The other night I really wanted to make a meal that would make my husband happy and one that would also not be to tedious in the kitchen. When I came across this recipe I knew it would be a smash hit for both of us. It combines so many of my hubbies favorites, namely bacon and BBQ sauce :) and it was SO simple to make! I was amazed at how quickly it threw together! He raved about how great it was and how tender the chicken was. The bacon really helps to make this chicken perfect!
I found this recipe at Money Saving Mom and adapted it slightly to my liking. This was a “wow” slow cooker meal. The combo of apple, BBQ and bacon makes this chicken so moist and fantastic. I made this for dinner and my husband devoured it.
Slow Cooker Bacon-Wrapped Apple Chicken
By September 23, 2012
A definite hit with the whole family! Such and amazing flavor combo!
Ingredients
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- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup BBQ sauce I LOVE Sweet Baby Rays
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 cup lemon juice fresh or from a bottle
- 5 small apples peeled and chopped, I used gala
- 8 slices bacon
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine BBQ sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and peeled/chopped apples.
- Wrap each chicken breast with two slices of bacon and place in a greased slow cooker.
- Pour BBQ-apple mixture over chicken and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until chicken is done.
Enjoy!
(recipe adapted from: Money Saving Mom)
This chicken looks amazing!! Bacon and apples and BBQ sauce… it doesn’t get tastier than that. I need this in my slow cooker right now.
I saw this recipe this morning and it’s in my slow cooker right now for dinner. I used a homemade BBQ sauce that is similar to Sweet Baby Ray’s only better because it’s homemade. Here’s the recipe http://allrecipes.com/recipe/big-als-kc-bar-b-q-sauce/detail.aspx
Can’t wait to dig in!
Love this reciepe! I’ll be making it this week! Beautiful picture!
This looks FANTASTIC! I do something really similar using bottled Chipotle Raspberry Sauce, love this new variation.
These sound so easy and look so tasty!
My husband is so excited about having this for dinner tonight! I honestly can’t remember the last time he was excited about what I was making for dinner. We both can’t wait to try it and I will let you know what we think of it. We used the Sweet Baby Ray’s Original BBQ Sauce. One question I have is: Could you double this recipe and get the same result? It would be two layers in the crock pot and I was wondering what you thought about that. I’m obviously a novice in the kitchen so I really have no clue about these things! Thanks.
Making this for dinner tonight, my hub is stoked! XO
I made this yesterday and it was soooo delicious! I found you randomly on Pinterest yesterday and am in love with your blog! I LOVE FOOD! I LOVE RECIPES! I think I will try all of yours :) I’m sooo excited to have found you!
So excited for this recipe! Been meaning to use my crockpot now that its getting cooler outside and this just looks amazing!
Im so exctied to try this…i love bbq sauce and bacon.
This looks great! I have what might be a silly question though …are the bacon strips cooked first or wrapped around the chicken raw?
Let me know (I’m more of a baker than a cook!)
I just saw this pass on pintrest and just had to come and take a closer look! I’ve just been making a slowcooker chicken dish myself for the first time tonight and loved it but your combo with the apple and the bacon sounds ever better! Saving that for next time!
This sounds super yummy, gotta try!
Made this last week & it turned out great! Thx
What kind of apples would you suggest using/
Made this for dinner tonight and all I can say is it is BEYOND Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this amazing Dish!!
How did you get the lovely crispy, golden coloring seen in the photo? Mine are currently in the slow cooker nearing the end of their 6-8 hour stint and they’re still very light since they’ve been submerged in the apple juice that was created by the apples. I’m sure it will still taste fabulous, but I was just wondering if you might have finished them off in the oven afterwards? Also, I had to baste a lot of the apple juice out toward the end because there was just WAY too much! Is this normal?
I had the same results and had to take off most of the bacon because it didn’t crisp up. My chicken was swiming in juices….
This was SOOOO good!
I prepared this one using Bone Suckin Sauce and it was great…
I made this tonight and OMG it’s a keeper! I was too late to get it into the slow cooker so I did it in the oven, and I used lime instead of lemon juice because that was what I had, but it was gorgeous. It’ll be a regular on my Meal Planner, that’s for sure. http://thingsthathavecaughtmyeye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/meal-planning-monday-1-october-2012.html
I just finished making this Wow its amazing
Should the chix breasts be thawed or frozen?
