These Slow Cooker Beer BBQ Chicken Sandwiches have such great flavor and are simple to whip up in the CrockPot. This flavorful chicken is pull-apart tender and sure to become a family favorite.
With the record breaking heat we’ve had in Georgia this summer, I find myself turning to my slow cooker more and more. It’s just too dang hot to turn on the oven. A recipe like this is a real life-saver on a hot day.
If you need a terrific side dish to go with this recipe, try this Amish Cucumber Salad. It is SO good and comes together quickly.
The new school year is starting up soon, and this is a slow cooker recipe you’ll want to have in your repertoire for busy weeknights. Just put the ingredients in the slow cooker and have dinner ready and waiting for you at the end of the day. The alcohol in the beer cooks out making this a flavorful, family-friendly meal.
Slow Cooker Beer BBQ Chicken
serves 6
Ingredients:
4-5 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 small onion, diced
4 ounces beer, any type (I like a lager)
1 1⁄2 cups BBQ sauce, any type (I like sweet & spicy)
1⁄2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp paprika
1 garlic clove, minced
1⁄4 tsp salt
1⁄4 tsp black pepper
whole wheat rolls or buns
Directions:
1. Add onion, beer, BBQ sauce, onion powder, paprika, garlic, salt, and pepper to slow cooker; whisk slowly to combine (the beer may get really frothy here it’s okay). Add the chicken and spoon the sauce over the top. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours or high for 5 hours.
2. Remove chicken from slow cooker, and using 2 forks shred the chicken. Add back to the slow cooker and stir chicken into sauce. Spoon about 1⁄2 cup of chicken into buns and serve immediately!
Enjoy!
Slow Cooker Beer BBQ Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 -5 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 small onion diced
- 4 ounces beer any type (I like a lager)
- 1 1 ⁄2 cups BBQ sauce any type (I like sweet & spicy)
- 1 ⁄2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 ⁄4 tsp salt
- 1 ⁄4 tsp black pepper
- whole wheat rolls or buns
Instructions
- 1. Add onion, beer, BBQ sauce, onion powder, paprika, garlic, salt, and pepper to slow cooker; whisk slowly to combine (the beer may get really frothy here it’s okay). Add the chicken and spoon the sauce over the top. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours or high for 5 hours.
- 2. Remove chicken from slow cooker, and using 2 forks shred the chicken. Add back to the slow cooker and stir chicken into sauce. Spoon about 1⁄2 cup of chicken into buns and serve immediately!
- Enjoy!
45 breasts seems like a lot.
It sure is! That should be 4-5 breasts. 🙂
This looks delicious! Definitely going to try this one out soon, thanks for sharing!
Tried this out yesterday and it was ok. Next time what I’ll do is dont add the BBQ sauce until the very end. Basicallh drain off all the beer and other liquid and then pour in the BBQ and mix it up. The BBQ sauce was faint on mine when I added it at the very beginning. Still a good recipe!!
Yum. And yum! This looks like something my family would love. Pinning (and hoping they pick this for one of our challenge recipes). Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at the Brag About It Link party! Have a great weekend!
~Laurie
Yum. This sounds delicious. I love crockpot recipes….especially at this time of year. Thanks for sharing, and thank you for linking up at #Home MattersParty Hope to see you back soon.
Sounds easy and looks so good! Thanks for sharing this great recipe at the #HomeMattersParty
Angela, these BBQ chicken sandwiches look delish! I love that they are made in a slow cooker. Thanks so much fro sharing your recipe at Dream. Create. Inspire. Link. Take care, Tara
I am a beer man and I support any recipe that uses beer. I also am a man of poultry. Beer + Poultry = Winner to me!
Thanks for the recipe 🙂
This sounds delicious and we eat a lot of chicken, so this could join our rotation. I’m all for easy dinners on busy week nights! Thanks for the recipe!
I have tried beer in my pork bbq but I have never tried it in my chicken bbq. What a great idea. Your recipe sounds delicious. I will definitely have to try your recipe with beer.