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    Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken and Cornbread Casserole

    April 27, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 40 Comments

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    Tonight’s meal is based on this recipe from A Year of Crockpotting! I threw it all in the crockpot as the boys were eating lunch and put the crockpot outside on the patio to cook for the afternoon. Worked like a charm. Didn’t have to smell it cooking all day and was able to enjoy it for dinner. Because “I didn’t cook it!” Thanks for this great tip Lynn!

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    About the ingredients…chicken tenderloins were on sale $1.78/lb last week. I had a sweet potato left from the pre-Easter sale ($.49/lb) and found a MONSTER bottle of BBQ sauce that was on sale for $1! There was quite a bit of BBQ sauce leftover in the bottle after I poured out 2 cups worth!

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    Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken and Cornbread Casserole

    So filling and delicious!
    Prep Time10 minutes
    Cook Time4 hours
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 1.3 lb package of chicken tenderloins
    • 1 bag of frozen corn
    • 1 small sweet potato
    • 2 cups BBQ sauce
    • Water
    • 1 box Jiffy cornbread mix
    • 1 egg
    • 1/3 cup milk

    Instructions

    • Spray bottom of slow cooker with cooking spray. Dice chicken tenderloins into bite size pieces and place them in the bottom of the slow cooker.
    • Peel and dice sweet potato into 1/2 inch cubes. Add to slow cooker and mix in with the chicken and corn.
    • Pour bottle of BBQ sauce over the mixture in the slow cooker. Add about 1/4 cup of water and stir through.
    • Prepare Jiffy cornbread mix as directed on box and pour over the top of the BBQ chicken mixture. (I would have made 2 boxes if I had had another on hand.)
    • Set to low and cook for 6 hours.
    • Serve BBQ Chicken Cornbread Casserole. This is a great one dish dinner!
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    Filed Under: Chicken Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes Tagged With: corn, sweet potatoes

    Comments

    1. gourmetmomma says

      April 27, 2009 at 6:51 pm

      i’ve made that dish too — we love it!

      Reply
    2. Devon says

      April 27, 2009 at 7:40 pm

      Hi Erin!
      This looks great! I have a dumb question- do you think Jiffy corn MUFFIN mix would work instead of the bread mix? I was able to pick up 4 of the muffin mixes for $.25/each last week at Acme!

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • trey says

        July 31, 2020 at 8:52 am

        5 stars
        i know this is a ridiculously old comment but id figure id answer it for anyone thats still looking this up. yes you can use the corn muffin mix, it isnt any different than the bread mix, just has instructions for muffins instead of bread from what it seems.

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    3. Erin says

      April 27, 2009 at 7:43 pm

      Could you use canned corn in place of the frozen corn? This looks delicious!

      Reply
    4. Lynn says

      April 27, 2009 at 8:12 pm

      I am glad the tip worked so well for you!

      Reply
    5. Stephanie says

      April 28, 2009 at 5:16 am

      Ooh that looks yummy! Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are on sale in my area this week for 1.79/lb so I am stocking up and adding some chicken recipes to my recipe stockpile!

      Reply
    6. Andrea says

      April 28, 2009 at 7:57 am

      When you are figuring out the prices of your dinners, how do remember what everything costs? Do you use the typical cost you pay for something (say a can of corn) even if you may have bought it at it lowest killer sale price? Do you keep a list of prices? How about spices or staples (sugar, flour, etc.). You may have covered this in the past, but I’m a fairly new reader. 🙂

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      • Erin says

        April 28, 2009 at 8:00 am

        I use the price I actually pay for the product. I buy EVERYTHING on sale! If I’m not sure I’ll remember the price, I’ll write it on the can or package. Meats have the price on the package, so that’s easy. And my brain just remembers numbers well 🙂

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    7. Becky Dell says

      April 28, 2009 at 8:14 am

      I can’t wait to make it!!

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    8. Hope :) says

      April 28, 2009 at 8:31 am

      Oh, this looks great! Yet another $5 Dinners meal to add to my recipe list. 🙂 Thanks!

      Reply
    9. Jill says

      April 28, 2009 at 8:55 am

      That looks delicious! And I love the idea of sitting the crock pot outside when it’s warm out. I have the same problem of often not being able to eat what I cook. Not so much with dinners, although sometimes that’s the case, but more often when we entertain or it’s a big undertaking. Great tips!

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    10. Laura says

      April 28, 2009 at 2:19 pm

      Quickie question! Would you suggest making the recipe above using 2 boxes of cornbread mix? Also, do you think there was too much bbq sauce in the recipe? (ie. would you keep as it or cut it down?) Gonna try this one. 🙂

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      • Erin says

        April 28, 2009 at 2:21 pm

        BBQ sauce was perfect. And yes, I’d make this with 2 cornbread mixes. Give it a little more umfph!

        Reply
      • Marni says

        April 1, 2018 at 4:35 pm

        Could I use a different corn bread mix ?? Will that make a difference?

