Shredded BBQ Crockpot Chicken

If you want a very, very good BBQ chicken  recipe that’s also super easy… here it is! Cody actually put everything in the crockpot (including beer, so I couldn’t eat much because of the gluten… but at least he tried!).

Plus, a simple way to shred cooked meat: with your stand mixer!  I’ve seen the idea floating around the internet, but this was the first time I tried it…and it worked wonderfully!

From Liz’s Lemon Bowl

Ingredients:

• 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 tb cumin
• 1 tb paprika
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tb garlic powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 12 oz light beer, or chicken stock to make it gluten free
• your favorite BBQ sauce

Directions:

• Mix spices together to make a dry rub & coat the chicken evenly with the mixture.  Place in a large glass dish or plastic bag and refrigerate overnight.
• In the morning, line the bottom of the crockpot with the onion slices; top with chicken.
• Pour beer/chicken stock on top & cook on low heat for 8 hours (or on high for 4 hours).
• Use 2 forks (or a stand mixer) to shred chicken.  If you want, mix in BBQ sauce (enough to moisten it) & heat on stove until warm.  Serve alone or atop a bun.

Oven Baked Barbeque Chicken

This recipe turned out surprisingly… delicious!  It made the house smell wonderful, and then it tasted even better.  I didn’t have high hopes after reading it, but I gave it a shot anyway.  Cody really liked it too… the chicken is moist & flavorful… and (in my mind) pretty healthy too.  And it was easy to make 🙂

Oven Baked Barbeque Chicken
adapted from alidaskitchen.com
Yields 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast (I used 4 breasts)
• 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
  • oil to saute the onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce (I used Sweet Baby Ray’s… GF & delicious)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Heat the oil in a pan, then saute onions until soft
• Place chicken breasts in casserole dish
• In a small bowl, mix BBQ sauce, garlic, salt & pepper; pour over chicken in casserole dish
• Top with sauteed onions.
• Cover dish with lid or aluminum foil.  Bake for 1 hour.

Update: I just made this recipe again using still-frozen chicken breasts… and they were fully cooked in an hour! How easy is that?!