I made this for dinner and added sliced mushrooms- so tasty!!
This recipe was easy and delicious! I took some of the sauce out of the slow cooker when it was done, added some cornstarch/cold water, boiled it on the stove to thicken it and used it as a sauce/dip when serving the chicken.
The chicken is so tender when done that I’ve also shredded the chicken and bacon when done, thickened the sauce, put it on a bun and made pulled-chcken sandwiches.
What size crock pot would you recommend for this? They’d fit flat in an oval, but for small recipes like this, I’d usually use my round, I think it’s a 5 qt?
I found slow cooed recipe on 10/14. I made for my guys (family) and they gave it 2 thumbs up!! Thank you.
I made this for my sister-in-law and friends last night. I used boneless skinless thighs and Kraft chipolte Honey BBQ sauce. I also added thin onion slices to the top then baked in a slow 325 degree oven until bacon was crisped and onions were caramelized – just to jazz it up, baked about 1 1/2 hours – delicious! thanks for posting the idea!
Oh my gosh this was a hit! Super easy and everyone loved it. Love your site!! Saves me several times a week :)
I have this in the slow cooker now. I forgot to peel the apples :( I hope it doesn’t ruin it.
Can’t wait to try this! Can you use frozen chicken breast? And should the bacon be cooked before? Thanks!
Hello I saw this recipe and it looks amazing! I have to ask though if you don’t have a slow cooker would an oven work?
Courtney, I’m just a fellow reader, so I am not sure if the oven would work or not. I just wanted to let you know that slow cookers are awesome and you should really ask Santa for one this year. There are so many awesome recipes online for slow cookers, that it makes like so much easier and definitely teases your taste buds!
I don’t think I should be up at 4am reading this recipe. My mouth is watering and I am fresh out of apples. Now I will have to make a dash tot he store this morning in order to make this awesome looking recipe. With very few ingredients, simple recipe and one dish to clean (slow cooker), this has to be a winner in my book.
Tried it last night. Just before everything else was ready I removed the chicken and attempted to crisp up the bacon in the oven. Worked a little bit. Chicken itself was amazing, sauce a little sweet. Hubby didn’t care for it?? Go figure!?
I tryed the BBQ bacon wrapp apple chicken in my crock pot an it burned I follow every thing in the recipe I think the time is to much so I was very disapointed but I will try it again but with less time
I found this recipe through Pinterest and put it in the slow cooker this morning. I’m in the UK and used a BBQ marinade from the shop instead of BBQ sauce. It was so lovely my poor hubby has been ill and not eaten since yesterday morning but when he smelled this he begged me for some, I gave it to him in bed and he ate it all and asked for more! I made it with plain wedges! will be a regular meal in this house as it’s so quick and easy to throw together and tastes wonderful! going to have a nosey through the rest of your recipes! Thanks for sharing!
oh and i didn’t peel the apples but the skins seemed to have cooked away so you don’t need to peel them :)
I’m not sure what exactly to say except that this did not turn out one bit like any of the positive comments. The chicken was so dry, you couldn’t even tell that there was bacon around it (even my husband who LOVES bacon was disappointed in the fact he couldn’t taste the bacon flavor) and the apple BBQ sauce was nothing but grease from the bacon, no hint of apple, and not edible.. So needless to say not a fave in our house…..
Made this for dinner tonight and it turned out great! Kids gobbled it up quickly = I’ll definitely make it again sometime. Thanks for sharing!
I’m about to attempt this tomorrow. Should the chicken be thawed or frozen when it goes into the crockpot? And do you think it would cook the same if I used turkey bacon instead of regular bacon? Thanks!
This looks way better than it tasted. After all the time in the crock-pot, the flavors blended so much you couldn’t distinguish the taste of the bacon from the apples from the chicken. It looked really pretty and inspired me to make crock-pot applesauce, but I’m not keeping the recipe unless someone can tell me if I went wrong somewhere!
I have this in the crock pot now. No husband to make happy. Lol. Single guy that loves to cook. My 11 year old is already saying how good it smells.. Maybe someday I’ll cook for the right girl. Until then keep posting stuff like this cause there are alot of guys that like to cook!
Yep, it’s a keeper! Awesome recipe! Thank you! Check me out at lifeislikehoney.blogspot.com :)