Name: Slow Cooker Barbeque Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Ingredients: 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 1 (18 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®); ¼ cup distilled white vinegar; ¼ cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

A little spicy barbeque chicken that simmers all day in the slow cooker. Super easy preparation.

Slow Cooker Barbeque Chicken

chicken breast

(18 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®)

white vinegar

brown sugar

garlic powder

red pepper flakes

Put chicken breast halves in a slow cooker.


Whisk barbeque sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl until the sugar dissolves; pour over the chicken.


I liked this, but I did with it what I do with another recipe...I put the chicken in plain first (spray crock with cooking spray), let it cook for 3-4 hours on HIGH, DRAIN it, then add the sauce & continue to cook on HIGH for about 30 min. to 1 hr. longer.  This way, it isn't too watery!  The chicken is so tender made this way, my family loves it.

This recipe would be fine for a quick and easy slow cooker meal. Certainly a huge help for a busy day. However, it really wouldn't be much different than just pouring on Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce. I couldn't even detect a hint of the red pepper flakes, and Ray doesn't really need any extra sugar since it's quite sweet to begin with.

I really loved how simple this was.  I didn't have high expectations for the taste but it was really good.  I didn't even have to preseason the chicken.  Straight out the package and into the slow cooker.  Tonight I'm trying it on ribs.  The only thing I changed is I didn't add much sugar. Maybe a tablespoon if that.  The sauce is already sweet enough to me.

Update:  I tried it with pork ribs tonight and it was just a a good as with the chicken.  This is a keeper!

I did something different. I added fresh chopped sweet onions & fresh garlic with white wine. Removed powder onion. Let that Simmer for 1 hour. Then added the rest of the ingredients. I removed distilled white vinegar and added apple cider vinegar instead in slow cooker. Once they are mixed, added chicken thighs with no skin and with bone. Turned heat to Low. Oh Boy! my house smells good.

This recipe was so easy to make! I threw it together in just a few minutes before I left for work. Not sure how it tastes because my family forgot to save me some and ate it all up before I got home.

I didn't mix the ingredients together in a bowl (to save a dish), just poured them on top of the chicken breasts and mixed them around with the chicken breasts as they cooked.  I used two enormous frozen chicken breasts and they were done in less than six hours, so I don't think the cooking time is accurate.  As for the problem with the sauce being watery, I noticed that and solved it by cracking the lid on the crock pot (about 1" or so) for the last hr. they cooked, turning them once, so the sauce could reduce and carmelize a bit.  They were delicious, but next time I think I'll add more chicken, because there was a lot of sauce.  Served it with garlic butter rice and corn, and it was a big hit with the kids!  I just hope my crock pot comes clean after soaking all day and night.

A hit at our house!  I love NC BBQ and the vinegar and red pepper flakes did the trick.  In order to get every last drop of BBQ sauce out of the bottle I popped off the spout, poured in the vinegar, shook, and voila!

This recipie is copied exactly from Sweet Baby Ray's. You should have given them credit.

As others have said, if you use a good bbq sauce, you can skip the additional ingredients. Best tip I saw in the reviews was to cook chicken for a couple hours without the sauce, then pour off the liquid, then add the sauce.

Tangy, savory, and a little spicy, this wonderfully flavored chicken will perk you up during the colder months of the year. 

Slow Cooker Barbeque Chicken

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours

Total: 4 hours, 10 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : mrs.pie

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