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    11. Laura says

      April 28, 2009 at 2:38 pm

      Quick response! LOL. Thanx! I LOVVVEEEE cornbread, so sounds perfect!

      Reply
    12. Jennifer says

      April 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm

      That looks yummy, but I have a crockpot dilemma. Sooo many recipes call for 6 hours. How do working people leverage the power of the crockpot when we’re out of the home for 9? It seems to defeat the purpose to use it on the weekends when I can tend to it.

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      • Erin says

        April 28, 2009 at 4:52 pm

        I would think you could set this to low for 8-10 hours.

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      • Lori says

        July 27, 2013 at 2:10 pm

        If your crockpot does not have a timer on it, you can go to any home store, Home Depot, Lowes, even Wal-Mart, and buy a light timer for about 5 dollars… Plug it in, set the time you want it to turn on, set your crockpot to low and plut it into the timer. Instant upgraded crockpot.

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    13. Rebecca says

      April 28, 2009 at 8:52 pm

      When you say small bag of corn are you saying 1 pound or 12 ounces? I am making this for two people who love leftovers!

      Reply
    14. Laura says

      April 29, 2009 at 11:19 am

      Jennifer– I’m also a full-time working mom and I’m out of the house at 8 a.m, home at 5:30 p.m. five days a week. I agree with you that a lot of recipes are difficult for 9 hours in the crock pot! I always set mine on low, but I’m thinking that pretty soon I REALLY need to get an “updated” crockpot with a timer. 🙂 I’m making this recipe soon, so I’ll let ya know what happens! P.S.: I use those crockpot liners since the crockpot is on for so long and things like to “stick” to it sometimes!

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    15. sherry says

      April 30, 2009 at 9:29 am

      your right, 2 boxes of jiffy is better, I only used one bc thats what I had on hand, and it was barley enough to cover the mixture, thanks for the recipe.

      Reply
    16. Brenda Campbell says

      April 30, 2009 at 5:39 pm

      I love the looks of this recipe and I could fix this easy, I love my crock pot! Your money saving posts never fail me and work when I try them. Thank you for that! I left you an award at my blog if you want to check it out.

      Reply
    17. Amy @ Living Locurto says

      May 3, 2009 at 12:18 pm

      I’m making this soon and will feature this on my site. It sounds so good! Thanks for all your great recipes. I’m going to go check out all the links here too:-)

      Reply
    18. Sara says

      May 3, 2009 at 10:46 pm

      I had cooked a whole chicken earlier in the week in the crock pot. This was a great use for almost half of the pre-cooked chicken. Two boxes of cornbread worked great, however I put it on high for about 5 hours until the cornbread was cooked through. I used less BBQ sauce and it was drier than your picture, but we liked it. I wonder about using some of the cornbread on the bottom, but I don’t do many crock-pot meals to know if that’s feasible.

      Reply
    19. Stacy says

      May 4, 2009 at 7:17 am

      Great recipe, thanks! We actually did make it with 2 boxes of Jiffy, and we felt like it was too much cornbread. Also, the cornbread was not completely cooked through at 6 hours. Otherwise – we loved it! My husband even had seconds!

      Reply
    20. Nicole Feliciano says

      May 12, 2009 at 10:08 pm

      I love the concept of the site. I added a new recipe I just tried. I don’t think it is under $5–but close.

      Reply
    21. Jeanne Jenusaitis says

      January 31, 2013 at 8:46 pm

      Made this with a different cornbread mix that called for oil and it did not cook all the way thru. Some of the sweet potatoes were still hard and the cornbread was still soft and liquidy. I timed it right for dinner time and could not wait longer than the 6 hour period to let it cook further. I remedied the situation by taking off the cornbread mix and putting it in the oven to finish cooking. The flavor was there, but the presentation was not. What could have gone wrong?

      Reply
    22. Joanne says

      August 29, 2013 at 11:38 pm

      Hi Erin- I came across your site from a link at the Casserole Connection. I like this recipe, since it is not time-consuming. And, I plan to order one of your cookbooks for my son. 🙂

      Reply
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    24. Jim Fields says

      April 27, 2015 at 12:05 pm

      thanks for a great recipe . have a friend who loves jiffy cornbread and so I am going to make this as a surprise dinner ..
      and I got chicken tenderloin .. bbq sauce .. frozen corn ..sweet potato at aldi .. I bet I get in under the $5
      again thanks

      Reply
    25. Vi says

      April 30, 2018 at 2:00 pm

      Can I substitute frozen chicken breast

      Reply
    26. trey says

      August 4, 2020 at 8:15 am

      5 stars
      omitted the sweet potato, but used everything else it called for. sweet baby rays honey bbq sauce was amazing for this and it really brought it all together. this has to have been the best thing ive ever made in the slow cooker. the only part that went just a little wrong was that about 1/3rd of the cornbread was soggy, though after leaving the top off the crockpot for like 15 minutes, it seemed to dry out the soggy spots and made it pretty uniform throughout.

      Reply

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