Crockpot Beer Chicken

I found a recipe on Pinterest I decided to try.  It's a slow cooker recipe using spices and a can of beer.  It had rave reviews.  It sounded intriguing enough that I just had to try it :) Other than a can of beer, the only other ingredients are 1/2 tsp of five different spices...and the recipe said you could use whatever spices you choose. I used 5 boneless breasts and a pack of 6 boneless thighs.  I served it with jasmine rice cooked in chicken broth.

The way everyone was ranting and raving over it, I was expecting fireworks to go off in my mouth when I tasted it :)  To be honest, I wasn't overly impressed.  It was good, but didn't make me ooooh and ahhhhh....however, there was a nice amount of chicken and broth left over; I used a fork and a spoon to shred the remaining chicken, which I proceeded to warm up this evening to use as chicken BBQ.  Now, THAT, I enjoyed ;-)

I can see me making it again; it was a great way to make one meal, plus have chicken left over to make BBQ with for another meal.  And it had much more taste than the way I currently make BBQ (boil some breasts, shred them and add a can of cream of celery soup).

The author of the recipe also mentioned that they've made the same recipe using pork, and then made pulled pork....which sounds like something I may try at some point, too.

Overall, I'll be making this again.  It's easy and was good.  In addition, if I throw in some extra breasts, the shredding part went so quickly, I can easily another meal for another time.

Crockpot Beer Chicken

4-6 chicken breasts, boneless or bone-in...or any combo of chicken
1 can of any kind of beer
1/2 tsp of each:
garlic powder
basil
paprika
black pepper
kosher salt

*You can use whatever spices you prefer

Put all ingredients into slow cooker.
If frozen, cook on high 4-5 hours or low 8-10 hours
If fresh, cook on high 3-4 hours or low 7-8 hours