Slow Cooker Coke Chicken
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One of our favorite recipes to throw in the crock pot, this Coke Chicken is delicious for an easy, weeknight meal.
Coke chicken is easy and delicious! There is something about these flavors slow cooking with the meat that brings out a really unique and yummy flavor. Better yet, breaking out the slow cooker is perfect for busy weeknight meals as your prep work is mostly done in the morning! I like to serve this with stewed potatoes in butter sauce and a simple dinner roll. The chicken steals the show.
This recipe is super versatile and works with pork chops, boneless breasts, ribs, and even roast. I ask that you first try it with a fryer if at all possible, though. There is a magic that takes place when you cook a fryer like this that just doesn’t happen with other cuts of meat, even boneless skinless breasts. The fryer, after slow cooking all day in this amazing blend of flavors, becomes completely permeated with the flavor and literally falls off of the bone. Every shred of chicken, even the inside meat, is tinted the color of your sauce, proving that it has completely saturated the bird.
Serve with a side of Strawberry Salad With Zesty Honey Mustard Dressing and Stewed Potatoes and you will have the perfect meal.
Why You’ll Love Coke Chicken
- Easy: The use of a slow cooker makes this a set-it-and-forget-it meal. Prep it in the morning and forget about it until you serve in the evening!
- Versatile: You can use your favorite meat in this meal! Try pork, roast, boneless chicken breasts, whatever your family’s favorite is! You can also make this with a different carbonated beverage, as long as it is carbonated and has sugar in it.
- Crowd-pleaser: Everyone loves this meal. Even the pickiest eaters love it every time!
Ingredients You Need to Make Coke Chicken:
- A whole fryer chicken
- Coca Cola
- BBQ Sauce
- an onion
- a lemon
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How to Make Coke Chicken:
How to Serve Coke Chicken:
I like to serve this one of two ways. You can pull bits of chicken off and serve it with a more breast-like portion of chicken, like so:
OR you can shred the chicken and serve on a roll, like this:
I also like to serve this with a side stewed potatoes in butter sauce and a simple dinner roll. Also consider a side salad for a lighter feel. The chicken steals the show either way!
Ingredients
- 1 Chicken
- 1 Lemon
- 1 Onion
- 1 Bottle BBQ Sauce
- 1 Can Coca Cola
Instructions
- Peel onion and cut into quarters. Cut lemon into Quarters. Place chicken in crock pot. Toss in onion quarters and lemon quarters. Pour in entire bottle of BBQ Sauce and entire can of Coke. Cover and cook on low all day or high 3 to four hours.
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This is such a great recipe, but I dont have a crock pot big enough for a chicken to feed to whole family so I cook it in the oven at 325 in my roaster until it is done. And i never seem to have lemons but always have oranges so i end up using oranges and it adds a tangy to the BBQ sauce!
I read all the comments before making this. Some said it was terrific, some said the chicken breasts came out dry and lacked flavor. I hoped it would taste terrific because it’s so easy to put together. The bad news is mine came out dry but I think it is because my bird was small and I let it cook on low for too long. I will try it again and next time cook it on low for 5-6 hrs. Seven and 8 hrs is too long. For those who want it saucy, sauce is easy to make. Flour and some of the liquid in a saucepan can turn it into a nice gravy. If yours was dry, was it a small bird (like 2 lbs) and cooked it for a long time?
Great question! Hoping we’ll get some answers on it.
Another thing I wonder is the age of slow cookers as the ones more than ten years old (experts have said five even) aren’t as regulated in cooking temps as the new ones.
I’m so glad you posted this!
I made this today and It was delish! A word of warning though….I must have had a pretty big chicken in a normal size crockpot.. I went and did some errands and when I got back, the pot was sputtering like crazy. There was so much juice! I had just cleaned my kitchen from Ceiling to Floor and as I was moving the pot to a nearby location, the juice leaked out and made a puddle on my clean floor. The worst thing was that it dripped on my brand new Tom’s that I was wearing! I yanked that shoe off so fast and got the carpet stain remover to work it’s magic. Now I am wearing one shoe and the other is drying. Why don’t I just take the other one off? That would be too easy….
you ar the best cook i have ever heard about
What size chicken do you recommend?
I made this today and it took almost seven hours on high for me (I did open it once between five and six hours to temp it and remove some liquid because it was about to overflow). It fell apart when I took it out and was tasty except, because it was in for so long, the lemons (rind and pith) imparted a bitter taste to it. So next time I will just squeeze the juice of the lemon over the chicken and discard the rest. As I mentioned, I had to take several cups of liquid out with a turkey baster because it was about overflowing my 6 quart crock pot between the soda, the BBQ sauce and the juices it made. Definitely will get a smaller bird next time!
I am trying this tonight! Sounds like everyone loves it! cant wait!! =)