Slow Cooker Honey Barbecue Chicken—tender chicken pieces covered in a honey sweetened barbecue sauce with a slight kick. An easy slow cooker recipe!
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Slow Cooker Honey Barbecue Chicken
What a tasty, easy way to make chicken! The chicken gets almost fall off the bone tender when using the slow and low crockpot. I used a package of chicken legs but I’m thinking that this would be a great way to make chicken wings too! If you’re not a fan of bone-in chicken try this recipe with boneless skinless chicken thighs instead.
The sauce is a little bit sweet and a little bit spicy. I like to use Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce as the base and then add in a little honey, dijon, worcestershire and tabasco. If you’re nervous about the kick then cut the tabasco and the pepper in half. You can always add more later!
I served the chicken with mashed potatoes and a green salad with my favorite Olive Garden dressing on top. It was a solid meal that didn’t take much effort at all! Try this slow cooker honey barbecue chicken soon!
More Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes…
Crockpot Orange Chicken–perfect with jasmine rice and a side of broccoli!
Slow Cooker Greek Chicken and Potatoes–lemon chicken and potatoes and lots of herbs!
Slow Cooker Chicken Adobo–this one gets eaten way too fast!
Slow Cooker Honey Barbecue Chicken
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6-8 hours
- Total Time: 47 minute
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Tender chicken pieces covered in a honey sweetened barbecue sauce with a slight kick. An easy slow cooker recipe!
Ingredients
- 4 – 4 1/2 pounds (about 16 legs) of bone-in chicken legs (or you can use thighs)
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray’s)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp tabasco sauce
Instructions
- Add the chicken to the slow cooker (I removed the skin from my chicken first).
- In a medium bowl stir together the bbq sauce, honey, salt, pepper, dijon, worcestershire and tabasco.
- Pour the mixture over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Serve and enjoy the chicken drizzled with the sauce.
Notes
I used a 6 quart slow cooker.
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
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Any recommendations for other bbq sauce. We used to use Jack Daniels honey bbq but can’t find anymore.. they don’t like Spicy so the Jack Daniels honey was a perfect mix.
Rays used pineapple concentrate and we have a pineapple allergy. So have to read all bbq sauce ingredients closely.
Oh hmmmm! I don’t have strong feelings about any other bbq sauce besides Rays. I would just go to the grocery store and pick something that looks interesting to you!