Submitted by Paulene Christie
Serving: 6
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 4 hrs
Total Time 4 hrs 10 mins
- 1 kg chicken thigh fillets
- 250g bacon sliced 1-2cm wide strips
- 1/2 cup bbq sauce
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 heaped tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
Brown chicken and bacon for 10mins in a searing slow cooker or on stove top.
Combine all other ingredients and pour over the chicken and bacon in the slow cooker.
Cook on low for 4hrs.
Spoon sauce over chicken and bacon to serve with mash potatoes and steamed veg - it's delicious!
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Bacon Wrapped BBQ Crock Pot Chicken is sweet, smoky and delicious. Did I mention this recipe is easy too? Let me show you how to make a another Family Favorite Chicken Recipe your family is going to love for dinner tonight.
Do you love your crock pot as much as I do? I love being able to put dinner together in the morning and come home at the end of the day and dinner is ready.
This recipe for Bacon Wrapped BBQ Crock Pot Chicken is just one of the Family Favorite Crock Pot Recipes that I love to prepare when time is short.
With our busy lives, we're all looking for recipes that will help us get dinner on the table quick after a long day at work and still taste good. This recipe is delicious. It's easy and more importantly, the chicken is wrapped in BACON.
And everything tastes amazing when wrapped in bacon, right?
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Ingredients:
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 small apples peeled and chopped
- 6 slices of bacon - 3 slices per chicken breast
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Step 1: How to Wrap Chicken in Bacon
Lay boneless, skinless chicken breast on top of the bacon and start wrapping.
In a small bowl, combine the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and the chopped apples; set aside while you wrap the chicken in bacon.
Meanwhile, prepare your chicken by placing each chicken breast on top of the strips of bacon; 3 pieces of bacon per chicken breast. Wrap the bacon around each chicken breast and place inside the crock pot with the seam side of the bacon on the bottom.
Step 2: How to Long to Cook Chicken in the Crock Pot
Cover the chicken with the barbecue sauce and apple mixture and cook on low four to six hours or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
My crock pot cooks fast, so usually after 4 hours, I check to see if the chicken is done. If you overcook the chicken, it can get dry, so check it after a few hours.
Remove the chicken from the crock pot and place on a platter. Pour the liquid through a sieve and you'll get a really nice sauce with the apples that you can drizzle on top of the chicken and serve on the side. The apples add a really nice flavor to the barbecue sauce.
Step 3: What to Serve with Crock Pot Chicken
I like to serve twice baked potatoes with roasted asparagus with this chicken recipe. Another great side dish to serve with this crock pot chicken recipe is mashed potatoes or mac and cheese.
Can You Put Frozen Chicken in the Crock Pot
The answer is yes! Because life is not perfect, I often forget to defrost the chicken that I want to use for dinner and have cooked frozen chicken many times in the crock pot.
The important thing to remember, is to make sure the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees. Also, it may take longer for the chicken to cook. Depending on your crock pot, you may need to add up to two extra hours to the cooking time.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 small apples peeled and chopped
- 4 slices of bacon
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and the chopped apples; set aside.
- Spray the liner of your crock pot with a non-stick spray.
- Meanwhile, prepare your chicken by placing each chicken breast on top of 3 strips of bacon each.
- Wrap the bacon around each chicken breast and place inside the crock pot; seam side down.
- Cover the chicken with the barbecue sauce and apple mixture and cook on low four hours or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
- Remove the chicken from the crock pot. Keep covered until you're ready to serve.
- Pour the liquid from the crock pot through a fine mesh sieve to separate the apples from the cooking juices.
- Serve the apples alongside the chicken.
Notes
- This recipe can easily feed 4 people depending on how large the chicken breasts are. However, the nutrition reflects 2 servings.
- My crock pot cooks fast, so usually after 3 hours, I check to see if the chicken is done.
- You don't want to over-cook the chicken.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 548Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 125mgSodium: 1208mgCarbohydrates: 61gFiber: 4gSugar: 50gProtein: 46g
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This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2014 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!