Coke Zero Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Recipe
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This Coke Zero Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken recipe is perfect for any sports gathering or a quick dinner!! Usually, I use Coca-Cola, but we had picked up some Coke Zero to try cooking with. With a busy schedule, the crockpot often saves our meal time, and this also doubles as the perfect appetizer, or late night snack as well.
First posted in 2015 and updated in 2023
Watching sports and tailgating at home is one of my favorites to do, and honestly, it doesn’t matter what time of year we make food and watch! As well as tailgating food this is one of those recipes that can double as a fast and easy dinner. Sometimes, even though everyone eats dinner, no one is home at the same time, so often, everyone serves up themselves.
Coke Zero Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Ingredients:
- Soy Sauce
- Minced Garlic
- Chicken legs– You can also do chicken thighs, chicken breasts, or chicken wings in this as well.
- BBQ Sauce– I used Sweet Baby Ray’s bbq sauce, any brand of barbecue sauce will work.
- Coke Zero– You can use regular Coca-Cola as well, or even root beer or Dr. Pepper.
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How To Make Coke Zero Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken:
Place your chicken in a gallon Ziploc bag, then add the soy sauce and minced garlic to the bag.
Allow the chicken pieces to marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight.
Spray your slow cooker with a non-stick cooking spray. If you don’t want to use a nonstick spray you can use a slow cooker liner.
Crockpot Liners
Nonstick Sprays
Use tongs to remove your chicken pieces from the bag to place in the crockpot in a single layer.
Pour in the cans of Coke Zero and then add the bbq sauce.
Allow to cook on low in your crockpot for 6 hours, be sure to watch them not overcook, and stir often.
Remove and brush with more bbq sauce and serve!!
How To Store Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
Once the BBQ Chicken legs have cooled completely, move the leftovers to an air-tight container and store them in the fridge for up to three days.
How to Reheat Crockpot BBQ Chicken
Reheat in the microwave, and then add more BBQ sauce.
Reheat in the oven on a baking sheet, and then top with more BBQ sauce.
Alterations And Substitutions For Coke Chicken
You can change the taste of the chicken in a lot of ways. These are simple ingredients you can swap out on the recipe to change the flavor up.
- Pepsi
- Diet Coke
- Dr. Pepper or Diet Dr Pepper
- Root Beer
- Any sodas of your choice
- Cajun Seasoning
- A dry rub
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Ranch Seasoning
- Chili Powder
- Garlic Salt
- Paprika
- Brown Sugar
- Buffalo Sauce
What To serve With Slow Cooker Coke Zero BBQ Chicken
Side Dishes: Easy Homemade Potato Salad, Grandma’s Potato Salad, Smoked Potato Salad, Loaded Potato Salad, Easy Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad, Pizza Pasta Salad, Grilled Corn On The Cob In Foil, 4 Ingredient Coleslaw, Cheese Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms, Cowboy Caviar, Grilled Zucchini, Grilled Foil Potato Packets, Grilled Bacon Wrapped Anaheim Peppers, Mashed Potatoes
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Coke Zero Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Soy Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
- 5 Pounds Chicken Legs
- 36 Ounce BBQ Sauce
- 24 Ounce Coke Zero
Instructions
- Marinate your chicken in a zipper plastic bag with soy sauce and minced garlic for a couple of hours.
- Spray your slow cooker with nonstick spray or a slow cooker liner
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker out of the ziploc bag.
- Cover the chicken with the bbq sauce and coke zero.
- Cook on low for about 5 hours and be sure to watch them to not over cook
I don’t think I’ve ever had wings made in a slow cooker. I think I would miss the crispy breading/skin. I guess I could toss them in the broiler real quick to crisp them up.
This is the perfect party food. Coke gives food a unique flavor, and it’s classic for game day.
These look perfect for game day! I love Vanilla Coke and Cherry Coke while Hubs is a Coke Zero fan!
My huband loves wings! Last time I made them I set off the smoke detector, so I think your recipe in the slow cooker looks ideal.
could you please give the coke zero cooker bbq chicken with the amounts of the ingrediants. I would like to try this recipe but not sure how much soya sauce, etc to use. Thanks
I just updated the post. I used a small bottle of soy sauce in the bag with my wings. You could use more depending on how you like them to taste but I don’t like the strong soy taste. You mainly want enough to coat all the wings and for them to chill in while they soak in the fridge.