This BBQ peach pulled chicken is made in the slow cooker for a simple sweet and easy meal.
In my head I want to be the person that has a cute little garden and grows all her own produce from May-October, living off whatever is in season instead of buying whatever I want at the grocery store.
Very Animal, Vegetable, Miracle -esque just a bit smaller scale.
In reality though, I have 1 pot of basil, 1 pot of rosemary, 1 pot of parsley and 4 huge planters with tomatoes in them on my small 10×15 deck and yesterday I about lost it when finding hornworm caterpillars (click on that so you can see the disgustingness of these things) all over the tomato plants.
The picture actually doesn’t do them justice because you can’t tell the scale but these suckers are as thick as my thumb and about 3-4 inches long.
They grasp onto the plant for life and prying them off has to be one of the most disgusting things I’ve had to do in my life.
So as I sat on the deck with a paper towel in my hand (yeah right was I going to touch those things with my bare hands) flinging them off into the grass and screaming like a little girl each time (I really hate wormy looking things) I realized that whole garden dream might not be my thing.
I’ll happily drive my ass to the grocery store, buy my NJ picked peaches that were likely treated with some sort of pesticide to prevent nasty worm like thingies (unlike my tomato plants), chop them up and throw them into the slow cooker with BBQ sauce and some chicken.
3 hours later, I’ve got dinner and no visions of hornworm caterpillars crawling all over me.
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Slow Cooker BBQ Peach Pulled Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless chicken thighs
- 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 peaches, chopped
- cooked rice for serving
- chopped cilantro for serving
Instructions
- Place the chicken thighs in the slow cooker.
- Combine the BBQ sauce, garlic, vinegar and spices in a small bowl and stir together.
- Lightly smash the chopped peaches with the back of a fork or potato masher.
- Add the peaches to the slow cooker and pour the BBQ sauce mixture on top.
- Toss the chicken to coat in the mixture.
- Cook on high for 3 hours.
- Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred. To do this quickly, I add mine to my stand mixer with the paddle attachment and mix for 30 seconds on low speed until shredded.
- Return the chicken to the slow cooker, toss with the leftover sauce/juice.
- Serve over rice and garnish with cilantro.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Slow-cooker is always a win in this summer heat!
My basil, potato vine, and even the small roses has been attacked this year. Whatever the bug is, I want it gone!
On the food, how strong is the peach flavor on this recipe? looks wonderful.
Not too intense, just enough to make it a bit sweet.
Oh, tomato hornworms are not fun! They’re pretty easy to get rid of, though — I generally just pick them off. The hard part is SEEING them. I’m definitely going to give the dishsoap spray above a try the next time I find hornworms in my garden!
agreed, those suckers are SO ugly and gross to look at!
You can get rid of those extremely gross worms by mixing a tsp. of dish soap and a squirt of hot sauce in a spray bottle and spraying your plants. The spicy taste of the hot sauce repels insects that like to munch on leaves; the soap causes the spicy taste to cling to the leaves, AND if there are any caterpillars you missed, it creates a seal over their pores and pretty much suffocates them. It helped tremendously with my tomatoes last year!
thanks for that tip!
This sounds like the perfect summer slow cooker chicken!
This looks heavenly!
Oh my, this looks amazing! I’m in a food rut too so this is perfect!
Love that you made it with chicken thighs as opposed to breasts…thighs are my favourite meat at the moment!
I have peaches to use up – this would be perfect!!
This sounds delicious. those caterpillars are gross! I get so mad when I find pests in my garden. Did you know you can sprinkle organic things in the garden to keep them away? Some tricks might save you from having to go through that again…Good luck though.