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Crockpot Barbecue Chicken and Oven Fries

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Ahh, with the start of a New Year I’ve been trying to plan out some healthy yet simple meals for our family, you too?  Here is a good one that my family loves… it tastes great and the chicken is done in the crockpot too making it a super easy dinner, boo-yah!  So it’s basically a ‘set it and forget it’ type of a meal…unless you want to make these oven fries which by the way are devine and well, basically you must make them too because this meal is just not complete without them!  Have I twisted your arm enough?  If not…
What about now? (hehe!!)
Okay, have at the recipe folks!!
Crockpot Barbecue Chicken
Recipe Type: Main Course
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1.5 lbs chicken breasts (or about 4 nice-sized ones)
  • 1 18 oz bottle of barbecue sauce (I like to use Sweet Baby Ray’s!)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup Italian dressing
  • 2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
Instructions
  1. Place the chicken in your crockpot.
  2. In a bowl mix the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, Italian dressing and Worcestershire sauce together.
  3. Pour over chicken and set on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4.
  4. Once the chicken is fork tender go ahead and shred it up.
Oven Fries
Recipe Type: Side Dish
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 2-3 large baking potatoes
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 Tbsp white sugar
  • 1 tsp olive or vegetable oil
Instructions
  1. Wash, dry and cut your raw potatoes into large pieces, steak fry size.
  2. Place cut potatoes into a large resealable plastic bag.
  3. Add in your salt, pepper, sugar and veggie oil.
  4. Seal closed and shake until all potato pieces are completely coated.
  5. Cover a baking sheet with foil and place potatoes onto your lined baking sheet.
  6. Bake at 450 degrees for about 30 minutes or until fries are tender and brown…yet amazingly crispy on the outside!
Gather your Crockpot Chicken ingredients (please note my bottle of Sweet Baby Ray’s or ‘The Sauce’ as it’s known in my family!)…
and mix them all together in a large bowl…
Then place your chicken in a crockpot and pour the goods on top.
Let cook for 6-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high…
Now, while you wait let’s make some Oven Fries!!
Cut up 2-3 large baking potatoes into nice ‘Steak Fry’ sized chunks!!
Now, grab your ‘fry’ ingredients…pepper, salt, sugar and olive oil (or veggie oil if you have it!)
Place your potato pieces into a large ziploc bag and pour the pepper, salt, sugar and oil on top.  Seal that baby up and give it a few good shakes.  Make sure all those potatoes are coated well!!
Then, just line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and pour your potato chunks onto it!
Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes or until nice and golden-y brown!!
Mmmm, then when your chicken is done you can shred it up.
And if you timed your dinner juuuuust right….
These little crispy lovelies will be done too!
A nice and healthy (and easy!) dinner…
The perfect way to start of your New Year
YUM!

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    Comments

    1. Rachel says

      We make the same home potatoes too, but I add about 1/4 cup parm cheese and if I feel really wild…a tablespoon of chili powder to give them a kick! Experiment and enjoy!

    4. Julie says

      yummy I found you blog a week or so ago.. I love it and I’m making this today. It’s snowing here and this will hit the spot Thanks
      Have a wonderful day
      julie

    6. Karin Marie says

      I’m soo making this for dinner tonight! I can’t go to the store because of snow so I will make onion rings instead! (but bake em so there still healthier) I soo love sweet baby rays too! we like sweet & spicy at our house! sooo yummy! but we have to buy more =/ booo. Thanks for the tute! love your blog!
      Karin Marie 🙂

    9. Nadine says

      I have a crockpot I hardly ever use cos I don’t know what to make other than stew!! Thanks for all the great recipes…definitly gonna try them out 🙂

    13. Maggie says

      @Anonymous-Not a stupid question at all! YES! I use boneless chicken breasts, if I don’t have to deal with bones I won’t! Although, you could totally use bone-in breasts and this would turn out just as good. You would just have to remove the bones while shredding your meat!!
      Maggie

    15. Erica says

      I love your crockpot recipes. We’ve tried most of them and they all turned out great.

