How to Make BBQ Chicken Legs in the Crockpot (Fall-Off-the-Bone!)

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is often less expensive.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Brown sugar is a cost-effective sweetener.

apple cider vinegar

🥗Healthier: white vinegar

💰Cheaper: lemon juice

Lemon juice is a common substitute.

Put all dry ingredients in a bowl to make the seasoning blend.

Break up any clumps in the brown sugar with hands or whisk.

Season the cleaned chicken legs with the seasoning blend.

Layer the seasoned chicken legs in the crockpot without any particular order.

Sprinkle additional seasoning and black pepper on the chicken legs.

Pour honey over the chicken legs.

Add barbecue sauce to the crockpot.

Cover the crockpot and set to high cook for 3-4 hours or low cook for 5-6 hours.

Once cooking time is done, preheat the oven to broil.

Check the internal temperature of the chicken; it should be at least 165°F.

Transfer the chicken legs to a lined baking sheet with a cooling rack.

Coat the chicken legs with reserved barbecue sauce.

Broil the chicken legs for 2-3 minutes until the sauce is tacky.

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