Easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe

This week we made an easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe that will become a regular fan favorite with your family.

The house smelled amazing, it took just a couple of minutes for me to get into the slow cooker and my husband and I went nuts over this meal.

I love slow cooker recipes, especially when the weather starts turning chilly. But I especially love Crockpot recipes that take less than 10 minutes of prep.

Be sure to check out my other easy slow cooker recipes, too!

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Easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds boneless chicken breast
  • 1 small onion (or 1/2 medium onion)
  • 1/2 red pepper
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cups ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp ground mustard
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

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Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Served in a Bowl

Directions for crockpot bbq pulled chicken recipe:

1. Place the chicken breasts along the bottom of your Crockpot.

2. Thinly slice the onion. Then thinly slice the red pepper, cutting those pieces in half.

Place both the onion and red pepper over the chicken.

BBQ Pulled Chicken Step 2

3. Mince the garlic and sprinkle it over the contents.

4. Mix all of the remaining ingredients in a medium-sized bowl.

5. Pour ingredients over the chicken.

6. Cook in Crockpot for 3.5-4 hours on high or 6-8 on low.

Note: You may want to turn over the chicken once halfway through cooking, but you don’t have to.

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7. Shred the chicken, which will easy pull apart, using two forks.

BBQ Pulled Chicken Step 7

8. Stir the chicken and sauce completely. Allow to cook for an additional 15-30 minutes.

Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe with Mashed Potatoes
Easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken

Easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

An easy Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe that will become a regular fan favorite with your family and only takes 10 minutes of prep.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds boneless chicken breast
  • 1 small onion (or 1/2 medium onion)
  • 1/2 red pepper
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cups ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp ground mustard
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  1. Place the chicken breasts along the bottom of your Crockpot.
  2. Thinly slice the onion. Then thinly slice the red pepper, cutting those pieces in half. Place both the onion and red pepper over the chicken.
  3. Mince the garlic and sprinkle it over the contents.
  4. Mix all of the remaining ingredients in a medium-sized bowl.
  5. Pour ingredients over the chicken.
  6. Cook in Crockpot for 3.5-4 hours on high or 6-8 on low.
  7. Shred the chicken, which will easy pull apart, using two forks.
  8. Stir the chicken and sauce completely. Allow to cook for an additional 15-30 minutes.

Notes

You may want to turn over the chicken once halfway through cooking, but you don't have to.

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65 Comments

  1. James Robert says:

    My favorite is fried chicken and mashed potatoes

  2. L.Rineker says:

    Stuffed Cabbage, mashed potatoes and corn.

  3. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is turkey. I love the look of that crock pot and would certainly put it to good use.

    1. Wishing you good luck on the giveaway, Sheila! I’m sure you’d make some fabulous recipes with it 🙂

  4. kelly tupick says:

    I like to serve a nice pot roast with mashed potatoes and some gravy on the side.

  5. Serena Powell says:

    Mixed beans go really well with mashed potatoes. It’s like a vegetarian friendly gravy.

  6. Heather Hayes Panjon says:

    Pot roast is my favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes.

  7. I love a good slow cooker recipe and this one looks really good!

  8. Cassandra Coleman says:

    I serve ground turkey meatballs with gravy with mashed potatoes. I never make enough, they always eat
    all of it..

  9. Shakeia Rieux says:

    My favorite things to serve with mashed potatoes is meatloaf,and green beans

  10. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is broccoli. Because you can dip it in. 😉

  11. Kristie Foerster says:

    I really love grilled chicken and vegetables paired with mashed potatoes.

  12. Cindy Merril says:

    I really like Meat loaf with mashed potatoes.

  13. I like to serve pot roast with mashed potatoes.

  14. I love to serve mashed potatoes with roasts.

  15. Linda Flakes says:

    I like to Meatloaf with my potatoes.

  16. Jessica Menster says:

    My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is BBQ chicken breast and baked beans! Yum!

  17. Kathie Craig says:

    I love fried chicken with chicken gravy and mashed potatoes.

  18. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is steak meatball.

  19. shelly peterson says:

    I like Pot roast with my mashed potatoes.

  20. Sonya Sanderson says:

    I like meat loaf with mashed potatoes.

