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Toss boneless chicken breasts, sliced white onion, and two cups of your favorite BBQ sauce into the crockpot and let it do its thing! The result? The easiest juicy, tender pulled barbecue chicken perfect for burgers, tacos, pizza and rice bowls — the ideas for using shredded chicken are endless!

A shredded bbq chicken sandwich sits on a dish. There is a slow cooker and bottle of bbq sauce in the background.

This is the easiest chicken dinner you will ever make! And also one of the tastiest! It's one of my favorite easy and simple dinner recipes.

Ingredients for this recipe

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It truly doesn’t get easier than this! Or more delicious.

And once you're obsessed with this, you have to try my slow-cooker salsa chicken!

A slow cooker is filled with shredded bbq chicken.

How to make shredded bbq chicken

This is just a brief overview, find detailed instructions in the recipe card below!

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts and sliced onions are in a crockpot. — Add the chicken breasts and onions to the crockpot.

BBQ Sauce is poured over chicken breasts and sliced onions in a crockpot. — Add the chicken breasts and onions to the crockpot.

Serving bbq pulled chicken

While I love nothing more than enjoying this crockpot pulled chicken on a brioche bun with some cilantro lime coleslaw, eating sandwiches all week could get a little boring. Don’t fret! There’s plenty you can do with this crockpot BBQ chicken.

Put it on pizza with cheddar cheese and scallions.
Make it into a quesadilla.
Serve it on top of creamy mac and cheese.
Pile it on top of nachos

A shredded bbq chicken sandwich sits on a dish. It is topped with homemade coleslaw.

Freezing instructions

Place leftovers in a freezer-safe, zip-top plastic bag and squeeze out all the air. Label the bag with the contents and date and freeze for up to three months.

Alternatively, you can also use a vacuum-seal storage bag. That's what I love doing with leftovers!

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Shredded BBQ Chicken Breast in the Crockpot

Toss boneless chicken breasts, sliced white onion, and two cups of your favoriteBBQ sauce into the crockpot and let it do its thing! The result? The easiest juicy, tender pulled barbecue chicken perfect for sandwiches, tacos, pizza and rice bowls— the ideas for using shredded chicken are endless!

Prep Time5

Cook Time8

Total Time8 5

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: BBQ Chicken Dinner, Chicken, Crockpot BBQ Chicken, Crockpot Shredded Chicken, Slow Cooker, Slow Cooker Chicken

Servings: servings

Calories: 219kcal

Author: Amanda Gajdosik

Equipment

Slow Cooker

Ingredients

3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 large white onion sliced
2 cups BBQ sauce (I love Sweet Baby Ray’s)

Instructions

Place the chicken and onion in a slow cooker. Top with the BBQ sauce. Cover and cook on low for ~8 hours, or until chicken is fork tender.
Turn off slow cooker. Using two forks shred the chicken breasts into beautifully tender pieces. Mix everything together so all the chicken is covered with the BBQ sauce.
Serve the chicken on seeded buns with coleslaw.

Notes

Leftovers can be stored in fridge for up to five days. Or frozen for up to three months.
Refer to post for ideas on how to serve shredded BBQ chicken.
Chicken can be cooked on High for 4 hours, if desired.

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