Best Bbq Chicken Sandwiches Recipes

BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until chicken comes off the bone easily, about 3 hours. Make sauce while the chicken cooks.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, mix together the ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, garlic, honey, steak sauce, lemon juice, and liquid smoke. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a gentle boil, and simmer for about 10 minutes. Set aside to allow flavors to mingle.
• When the chicken is done, remove all meat from the bones, and chop or shred into small pieces. Place in a pan with the sauce, and cook for about 15 minutes to let the flavor of the sauce soak into the chicken. Spoon barbequed chicken onto buns, and top with coleslaw if you like.

BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion, celery and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in the salsa, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, salt and pepper. , Stir in chicken. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve about 1/3 cup chicken mixture on each bun. Freeze option: Freeze cooled meat mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Serve in buns.

PULLED BBQ-CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire, and paprika. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 5-quart Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high. Season chicken generously with salt and pepper. Working in three batches, and adding remaining 1 tablespoon oil as necessary, sear chicken until golden, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
• Drain all but 1 tablespoon oil from Dutch oven; reduce heat to medium. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Add beer and barbecue sauce; stir until combined. Return chicken and any accumulated juices to Dutch oven. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer until chicken is very tender, about 1 hour. Turn off heat.
• Transfer chicken to plate; let cool. When cool enough to handle, remove skins (and reserve, if crisping; see Cook's Note, below) and bones; discard bones. Shred chicken into large pieces with two forks.
• Bring sauce to a simmer and reduce until slightly thickened, about 30 minutes. (You should have about 3 cups.) Mash garlic with a potato masher until broken down. Return shredded chicken to Dutch oven and heat through, or let cool to room temperature and refrigerate in an airtight container up to 3 days (gently reheat before serving). Serve on potato buns.

BBQ PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chicken into the bottom of a slow cooker and cover with water. Cook on High until it is no longer pink in the center and falls apart when pulled, about 4 hours.
• Puree onion and garlic in the bowl of a food processor until finely minced.
• Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred meat with 2 forks. Discard cooking water.
• Return chicken to the slow cooker. Add pureed onion-garlic mixture, barbeque sauce, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Mix well and cook on High until heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Serve on buns with mozzarella cheese.

BBQ BACON PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Place chicken in a greased 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker; pour sauce over top. Cook, covered, on low , 3-4 hours or until tender., Remove chicken; shred with 2 forks. Return chicken to slow cooker; heat through. Serve on buns with bacon and lettuce. Freeze option: Freeze cooled, cooked chicken mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

PULLED BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saute pan over a medium heat. Add the onions and cook until they are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, vinegar, molasses, pepper and liquid smoke and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. Add chopped chicken, return to a simmer, and cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Split rolls. Place a leaf of lettuce on each roll, then pile on 3/4 cup of the chicken mixture onto the roll.

GRILLED BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• For the barbecue sauce: In a medium saucepot over medium heat, add the ketchup, apple cider vinegar, dark brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, garlic powder, dry mustard, onion powder, hot sauce and 1 cup water and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low and cook until the sauce is thickened, about 1 1/2 hours.
• For the chicken: Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
• Lightly drizzle some olive oil onto the chicken to prevent the chicken from sticking to the grill pan. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. When the grill pan is hot, add the chicken and cook until char marks appear and the chicken is cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
• Toss the chicken with the barbecue sauce. Let simmer on low until ready to serve, to infuse the chicken with the flavor of the sauce.
• For the sandwich: Spread an even layer of mayonnaise on the top and bottom of a potato bun, add the chicken, a few red onion slices and 2 bread and butter pickles. Top with the other half of the potato bun.

SHREDDED BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a medium sized skillet, cook chicken until no longer pink.
• Shred with 2 plastic forks.
• Mix sauce ingredients in a medium saucepean; add chicken.
• Heat on medium, then reduce heat to low.
• Cover & simmer for 50-55 minutes, stirring occassionally, until chicken has absorbed most of the sauce.
• Careful not to overcook or chicken might become too dry!
• Serve on toasted buns.

SLOW COOKER BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chicken in a slow cooker and pour barbecue sauce over top.
• Cover and cook on Low until chicken is tender and can easily be pulled apart with a fork.
• Remove chicken breasts from the slow cooker. Separate meat and bones; discard bones. Shred chicken with a fork.
• Place chicken on buns with some extra sauce from the slow cooker.

SLOW-COOKER FREEZER-PACK BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Combine the chicken, ketchup, vinegar, sugar, molasses, Worcestershire, mustard, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large resealable plastic bag and shake to combine. Squeeze out the air from the bag and seal. Freeze until ready to use, up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before cooking.
• Pour the contents of the plastic bag in a 6-quart slow cooker. Cook on low until the meat is tender, 5 to 7 hours. Shred the chicken with a fork and toss it in the cooking liquid.
• Divide the chicken among the 4 buns and top with coleslaw and pickles. Serve with potato chips.

BOURBON BBQ PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES AND GREEN APPLE SLAW

Steps:

• For the chicken: Place the chicken breasts and thighs in a pot with the bay leaves, carrot, onion, orange and some salt. Cover with water, then cover the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and cook at a low rolling boil for 20 minutes. Remove the chicken to a cutting board. Strain the poaching liquid, then return to the pot and boil for a few minutes to reduce it slightly. Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and shred the meat.
• For the BBQ sauce: Meanwhile, combine the ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, maple syrup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, bourbon, garlic and orange juice in a small pot. Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• For the slaw: Whisk together the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, lemon juice and onions. Season with salt and some pepper. Add the cabbage and apples and toss to combine.
• Add 1 cup poaching liquid to the BBQ sauce, then add the chicken, stirring and shredding it with 2 forks. Pile the chicken on the rolls and top with pickles and slaw.