  21. Roasted chicken and homemade gravy.

  22. Elizabeth says:

    Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes is always good 🙂 Your Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken recipe sounds very yummy! I’ll take your advice and serve it with Masked Potatoes!

  23. Jessica To says:

    We like to have baked chicken and gravy with mashed potatoes.

  24. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is country gravy!!! Also some chicken fried steak and dinner rolls.

  25. karen nadeau says:

    I love to cook a roasted chicken with stuffing and serve that with mashed potatoes and gravy.

  26. I would have to say baked pinto beans

  27. Nicole Given says:

    I have a baked chicken recipe that goes great with mashed potatoes.

  28. Lee McKeon says:

    Roasted turkey with gravy!

  29. I love a good homemade Salsbury Steak with mushroom gravy served with mashed potatoes!

  30. I love pot roast with mashed potatoes. Simply potatoes mashed potatoes are the best mashed potatoes I have ever tasted.

  31. Julie Wood says:

    We love Having Roast Beef with our mashed potatoes!

  32. Chicken with mushroom gravy.

  33. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is a juicy beef roast 🙂

  34. Steven weber says:

    I love having turkey and mashed potatoes.

  35. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is gravy, brown gravy to be exact.

  36. Andrea Williams says:

    I like to serve roast chicken with mashed potatoes.

  37. Pork chops with mashed potatoes!

  38. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is roast beef!

  39. Barbara Montag says:

    I like meat loaf with mashed potatoes.
    thank you

  40. My favorite thing to serve with mashed potatoes is fried chicken and green beans.

  41. Susan Christy says:

    Chicken & Noodles.

  42. Gayle Watkins says:

    Thanksgiving dinner is not complete without mashed potatoes! My favorite meal with mashed potatoes.

  43. Melissa Teears says:

    I like turkey and gravy with my mashed potatoes

  44. laura ari says:

    Everything is great with mashed potatoes, but my favorite is meatloaf.

  45. This looks absolutely amazing! Pinned and tweeted. You always bring the most amazing creations to our party. Thank you! I hope to see you again, this Monday at 7 pm. It wouldn’t be a party without you! Lou Lou Girls

    1. Aw thanks, Lou Lou Girls! This recipe has quickly become a staple in our house — to the point my husband and I are happy to eat the leftovers for lunch!

  46. What a fantastic and simple pulled pork recipe! I’m featuring you this week, over at Simple Supper Tuesday. We’d love for you to join us again this week, starting Monday night at 8pm, EST.

    1. You’re going to love this recipe. It has quickly become a staple in our house because it’s so popular and healthy. Happy eating!

  47. Another great crock pot recipe. Pinned! Thanks for sharing with us at #Throwback Thursday link party. Please join us again next week and invite your friends to join.

  48. Had to see what all the hoop-da-la was all about…This is a very good,easy and tasty recipe! I followed it to a “T”. Next time my DH wants me to use chicken thighs instead of drumsticks. I did double the recipe for 3 of us. The sauce never really thickened or got to a thick and sticky glaze. The ease of preparation, as well as being an inexpensive meal is a real seller for this recipe. I served this with Meow’s Ramen Fried “Rice” #34716 which complimented it very nicely. Thanks Jan for sharing this with us. 

    1. This dish is less about getting the sauce to thicken than it is to flavor the chicken. If you really want it to stick… mix in a couple of tablespoons of cornmeal with water during the last 20 minutes… it will make the sauce stick like a more traditional BBQ sauce.

  49. I have never tried this kind of mashed potatoes. Looks alike a great kind. Thanks for sharing with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party this week.

  50. Gotta love easy and delicious meals! Thank you for linking up to Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids, I can’t wait to see what you come up with next week!

  51. Quick and delicious! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up and don’t forget to leave a comment at the party – Next week’s features that also leave a comment get pinned, yummed and tweeted!

  52. Kristi Dominguez says:

    Oh my goodness! This looks incredible…and so easy! I love that there are so many different ways to use and enjoy BBQ pulled chicken! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

  53. Miz Helen says:

    A great crockpot recipe, the chicken looks fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday,448 and hope you will come back soon!
    Miz Helen

  54. Debbie- Dabble says:

    Looks yummy!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
    Hugs,
    Debbie

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