Best Pulled Bbq Chicken Sandwiches Recipes

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.

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 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.

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, black pepper, and liquid smoke.
• 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.
• Please a leaf of lettuce on each roll.
• Pile on 3/4 cup of the chicken mixture onto each roll.