Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken

Mix up an easy barbecue-style sauce sweetened with maple syrup to cook with chicken breasts in a slow cooker. Dinner is ready 30 minutes after you get home.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 6 hr
• Total Time: 6 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 589 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 4 large skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 2 dashes hot pepper sauce, or to taste (Optional)
• 8 sandwich rolls, split

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the chicken breasts into the bottom of a slow cooker. In a bowl, stir together the ketchup, mustard, lemon juice, garlic powder, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce until the mixture is well blended.

Step 2

Pour the sauce over the chicken, set the cooker to Low, and cook for 6 hours. Shred the chicken with two forks, and cook for 30 more minutes. Serve the chicken and sauce spooned into the sandwich rolls.