Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken

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I stole this recipe for Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken from sugarspunrun.com. This tasty sandwich filling is made in a slow cooker. BBQ sauce is mixed with brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika and crushed red pepper. Then chicken breasts are placed in the sauce and cooked for several hours. After cooking the chicken is removed and shredded and added back to the sauce. The sandwich is finished by serving the chicken and sauce on a bun.

November 3rd is National Sandwich Day and making Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken is a great way to celebrate (to see more Food Holidays see the National Food Holidays category or look at the Food Holiday Calendar).

The key to this recipe is the sauce, the ingredients are: 2 cups BBQ sauce (Sweet Baby Ray’s), ¼ cup light brown sugar, 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp smoked paprika and ¼ to ½ tsp crushed red pepper.

Start with adding the sauce ingredients to a slow cooker. (Any sweet thicker BBQ sauce can work, if Sweet Baby Ray’s is unavailable.)

Stir the ingredients together and then add 3.5 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, spoon the sauce to cover chicken.

Then cover and cook on LOW for 6-7 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours.

Next, remove the chicken and shred. Then add chicken back to the slow cooker.

Stir well to coat chicken with BBQ sauce and then serve on a bun.

If you liked the recipe for Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken and want to try other sandwiches then you can try Slow Cooker Crack Chicken, Tomato Mozzarella Sandwich, Beef & Cheddar Sliders, Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes or Sheet Pan Philly Cheese Steak.

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Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken

This tasty sandwich filling is made in a slow cooker. BBQ sauce is mixed with brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika and crushed red pepper. Then chicken breasts are placed in the sauce and cooked for several hours. After cooking the chicken is removed and shredded and added back to the sauce. The sandwich is finished by serving the chicken and sauce on a bun.
Course Entree
Keyword Sandwich
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Servings 8 people

Ingredients

  • 3.5 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 cups BBQ sauce Sweet Baby Ray’s
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • ¼ to ½ tsp crushed red pepper
  • 8 rolls or hamburger buns

Instructions

  1. Combine BBQ sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika and crushed red pepper in slow cooker.
  2. Place chicken in sauce, spoon sauce to cover chicken.
  3. Cover and cook on LOW 6-7 hours or on HIGH 3-4 hours.
  4. Shred chicken, stir well to coat with BBQ sauce.