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.
Do you all just take the flabby skin off when it’s done cooking?
Most people eat it, there really isn’t much, but it’s a personal preference so you go with whatever you like. 🙂
Putting in crock pot tonight…really sounds good 🙂
I hope you enjoy!!!
I’ve made this recipe several times and my whole family loves it — that is saying something considering my 4 year old usually won’t try anything that doesn’t look or taste like macaroni and cheese. I usually use chicken pieces (thighs and legs) instead of a fryer just for convenience sake but they always turn out really moist and the meat falls off the bones. I’ve also put some of the leftover sauce in a sauce pan and reduced it over a low heat. Once it thickens up a bit, its wonderful to spoon over the chicken on the plate.
My recipe -I wrap sweet potatoes in Reynolds wrap and put on bottom of cooker and coat my chicken with some unsalted butter and sprinkle corn starch over and sprinkle S & P – slow 6 hrs. AWESOME SWEET POTOES ARE SO GOOD.
Can I use a frozen chicken? So excited to try this one!
I skimmed the comments and I hadn’t seen this question asked, so forgive me if it’s a repeat. I’m a beginner when it comes to cooking. What is the approimate weight of chicken I’m looking to get here? 3-5 lbs? or larger?
I usually use a 3-5 pound bird Niki, but it doesn’t have to be any exact poundage.
I wish that there were some serving ideas with this! I’m really new to cooking, I know, kind of embarrassing. I was DYING to try this, it’s got an hour left in the crock-pot, and now I’m overcome with horrible anxiety because I have no idea how to serve this up?! I looked up videos on how to carve a whole chicken- I am also cooking some asparagus and mashed potatoes to go along with this (I don’t know how it will all pair, but it’s food so nourishment for the win).
I really hope this is tasty! It sure does look great!
(I would love to have seen some plate presentation of how you served it! Like, portion sizes or what sides you paired with.) Thanks for keeping such an awesome website!
Hi Bailey!! We all have to start somewhere, not embarrassing at all! Your sides sound fabulous, you did good girl! As far as portions, I never really worry about that, I just throw enough on a plate for the person whose plate I am fixing. If they want more they can always go back for seconds!!