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Slow Cooker Fruity BBQ Chicken |
Make this finger-lickin' good BBQ chicken recipe right in your slow cooker. Yep, you can even use the crock pot to barbeque!
My friend Tara from Noshing With the Nolands has created a slow cooking monster in me ever since she told me her family wanted BBQ, but she didn't want to trudge to her grill in sub-zero Canadian weather. So, she BBQ'd in her slow cooker. I found this fascinating and she had excellent results!
That planted the seed and I just HAD to see all the things my slow cooker could do. I was never much on crock pot fare though, because I'm not really into the taste of stuff that cooks all day. However, I have 3 crock pots, so go figure that one. But I decided I'm going to finally see what all the hype is.
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Finger Lickin' Good! |
I served this with my oven-baked steak fries. Truth is since I discovered this method for doing the fries, I haven't eaten deep-fried since. They are DELICIOUS! You can find the simple directions here.
I didn't pour ALL the sauce on the chicken. I held some back and served that in a dipping bowl. It tasted great on the potatoes!
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Slow Cooker Fruity BBQ Chicken (with Oven-Baked Steak Fries) |
The platter in the photograph is Temp-Tations Floral Lace in blue. It's available through Temp-Tations' website. Temp-tations.com
Recipe originally published on The Midnight Baker
Slow Cooker Fruity BBQ Chicken

- 3 lbs assorted chicken drumsticks and thighs
- 1 tbs salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- Fruity BBQ Sauce:
- 1 cup high-quality BBQ sauce (like Sweet Baby Ray's)
- 1/2 cup apricot or peach preserves*
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
*Concord grape jelly would probably be just as good.
Mix salt, pepper and garlic powder. Sprinkle on chicken and rub in well. NOTE: skin may be removed from chicken if desired. Place chicken in the bottom of a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker, try to get chicken in a single layer if possible. An oval slow cooker would be best here.
Cover and set cooker to HI and cook for 3 hours or on LOW 6 hrs (I recommend cooking on HI).
In a small bowl, mix all the Fruity BBQ Sauce ingredients. Set aside.
Remove chicken from slow cooker and place on a plate. Drain juices from the slow cooker crock and wipe the crock dry with a paper towel. Place chicken back in the slow cooker. Pour HALF the sauce over the chicken. Cover and continue cooking on HI for an additional 1 hour or LOW and additional 2 hours.
Remove chicken from slow cooker and brush with some more sauce (I reserved about 1/4-1/2 cup for dipping, but you can use it ALL if you wish). I popped the chicken under the broiler for a minute or 2 to crisp it a bit...but it's not necessary.
Serve with oven-baked Steak Fries

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Slow Cooker Fruity BBQ Chicken |
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1 comment:
I'm drooling over this one! I just pinned it to 'Recipes I want To Try' =D
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