      I make oven fries pretty often, but I usually spray a foil lined baking sheet with Pam, put the potatoes on in a single layer, spray them with Pam until you can see that they’re good and covered (but not as oily as when you use the shaking in a bag method), then sprinkle on the seasonings. I think they’re just as crunchy and good, but without the extra oil.

    17. Regena says

      I don’t use the extra ingredients. but i crock with sweet baby rays all the time. Try it with pork or beef too…yum-o-licious!

    21. Rachael says

      I’m making this tomorrow! Can’t wait to taste it. I only have sweet potatoes on hand, so I’m going to try that instead of baking potatoes. What do you think? My mouth is drooling! I can’t wait to try the bbq chicken!

    23. Maggie says

      Hah Wendy!! Yup!! Sugar sounds weird, I know!! But that little bit of sugar helps crisp the skins up while you are baking them! Weird, but true…and cause you aren’t using a lot the fries won’t taste sweet either! Have a great weekend!!
      XOXO,
      Maggie

    28. Maggie says

      Hi Kathryn! I used frozen chicken breasts but you could use fresh/thawed too! That’s the beauty of the Crockpot…anything goes!!
      Enjoy!!
      Maggie

    30. Maggie says

      Hi Kathy! I used boneless chicken breasts but you can easily substitute bone-in with no problems!! Your cooking times should remain the same, and when the chicken falls off the bone it’s ready to shred!!

      Enjoy!
      Maggie

    33. Kimberlee says

      I made this for lunch today. It’s totally in the rotation of our lives now. My typically picky three year old ate a sandwich and a half. BREAKTHROUGH! THANK YOU!!!!

    34. Heather says

      I made this for dinner Friday night and it was awesome! My son asked me why I didn’t make the oven fries more often! LOL! It was even better Saturday for lunch after freezing on the soccer field…I decided to toast the sandwich roll to warm up my fingers and it was even better than the night before. Thanks so much for posting this!

    36. Amber says

      Hi! I’m new here and I tried this recipe and it was awesome! I recently started a recipe review blog and reviewed this recipe. You can read it if you’d like …www.reviewthatrecipe.wordpress.com
      Thanks for posting this! I will be trying some more of your recipes 🙂

    37. 3G's says

      This is so delicious! My husband has had it as leftovers for every meal since Sunday and is bummed it’s gone! Ty!

    40. Maggie says

      Hi Sam! I have two that I go between depending on how much food I am making…a 5 1/2 quart (white) and a 4 quart (black)…The 4 quart is the perfect size for most of my recipes for my family of 5 (4 of who can eat adult food!!) 🙂

    41. Anonymous says

      Thank you! I made this just two days ago. Seconds the next day were even tastier. I’m talking about the chicken. Have yet to try the fries. Again, thanks for making my life a little easier. 😉

    43. Anonymous says

      These were huge hit at our house!! I totally eliminated the brown sugar and they were delish. Not too bar b quee and not too bland.

    45. TiffanyB says

      I just made this and I must have a super crock pot because it was done in 3 hours on low?? lol. I went ahead and shredded it up and put it on warm until dinner!! Yummy!

    46. Courtney says

      do you have a tip on how to get the fries not to stick?? i put more and more pam…but they still stick!

      we LOVE LOVE LOVE this whole dinner – make it all the time!

    47. Anonymous says

      Hi – I want to make these sandwiches for a party I’m having next week… 12 women… Could you tell me about how many chicken breasts it would take to serve that many? I can adjust the other ingredients accordingly. Thanks!

    49. Anonymous says

      Hi…I’m on Weight Watchers and there are similar recipes on their website, but not exact. Would you happen to know how many points plus points this meal would be. I would love to make it this week!

    50. Summer says

      One of my family’s favorite recipes! We eat this on Hawaiian Rolls as BBQ Chicken Sliders and love it!

    51. marie says

      I LOVE this recipe. I make it all the time and everyone loves it. I often get people telling me they loved the pulled pork! They are always surprised when I tell them its chicken. Thanks for a great recipe.