My favorite meals to make are the meals I can dump into the crock pot and forget about until dinner time. This Simple Crock Pot Applesauce BBQ Chicken is one of those meals. It turns out juicy, flavorful chicken with no effort!
While I like cooking my chicken in the crock pot, I’ve started always cooking my rice in my Instant Pot. What did I ever do without my Instant Pot!?
Grab out some greens, steam a veggie, and this meal is perfection on a plate with very little effort!
Simple Crock Pot Applesauce BBQ Chicken
- 2 pounds boneless chicken thighs or breasts
- ⅔ cup natural applesauce
- ⅔ cup BBQ sauce
- Sea salt to taste
- Chili powder to taste
- Place chicken pieces at the bottom of a crock pot.
- Sprinkle salt and chili powder over chicken.
- Drizzle on applesauce and bbq sauce.
- Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.
- Serve over rice or potatoes.

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Hello Laura,
What brand of BBQ sauce do you use?
Thanks!
I don’t have a specific kind that I use exclusively. I simply find and stock up on bottles I find on sale that have ingredients I’m okay with (avoiding HFCS!).