You all know about my obsession with my slow cooker. This Slow Cooker Bacon Wrapped Apple BBQ Chicken recipe was so easy to make but was so full of flavor. It is definitely a keeper in our house.
I love bacon and chicken so this combination was a total winner for our family. Add a little bit of delicious and sweet apple flavor to it, and your tastebuds will die and go to heaven.
It’s quick, simple, full of flavor, and incredibly easy to make. If you know it’s going to be a crazy night, we highly recommend throwing this in the slow cooker in the morning, to enjoy at night.
Could I make Slow Cooker Bacon Wrapped Apple BBQ Chicken recipe using any type of chicken?
For this recipe, we have only tried it using boneless skinless chicken breasts. However, I am sure it would work just as well if you used any form of boneless meat.
We love using boneless chicken thighs, because the meat is so juicy and tender. It’s also a little darker. Chicken tenders would also work great with this recipe.
Chicken with the bone in, might get a little tricky and cook a little differently, so we recommend no bones.
You could also cook the chicken on high for 4 hours, but we recommend cooking it on low for longer, for a more juicy chicken.
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A faster way to grate your apples:
For this recipe, we recommend you peel your apples so the skin doesn’t ruing the texture of the meal.
We don’t recommend using the core of the apple either because of the seeds and it’s a little more tough. For this recipe, you can use a cheese grater to grate the apples, but you could also use a blender or food processor.
Again we recommend peeling the skin and removing the core if you plant to give them a quick pulse in the food processor or blender, but grating them words great.
You could also use apple sauce if you don’t have any apples, but the bigger apple pieces taste amazing with this recipe.
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Slow Cooker Bacon-Wrapped Apple BBQ Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup BBQ Sauce
- 2 gala apples, peeled and grated
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 8 strips bacon
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Equipment
Instructions
- In small bowl, combine BBQ sauce with grated apple and juice from one lemon.
- Wrap 2 pieces of bacon around each chicken breast.
- Place wrapped chicken breasts in slow cooker and pour BBQ mixture over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Notes
- I used red gala apples and Famous Dave’s Rich and Sassy BBQ sauce.
Nutrition
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I have tried numerous recipes that you have posted and I must say, everything has been just super delish!! Even stuff the picky grandkids will eat. Thanks for such a fun blog.
This looks fantastic!! I am a new follower I can’t wait to try this. I am pinning this so I can make it asap!
Oh yum! Thanks for sharing. I may have to add this to my grocery list!
Fantastic!
Sounds so good. Onto my pinboard. Thanks for sharing!
Can you please clarify the order of the following?
“pour BBQ/apple mixture over the chicken. Wrap 2 pieces of bacon around each chicken breast.”
Are you supposed to wrap the bacon around the chicken coated in the apple/BBQ mix, or are you supposed to wrap the chicken breasts first and then pour the sauce over the bacon/chicken combination?
Thanks!
Moonica- sorry about that! I just had the order wrong- wrap the chicken breasts first, then put them in the crock pot and pour BBQ mix on top!
Thanks for letting me know!
Do you put the chicken breasts in frozen?
Hi Anonymous! I have done it both ways- frozen and thawed and they turned out the same . . . I know that some people don’t like to use frozen chicken in the slow cooker, so do what you feel comfortable with. 🙂
Do you use boneless chicken breast or split on the bone?
@ Anonymous- I use boneless chicken breasts! I will add that to the description right now. Thanks for pointing it out to me!
would it be ok to cook on low in a pot on the stove rather than a slow cooker?
What if I put the slow cooker on high? About 4-5 hours?
Silly question- do you cook the bacon at all before wrapping the chicken with it?
I made this recipe over the weekend. Love it!
Can you make this recipe using the oven instead?
I so wanna try this!
Looks great….you can ‘bake’ the sweet potatoes in a second crockpot…..
Made this for dinner last night and it was Yummmmy!! Thanks
What type of apple and BBQ sauce did you use? Made this tonight with a granny smith apple and Open Pit bbq; thought the tart apple would work with the lemon and the thinner sauce would be good. It was tastey but I’m wondering if something a little sweeter (a Sweet Baby Ray’s maybe?) would be even better. Thanks for the yummy recipe!
I used red gala apples and I love Famous Dave’s Rich and Sassy BBQ sauce. I do love Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce too; I bet it would be delicious!
I am going to make this Thursday for Vday. My boyfriend loves bacon. I have 2 questions. The first one, we don’t have to cook the bacon at all before we wrap it around the chicken right? And secondly, what sort of apples are the best to use? I have Macintosh, should I buy something different? I am also planning on using Budwiser BBQ sauce since I already have it. Think that combination will be good?
Im so excited!
You are right about the bacon, you don’t have to cook it first. Macintosh apples work great. That’s what we used. 🙂 Best of luck on your Valentine Day Dinner!! -The Six Sisters
And any BBQ sauce works well!!
Thanks so much!! Going to go buy the ingredients tonight! I dont know who will be more excited to eat it!! him or me!!!
What size crock pot did you use for this? Would a 4 qt. one work ok?
You should be fine with a 4 quart crock pot. I wouldn’t go any smaller. Ours is 6 quart but has plenty of room. 🙂 -The Six Sisters
I made this for the second time tonight! Delicious! Thanks for sharing all of your fabulous recipes. 🙂
No, just wrap the raw bacon around it. It will cook in the crock pot.
Can you cook this on high for about 4 to 5 hrs on high instead of the 8 on low ?
I can’t see why it wouldn’t work. Just be sure it’s cooked all the way through. 🙂
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Your recipes are always our favorties. For this one can you use boneless chicken thighs?
Hi sue. Boneless chicken thighs should work fine. They may not take as long to cook so watch them closely.
My husband and I love real bacon but we seem to more often that not have turkey bacon on hand. Would that work as well or no? Either way we can splurge and get real bacon to try this!
We haven’t used Turkey bacon on this recipe, but we have used it before. It should work just fine!
Can I make it in my instant pot
Here is a post you will like about converting recipes into Instant Pot recipes – https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/how-to-convert-recipes-into-instant-pot-recipes/
Hello, what is the weight translation for 4 chicken breasts? Is that approximately one pound or two pounds of chicken?
It’s about 1 1/2 pounds.