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.
I tried the recipe and my children love it! Based on the feedback on this site, I made sure the chicken was well seasoned prior.
Sounded so good. Cooked it in low for 8 hours. Whole thing fell apart so the meat was extremely tender. However, it was a pain in the neck trying to get all the bones out because it was a big chicken mess. My husband said that the taste of the come and BBQ sauce got diminished. We wound up using more BBQ sauce to dip the chicken in it. Smelled good though. Wd not make it again…sorry
i am making this recipe now for the 4th time to feed a group of guys & it is great! the 1st time i made it we ate it as is & it was bland for me & hubby, but my kiddos liked it. the next time around i had some hawaiian sweet rolls so i made bbq chicken sliders!! this is the way to do it! i separated the meat & shredded it (no work at all) and added one more bottle of sauce to it… SO GOOD! i didn’t have a lemon the 1st couple of times, used lime juice in the bottle, & it was fine, but when i did use it with the actual lemon i could really tell the difference. i did cut up the cooked onions smaller to blend with the rest of the meat. i served this at a ladies meeting & it was a hit… really goes a long way. thanks for the recipe!
Going to try this for dinner tonight- all I have is ginger ale, but I think it might add nice zip.
Maybe this will help with the frozen chicken question.:
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5477300_can-put-frozen-chicken-crockpot.html
You have been asked multiple times if the chicken is supposed to be frozen or thawed but I never see a response. Please respond. Thank you.
For juicier breast meat, try putting a bit of butter or margarine under the skin before putting the chicken in the pot. As for blandness, I rub mine with kosher salt, black pepper, and garlic powder before I pour on the sauce. Yummy recipe!
Was so looking forward to this for tonight’s dinner. Not going to lie. It had no flavor whatsoever. So bummed.
I’m so sorry, if be bummed too! I can’t imagine it being flavorless with a whole lemon, onion, and bottle of Bbq sauce. I’m gonna blame this one on aliens. 🙂