Crockpot Hot Honey BBQ Chicken

Best Ever Crockpot Hot Honey BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe - Tender pull-apart chicken recipe made with Franks hot sauce, honey and barbecue sauce. Serve with your favorite side dishes or on sandwiches, pizzas, over rice, tacos and more!

Ingredients You Need To Make Crockpot Hot Honey BBQ Chicken:

Chicken Thighs - Two pounds of boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts.

Honey - Use your favorite unflavored honey. We like to use raw unfiltered local honey.

Barbecue Sauce - Use your favorite barbecue sauce. We normally use Trader Joes organic barbecue sauce or Kinder's hickory brown sugar for this recipe.

Franks Red Hot Sauce - Adds a delicious slightly sweet and spicy flavor to the chicken.

Tools to have on hand:

Instant Pot or Crockpot - To slow cook the chicken in.

Measuring Cups - To properly measure your ingredients.

How To Make Crockpot Hot Honey BBQ Chicken:

In a small bowl, mix barbecue sauce, Franks red hot sauce, and honey. Reserve half for later in an airtight container in the fridge.

Add chicken thighs to your crockpot and pour hot honey barbecue sauce mixture over the chicken. Cook on low for 6 hours or on high for about 3 hours until chicken is fork tender and cooked through to at least 165 degrees.

Shred chicken with two forks and mix in remaining sauce from the fridge.

Serve with your favorite side dishes, on a sandwich, pizzas, tacos and more.

Sides To Serve With Crockpot BBQ Chicken:

Oven Steak Fries -  With a very light crunch on the outside and soft potato center, these baked fries are mouth watering delicious.

Baked Potato Wedges - Seasoned potato wedges baked to golden perfection are the perfect appetizer or side dish. Serve with your favorite dipping sauces!

Simple Mac and Cheese - Super easy and creamy macaroni and cheese recipe. Making a delicious mac and cheese at home from scratch has never been easier! 

Creamy Mashed Potatoes - Easy, creamy, buttery mashed potatoes sprinkled with fresh parsley. When it comes to mashed potatoes, the more butter the better!

More Best Crockpot Chicken Recipes:

Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken - Super tender and juicy boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked low and slow in a delicious balsamic sauce.

Slow Cooker Alfredo Marinara Chicken - Dinner made easy using only four simple ingredients. Simply add your favorite Alfredo sauce, marinara sauce, chicken breasts and Italian seasonings to your crockpot and cook!

Chicken Pot Pie Soup - Creamy and delicious homemade Chicken Pot Pie Soup made simply in your Instant Pot/slow cooker. This soup is loaded with chicken, carrots, celery, peas, potato, and onions.

Creamy White Chicken Chili - Easy, creamy and absolutely delicious white chicken chili recipe cooked low and slow in your crockpot!

How To Serve Crockpot Hot Honey Barbecue Pulled Chicken:

Chicken and Rice Bowls - Serve on top of steamed white rice with corn, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese.

Tacos - Serve on tacos with creamy ranch dressing, salsa and slaw or lettuce.

Sandwiches - Pile pulled chicken on top of toasty buns with pickles and mayonnaise.

Sliders - Serve on slider rolls with creamy coleslaw.

Pizza - Top your barbecue chicken pizza with these easy pulled chicken.