Slow Cooker Bang Bang Chicken
71 Comments Dec 16, 2020
Updated Aug 14, 2023
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Make this unique slow cooker recipe for bang bang chicken drumsticks! Bang bang sauce is an addicting creamy sweet and spicy sauce.
If you love easy chicken drumstick recipes also try my pineapple barbecue drumsticks or my buffalo ranch chicken drumsticks recipes.
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What is bang bang sauce?
Bang bang sauce is a sweet and spicy sauce with a creamy mayonnaise sauce. This sauce is great on chicken like this recipe or even shrimp or broccoli!
How to make bang bang chicken in the crockpot:
- Chicken – I use drumsticks but chicken thighs are great with this recipe too.
- Mayonnaise – This is the base for the sauce
- Sweet chili sauce – I use Frank’s Red Hot Brand Sweet Chili Sauce
- Sriracha – This is in the asian section of the store and has a red rooster on it.
- Salt and pepper
The sauce ingredients are mixed together. And half of this sauce goes in the fridge and will used as a dipping sauce for serving.
Can I marinate bang bang chicken?
- If you have all your ingredients the night before you can marinate this chicken in the sauce (be sure to only use half of the sauce, the other half is for serving).
- Place the chicken, and sauce in a ziplock bag. Refrigerate overnight and continue with the recipe below.
How long do I cook?
- Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 3.5 hours or LOW for 5 hours.
- For browned chicken you will need to place the chicken in the oven under the broiler for a few minutes after it has finished cooking in the slow cooker.
How can I make this spicier?
- Double the sriracha in this recipe or add a few shakes of tabasco.
- Also, you can add red peppers flake if desired; about a half teaspoon will do.
How do I serve this?
- There is a delicious spicy broth that is made when this cooks, it’s great drizzled over the chicken.
- We love these drumsticks over Jasmine or white rice.
- Don’t forget to serve this with the reserved bang bang sauce that you made.
- Sprinkle green onions over the chicken.
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Slow Cooker Bang Bang Chicken
Ingredients
- 2-3 lbs. chicken drumsticks
- 2 tsp. sriracha
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup sweet chili sauce, I use Frank's Red Hot brand sweet chili sauce
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
- 1 bunch green onions, for serving
Instructions
- Add the drumsticks to the slow cooker.
- In a medium-sized bowl, add the mayo, sweet chili sauce, sriracha, salt and pepper. Stir.
- Place half of the sauce in another bowl and place in the fridge for serving. Pour the other half of the sauce over the chicken.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on HIGH for 3.5-4 hours or LOW for 5 hours.
- Preheat the oven to broil.
- If you have a wire rack, place that on a sheet pan. When the cooking time is up place the chicken on the wire rack that is on the sheet pan (or directly on the sheet pan if you don't have a rack).
- Broil for about 5 minutes or until browned. Keep an eye on them so they don't burn.
- Sprinkle the green onions over the chicken when serving.
- You can serve the chicken with the hot sauce poured over the chicken (great over rice). And also serve it with a side of the cold reserved bang bang sauce. We love these drumsticks with rice.
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Sarah’s Notes
- If you have all your ingredients the night before you can marinate this chicken in the sauce (be sure to only use half of the sauce, the other half is for serving).
- Place the chicken, and sauce in a ziplock bag. Refrigerate overnight and continue with the recipe below.
- Double the sriracha in this recipe or add a few shakes of tabasco.
- Also, you can add red peppers flake if desired; about a half teaspoon will do.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Have everything in my slow cooker. Think I can add some baby new potatoes and if so when do you suggest I do that? Look forward to eating this later
Add them at the beginning and cut them pretty small.
Do you know if the calorie count is per drumstick? Or for the whole 5?
So yummy!! Thank you for sharing!
I believe it’s for 2 drumsticks.
What are some good sides for this?
I would do white rice, or mashed potatoes. A green salad or a steamed green vegetable.
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How can I make this recipe not spicy so it can be suitable for my 2 small boys, too?
You could try sweet and sour sauce instead of the bang bang sauce, still get a sweet flavor without the spice.
Another idea to reduce spiciness: omit or cut down the sriracha. The sweet chili sauce won’t make it too spicy for kids.
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Is this sauce ok to pour over ziti pasta once
Done cooking ?
Can I use something else in place of the Chili Sauce? I have Cocktail sauce on hand…
Oh no, JJ.
Can I use boneless chicken breasts for this?
Yes, those will work fine.
Awesome!! My thought was shredding it after it was done & serving it over feticcini.
Would sour cream or yogurt be a suitable substitute for mayonaisse?
Sour cream and yogurt may separate while cooking quite a bit.
Can I grill the drumsticks after instead of broiling?
Yes!
Thanks for a great recipe Sarah. I marinated the chicken overnight in the slow cooker insert in the fridge and slow cooked on low for 5.5 hours the next day. Having the drumsticks precooked before hitting the grill made dinner so much easier. No guessing if the chicken was cooked through or not!
Great to hear!