Crock-Pot Brown Sugar Pulled Chicken Recipe (2024)

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Serve this Crock-Pot Brown Sugar Pulled Chicken in buns as sandwiches or add some of the tender shredded chicken to your salad. This easy recipe is full of flavor & can also be made into a slow cooker freezer meal so that you can pull a bag out of the freezer and just pop it into the slow cooker for dinner that night!

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Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Pulled Chicken

If you are looking for a quick and easy slow cooker recipe that you can just pop into the slow cooker and have a tasty dinner ready in just a few hours, then look no further than this slow cooker brown sugar pulled chicken recipe.

There is just a handful of ingredients and prep time is easily 10 minutes or less as all you have to do is toss in some boneless skinless chicken breasts in the slow cooker and measure out and dump everything in the slow cooker.

Let it all cook for just 2 to 3 hours on LOW and then shred the chicken meat up to serve on buns or rolls for dinner or lunch.

I have also served this yummy pulled chicken over cooked rice (brown or white) and added to a fresh garden salad and it is just fantastic that way too.

IF there are leftovers the next day I usually pop some of the shredded chicken meat into quesadillas for lunch the next day with flour tortillas and shredded cheddar cheese. My kids go nuts over them!

But, best of all this recipe can also be made into a slow cooker freezer meal (see the note section below in the recipe card) so that you can have a quick and easy meal all prepped and ready to go into your slow cooker which is perfect for those super busy days that we all have from time to time.

Products Needed:

5 Quart, 5.5 Quart, 6 Quart, 6.5 Quart Or 7 Quart Slow Cooker
Dry Measuring Cups And Spoons
Liquid Measuring Cup

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Crock-Pot Brown Sugar Pulled Chicken Recipe

Heidi Kennedy

Sweet and tangy this shredded brown sugar pulled chicken recipe is fantastic as a sandwich when paired with your favorite buns or rolls. But you can also just serve the chicken over cooked rice or add it to a salad. This is a recipe everyone in the family is going to love!

3.94 from 65 votes

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Ingredients

2 Pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
⅓ Cup Brown Sugar
¼ Cup Balsamic Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce (Look For A Gluten Free Brand If You Are On A GF Diet Such As Kikkoman Gluten Free Soy Sauce)
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 Teaspoon Chili Powder
1 Teaspoon Ground Paprika

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a 5 quart or larger slow cooker and toss to combine.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2 to 3 hours or chicken is cooked through.
Using two forks, shred the meat of the chicken.
Serve shredded chicken on buns, rolls, over rice or in salad.

Notes

Freezer Meal Instructions:

Place all ingredients into a 1 gallon size zippered freezer bag OR FoodSaver bag.
Place bag on flat surface and seal bag closed while pressing out as much excess air as possible OR use your FoodSaver sealing system to vacuum seal the bag closed.
Label bag with date prepared, name of recipe, ingredients and cooking instructions.
Lay bag flat in freezer and allow to freeze for several hours. At that point you can stand the bags upright in your freezer if desired.

To Cook Freezer Meal:

Remove freezer meal bag from freezer and place either in refrigerator overnight OR in a clean kitchen sink filled with cool water for several hours just until the freezer meal is partially thawed enough to dump the contents of the bag into the slow cooker.
Cook according to the recipe directions adding 1 additional hour cooking time (in this case 3 to 4 hours on LOW from the partially thawed state ).

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