I love a complete meal in my slow cooker, that’s why I love this recipe for Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken and Ranch Potatoes!
In a glass bowl, I tossed red potatoes together with olive oil, and some dry ranch mix, then I put the entire glass bowl right into my slow cooker (I used a pampered chef small batter bowl). I then put the chicken drumsticks into the slow cooker, right next to the bowl of potatoes, then I added some Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce, and a little water, I cooked this on High for 4 hours.
The house smelled so good while this was cooking. I could barely wait! Chicken Drummies are such a kid-friendly meal, my little one loved it!
Want more drumstick recipes?
- Slow Cooker Greek Drumsticks
- Slow Cooker Buffalo Ranch Drumsticks
- Slow Cooker Pineapple Barbecue Drumsticks
- Slow Cooker Orange Chicken Drumsticks
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Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken and Ranch Potatoes
Equipment Needed:
- 1 quart oven safe glass bowl such as pyrex or pampered chef
Ingredients:
For the Ranch Potatoes
- 1 ½ pounds red potatoes 1/2 inch dice
- 2 tablespoon olive oil or canola oil
- 1 oz. packet ranch dressing dry mix
- ¼ cup water
For the Chicken
- 2 lbs. raw chicken drumsticks about 6 drumsticks, though you can use as many will fit.
- 1 cup sweet baby rays bbq sauce (not need to measure, just eyeball it!)
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- 1 tsp. garlic powder (or onion powder)
- 1 tsp. paprika
- ¼ cup water
Instructions:
- Add the potatoes, oil and ranch mix to a large ziplock bag, shake until well combined. Add the potatoes to an oven safe glass bowl, I use a one quart pyrex or a pampered chef quart glass measuring cup works well too. Place bowl with the potatoes into slow cooker. Add a 1/4 cup of water to the bowl of potatoes. If you don't have a bowl that will fit in your slow cooker with the chicken, don't fret; just make a bowl out of foil.
- Season the chicken with the salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika. Place the chicken next to the potatoes in the slow cooker (next to the bowl), add the bbq sauce on top of the chicken, and a 1/4 cup of water to the slow cooker with the chicken.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Set the slow cooker to HIGH for 4 hours.
- Do not open the lid during the cooking time.
- After cooking time is up, stir up the potatoes a bit.
- When serving, spoon the extra bbq sauce liquid from the crockpot onto the chicken.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Question: if I put a small amount of diced onion on n with the potatoes will they get done as well or should they go directly into the crock pot with the chicken?? Thanks
I think they would be better with the chicken. You could do the potatoes, but I think they would cook better with the chicken.
So easy! I had my 10-year-old do the potatoes. We put them in the crockpot in a metal bowl and it was just fine. I LOVE the idea of a crockpot meal that is not one dish, if you know what I mean! Thanks! And the chicken was amazing! I usually don’t like drumsticks because they’re a hassle for me but the chicken fell right off the bone…and of course they’re cheaper!