BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes

Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 6 hours

Makes

10 servings

Updated: Jan. 18, 2023
These baked potatoes are meals in themselves, with a smoky barbecue flavor that will make your mouth water. You can top them with your favorite cheese and garnishes. —Amber Massey, Coppell, Texas
BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 4-1/2 pounds bone-in chicken breast halves, skin removed
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 1 large red onion, sliced into thick rings
  • 1 bottle (18 ounces) honey barbecue sauce
  • 1 cup Italian salad dressing
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons liquid smoke, optional
  • 10 medium potatoes, baked
  • Optional: Crumbled blue cheese and chopped green onions

Directions

  1. Place chicken in a greased 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with garlic powder and top with onion. Combine the barbecue sauce, salad dressing, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and, if desired, liquid smoke; pour over chicken.
  2. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until chicken is tender.
  3. When cool enough to handle, remove chicken from bones; discard bones and onion. Skim fat from cooking juices.
  4. Shred meat with 2 forks and return to slow cooker; heat through. Serve with potatoes, 3/4 cup in each. Top with blue cheese and green onions if desired.

Nutrition Facts

1 stuffed potato: 572 calories, 13g fat (2g saturated fat), 91mg cholesterol, 1050mg sodium, 72g carbohydrate (32g sugars, 4g fiber), 38g protein.