I started on a quest to try some of the amazing meals in Katie’s 40 Meals-4 Hour Crockpot Freezer Cooking post. I chose this Crockpot Applesauce BBQ Chicken because 1) my kids love applesauce and 2) BBQ is a favorite at our house also. So by combining those 2 ingredients with a few other spices we had a hit. Even my fussy four year old downed the chicken which speaks for itself, because getting her to eat anything aside from peanut butter is like pulling teeth.
Recipe from: Applesauce Barbeque Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 t ground pepper
- 2/3 cup chunky applesauce
- 2/3 cup BBQ sauce (I used Brown Sugar/Hickory)
- 2 T brown sugar
- 1 t chili powder
Instructions
- Spray Crockpot with non-stick cooking spray, or use a Crockpot liner for easy clean-up.
- Place chicken breasts on bottom.
- Mix all remaining ingredients together, and pour over chicken.
- Cook 6-8 hours on low setting. Serves 4.
This sounds wonderful and it’s so easy it would take no time to put together. Pinning now!
So making this right now didn’t have chunky applesauce so I used regular and cut up a small apple. Plus I added some bacon that we had leftover from last night we’ll see how this goes over I thought it sounded really good. But everyone else in my house is like well we’ll see…thanks for the great recipes
Anna
Making the pork version of this tonight! YAY! I’m super excited that it tastes as good as it smells!!
Hope you enjoy Liz
Did your pork version turn out well? We cant eat chicken because of an allergy so I was thinking of doing pork too.
It turned out pretty good! Pork and apples always go well together
. We ate it the first night sliced as roast and for the leftovers I shredded it and added BBQ for pulled pork! Yummy 
Hi,
We found your blog from the Six Sisters Blog Hop. This looks really good.
We are hosting our first blog hop tomorrow and would like to invite you to link us with us.
Thanks!
The Busy Bee’s,
Myrna and Joye.
http://thebusybhive.blogspot.com/
We’ll make sure to stop on by. Thanks for the invite!
I made this last night and my family went crazy over it. I will definitely be making this many more times.
So happy to hear this Tara!
Awe, you already linked up to my party!! AWESOME! This recipe sounds awesome too! Pinned it to the party board!
does the chicken have to be cooked before you put it in or just thawed or can it be frozen?
The chicken does not need to be cooked beforehand. You can put it in either frozen or thawed- just adjust the cooking times if it’s frozen by a couple hours.
What a great combo with the barbecue sauce and the applesauce!
Def makin this weekend maybe add some pineapple chunks??
Oh YUM!! Thank you so much for sharing at Simple Supper Tuesday!
Would leaving out the brown sugar really ruin this? Trying to avoid added sugars.
Thanks
You could try something else instead of the brown sugar, maybe Agave? I’d just add additional spices/herbs, it’ll still be delicious.
Real maple syrup would probably work as a healthy and natural alternative to brown sugar.
can you double this recipe?
I’m sure you can just make sure you have enough room in your Crockpot.