar years ago with Coke and then cream added. Sounds bizarre but it was actually quite tasty.

    Anne xx

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