I have always said that one of these days I would make the famously simple "one bottle BBQ chicken." You put 6-8 chicken pieces (breast, thighs, drums, etc.) into a crock pot with 1 bottle of barbecue sauce and cook into until it falls off the bone, then shred it. Supposedly it's then "ready to eat." When I came home at lunch time today I put 6 bone-in chicken thighs into the crock pot and added 1 regular-sized bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Chipotle barbecue sauce. I turned the crock pot on high for 5-1/2 hours. When I came home the meat was very tender and had decent flavor, however the barbecue sauce did something strange that I did not care for. In retrospect, I probably should have put the chicken on low for a longer period of time, but that's beside the point. I wasn't too satisfied with the overall flavor, (though to be honest there are probably many restaurants that would have served it as is) so I took it out of the sauce. I threw out the sauce and shredded the meat off the bone with a fork. If your chicken is cooked properly, this takes about 2 minutes.
I then started my customary kitchen dance of opening the cabinet and seeing what looks good to add to my chicken. I drizzled the chicken with honey, then added the tiniest sprinkles of the following: onion powder, garlic powder, mustard powder, ginger (powder) and cayenne. Then I poured about 3/4 cup of honey barbecue sauce into it and stirred it with the fork. I left it in the crock on high for about 30 minutes more.
It was delicious! Rich really liked it. So, my recipe for one bottle BBQ chicken didn't turn out quite so simple...but, I think mine tastes better than theirs. :) Happy Saturday!