SLOW COOKER NORTH CAROLINA STYLE BBQ PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, brown sugar, salt, hot sauce, and black pepper in your slow cooker. Add chicken.
• Cook in a 3-4 quart slow cooker, on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. If using a larger 5-6 quart crock-pot, cook on low for about 6 hours.
• Just before serving, shred chicken (with two forks) and stir into sauce to incorporate.
• Serve on buns with coleslaw on top or as an accompaniment on the side, and pass hot sauce as needed.

PULLED ZESTY BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• 1. Cut off excess fat from chicken, wash and place chicken in a slow cooker. (crock pot)
• 2. In a bowl, mix the barbecue sauce, Italian salad dressing, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the chicken.
• 3. Cover, and cook on low for 6 hours.
• 4. Pull chicken apart to shred it and scoop with sauce onto your favorite roll.

BBQ CHICKEN WITH BACON SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat deep fryer to 375 degrees.
• First, cut chicken breast into 6 evenly sized pieces. Pound to about ½ inch thick pieces.
• Mix together milk and eggs in one bowl and put flour in another bowl.
• Dip the chicken in the wet mixture and then in the flour. Set aside until fryer is ready.
• In the meantime, start the bacon in a skillet and cook until crispy and slice the red onion. Also heat the BBQ sauce to warm in a pot on the stove.
• Deep fry the chicken for 4-7 minutes or until cooked thoroughly Set aside.
• Toast the hamburger buns in a skillet until lightly toasted. Set aside.
• Take the cooked chicken and toss it in the BBQ sauce and then assembly the sandwiches.
• Starting on the bottom bun, place the chicken, cheese, bacon crossed, onions, then pickles. Serve right away.

SPICY BBQ SHREDDED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Put chicken into a pot and fill water to cover by 1 inch. Add lime juice, bay leaf, garlic salt, onion powder, poultry seasoning, and pepper; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, partially cover, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• While chicken is cooking, combine BBQ sauce, salsa, and cayenne in a medium bowl.
• Remove cooked chicken from the pot and shred with 2 forks. Mix shredded chicken into the BBQ sauce mixture until fully covered.
• Put a little mayo on each hamburger bun and pile the shredded chicken mixture on top.

SHREDDED SAUCY BBQ CHICKEN SAMMIES/SANDWICHES - RACHAEL RAY

Steps:

• Bring liquids to a simmer in a small to medium skillet and slide in the chicken breast meat. Gently poach the chicken 10 minutes, turning once about after 5 minutes.
• While chicken poaches, heat a second medium skillet over medium low heat. To hot skillet, add extra-virgin olive oil and garlic and onion and gently saute until chicken is ready to come out of poaching liquids. Combine the next 5 ingredients in a medium bowl and reserve.
• When the chicken has cooked through, add 2 ladles of the cooking liquid to the bowl, combining with the sauces, spices, brown sugar and tomato paste. Once the liquids and seasonings are combined, remove chicken, slice it, and transfer to the medium bowl. Using 2 forks, shred the chicken and combine with the liquids. Add the shredded chicken to the onions and garlic and combine well. Simmer together 5 to 10 minutes, using extra cooking liquids to make your chicken as saucy as you like.
• Combine sour and sweet pickles in a small bowl. Split rolls and fill with scoops of shredded chicken. Top with pickle relish and serve.

CHEESY BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Cook onions in large covered skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat 2 min.; stir, then push to one side of skillet. Add chicken; cook 4 min. Turn chicken; top with barbecue sauce. Cook, covered, on medium-low 6 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF). Stir onions.
• Sprinkle chicken with cheese; cook, covered, 1 min. or until cheese is melted.
• Fill rolls with chicken and onions.

IMPOSSIBLY EASY BBQ CHICKEN BISCUIT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together Bisquick™ mix, milk, 2 tablespoons of the mustard and the cheese until soft dough forms. Spread on cookie sheet into 7x5-inch rectangle. Cut dough in half lengthwise and in thirds on the long sides. Do not separate dough.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes before slicing.
• Meanwhile, in medium microwavable bowl, stir together chicken and barbecue sauce. Microwave uncovered on High 3 to 4 minutes or until heated through.
• In medium bowl, mix mayonnaise and remaining mustard. Add lettuce and bell peppers; gently toss to combine.
• To assemble sandwiches, separate biscuit rectangle along cut lines. Cut each biscuit in half. Place bottom half on plate. Top each with 1/2 cup chicken and 1/3 cup lettuce slaw. Top with biscuit tops.

BBQ PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Put partly frozen chicken in a crock pot. Pour about 8 oz of ginger ale over the chicken. Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Remove chicken, dispose of liquid. Replace chicken and shred with 2 forks. Pour your favorite Barbeque Sauce over the chicken and cook on low for another 2-4 hours. The chicken will soak up quite a bit of sauce. Serve over Hamburger buns. Warms up very well too.

OOEY GOOEY PULLED BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Season the chicken with basil, salt and pepper to taste and place in a small heavy pot with just enough water just to cover (about 1 cup). Bring to boil then reduce to a simmer. Poaching chicken till almost cooked through about 10-15 minutes.
• Remove the chicken and set aside to cool. Shred the chicken when cool enough to handle and discarding any fat.
• Strain liquid and place liquid in a larger pot with the onion, pepper, garlic, barbecue sauce, vinegar and sriracha hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and herbs and spices and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and add the shredded chicken, fresh basil and simmer for 30-60 minutes.
• Spoon the mixture onto the rolls and top with the grated cheese and fresh greens.