Name: Crockpot Shredded BBQ Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 360 min
Total time: 365 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3-4 Boneless Chicken Breasts; Bottle of BBQ sauce; Cover completely with your favorite BBQ sauce; Cook on Low for 6-8 hours or High for 4 hours.

I took our BBQ Crock pot chicken recipe and turned it into shredded BBQ chicken. This is a super easy recipe and a great way to stretch your dollar by shredding the chicken and serving it on a bun. I was able to turn 3 chicken breasts into enough to feed my family for 2 nights! This is a great recipe when you are feeding a large crowd. The chicken goes further and tastes great on a bun. In fact you can easily double this recipe and serve it as the whole breast the first night and use the leftovers to shred to mix up the leftovers a bit for your family and serve it the second night on a bun.

This recipe is so easy to prepare. Simply place your chicken breasts into the slow cooker and add your BBQ sauce. Be sure that you cover completely. Place the lid on the slow cooker and good for 6-8 hours on low heat. After the chicken is cooked, use two forks to shred the chicken and cook for an additional 1/2 hour. I suggest that you serve with cole slaw and potato salad.

You could even do use this recipe to cook a beef loin, pork loin or even turkey breast! The sky is really the limit. I like to serve Crockpot Shredded BBQ Chicken with Roasted Broccoli. My family also enjoys it on a bun with baked beans and cole slaw. Be sure to give this easy slow cooker recipe a try! It is soon to be a family favorite.

3.34 from 3 votes

Crockpot Shredded BBQ Chicken

Course Slow Cooker

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 6 hours

Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes

Servings 6

Author Melissa Jennings

Ingredients

3-4 Boneless Chicken Breasts
Bottle of BBQ sauce
Cover completely with your favorite BBQ sauce
Cook on Low for 6-8 hours or High for 4 hours.

Instructions

Simply place your chicken breasts into the slow cooker and add your BBQ sauce.
Be sure that you cover completely.
Place the lid on the slow cooker and good for 6-8 hours on low heat or 4 hours on high heat.
After cooked use two forks to shred the chicken and cook for an additional 1/2 hour.

Optional:

This recipe can be made with pork. We usually use Boneless Pork Loins.
This recipe can be used with beef loin. Make sure you check on beef to be cooked thoroughly.

Easy-Freeze Slow Cooker Directions:

Add chicken and BBQ sauce into a zip-loc freezer bag and freeze. When ready to cook thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Place into the slow cooker in the morning and cook on low for 6-8 hours or 4 hours on high.

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Melissa Jennings

Melissa is a soccer mom who has been married to her best friend for 20 years. She loves sharing recipes, travel reviews and tips that focus on helping busy families make memories.

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Comments

Jessa
February 6, 2010 at 10:29 am
I use a recipe similar to this only it uses Diet Coke and ketchup. 🙂
Apryl @ Christian Clippers
February 6, 2010 at 10:45 am
I'm am putting this on my dinner list. I am always looking for new recipes!
Stockpiling Mom
February 10, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Thanks Apryl!
christina
December 20, 2010 at 9:14 am
If Diet Coke is heated above 86 degrees, the wood alcohol in the aspartame turns into formaldehyde and then formic acid 🙁 Maybe regular coke would be safer? Not sure.
- Melissa @ Stockpiling Moms
  June 18, 2011 at 5:16 pm
  I would not use Diet Coke either.
Emily
June 21, 2011 at 3:02 pm
You can also make this with a jar of free chi chi’s salsa for a mexican burrito night! Sometimes I add the shredded chicken into a taco bake!
Shannon
August 7, 2011 at 12:12 am
A good BBQ sauce that I use for little smokies and have used with shredded beef/chicken is simple and can be used in a crockpot…about 1 1/2 C of Heinz Ketchup, 1/2 C of Smuckers Grape jelly and for a little kick, add a cpl or a few dashes of franks hot sauce ot tobasco. I dont measure, i just do the taste test while making the sauce. Enjoy!
jenn
September 1, 2011 at 10:46 am
I wonder how turkey breast would do? Has anyone tried it before?
mel
February 22, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Just got done making this using my free bottle of Country Bobs All Purpose Sauce. Shredded chicken sandwiches with sweet potato fries for dinner thursday.
Debbi B
February 23, 2012 at 10:48 am
I have a family of 8 6 of us being teenagers/adults. How many does this recipe feed?
jenn
March 2, 2012 at 9:26 pm
I would estimate 1-2 chicken breasts per teen/adult and 1/2 for younger kids, so just adjust the number of chicken breasts to meet your needs.
Carla F.
November 2, 2013 at 10:46 pm
I’ve made this with chicken and pork both are equally delicious!
MJ
January 8, 2014 at 11:26 pm
This is so EASY!
Patricialynn
February 3, 2015 at 8:06 am
This looks good!
Lily
March 1, 2015 at 1:05 am
Yummy. I make mine like this all the time, sweet baby rays is a great sauce
Valencia
March 17, 2016 at 11:01 pm

I love that your recipes are so simple. I will be taking a few of them with me to Orlando for a church convention next weekend. Can’t wait to try them!
D
February 21, 2017 at 11:31 am

This recipe turned out really good! I used a different (locally made) BBQ Sauce. The chicken shreds easily and is delicious!
Deb
April 25, 2018 at 4:30 pm

This is not Keto
- Melissa@StockpilingMoms
  April 28, 2018 at 9:35 am
  Yes, it is. When you use a Keto approved brand of BBQ sauce!

Crockpot Shredded BBQ Chicken