Slow Cooker Coke Chicken ~#1 On My List Of “Things I like to toss in the crock pot.”
Get ready to enjoy this Slow Cooker Coke Chicken but first…
I’m getting ready for Apple Week this weekend, preparing some last minute apple recipe tutorials and getting posts written up and queued for this and my other blog for al.com, so we’re having a bit of a slow weekend. I wanted to post my mother’s tutorial on Buttermilk Cornbread, but she isn’t home right now and I’m missing a few photographs I need.
So, in honor of our Slow Cooker Giveaway (Congrats again, Beverly!), I am going to post this recipe. I hesitate to call this a recipe as it really is so very easy that there doesn’t seem to be any real cooking involved. The outcome though, is wonderful.
This works with pork chops, boneless breasts, ribs, and even roast. I ask that you first try it with a fryer if at all possible, though. There is a magic that takes place when you cook a fryer like this that just doesn’t happen with other cuts of meat, even boneless skinless breasts. The fryer, after slow cooking all day in this amazing blend of flavors, becomes completely permeated with the flavor and literally falls off of the bone. Every shred of chicken, even the inside meat, is tinted the color of your sauce, proving that it has completely saturated the bird.
The flavor is so amazing! I like to serve this with stewed potatoes in butter sauce and a simple dinner roll. The chicken steals the show.
*Yes, you can make this with another carbonated beverage, it just needs to be carbonated and have sugar in it.
Ingredients
- 1 Fryer
- 1 Lemon
- 1 Onion
- 1 Bottle BBQ Sauce
- 1 Can Coca Cola
Instructions
- Peel onion and cut into quarters. Cut lemon into Quarters. Place fryer in crock pot. Toss in onion quarters and lemon quarters. Pour in entire bottle of BBQ Sauce and entire can of Coke. Cover and cook on low all day or high 3 to four hours.
Trying this today. Can’t wait!!!
Can lemon juice be substituted for the lemons? Have everything to make this but the fresh lemon.
It sure can Leana!!!
This is delicious. My whole family loved it. Soooooo good!
Yay!! I am so glad it was a hit Courtney!!
Going to make this recipe tomorrow, but am wondering, do I need to thaw the fryer chicken before I put in crockpot, or can I put in frozen?? I have a tendency to screw up recipes, so would love to hear what I should do. Thank you!
Left this cooking at home, can’t wait to eat this tonight with our secret recipe potatoes and onions out of the microwave! Hopefully my fiancee will leave it alone until I can make it home! 🙂
oh my goodness, I just made the crock pot coke chicken. Ok I used root beer instead. It is so tender and juicey and mouth watering. I put it in before work, am home now ready to enjoy with a pasta salad. Thanks for the delish and easy recipe. 🙂
Just wondering what size crock you have… This looks great!