An easy and simple BBQ pulled chicken recipe made conveniently in your slow cooker. Just throw everything in the slow cooker and let it do its magic. Suitable for crazy weeknights or to feed a crowd.

Very tender and juicy shredded chicken that everyone will love. Serve them in buns, sliders, as wraps or scoop some over a bowl of Lebanese rice so delicious. This recipe also works great with spicy potatoes.

Ingredients:

• Chicken: here I've used chicken breast, you can choose whatever you have but as long as it is boneless, skinless. Adjust cooking time accordingly.
• Seasoning: here I've used all purpose seasoning, any brand will be ok. Use homemade seasoning, chicken seasoning or just salt and black pepper if this is what you like.
• Garlic cloves and olive oil.
• BBQ sauce: use store bought or homemade.
• Worcestershire and soy sauces: for added flavors.
• Smoking liquid: this is optional as it gives more BBQ flavor.

How to make BBQ pulled chicken

1. Add all the ingredients together in your slow cooker and mix well.
2. Add the chicken pieces and cover well with the sauce. Cover and let it cook 3-4 hours on high or 6-7 hours on low until chicken thoroughly cooked and literally fall apart.
3. Remove chicken and shred with two forks on a cutting board.
4. Return chicken to slow cooker.
5. Stir to coat with the sauce.

BBQ pulled chicken

 I've heard a lot about barbecue pulled pork and how tender it is, so I thought why not make it with our favorite white meat- which is chicken of course.

To my surprise I was not the first one thinking of this 😄 😄, after googling it I found many recipes most of them are so easy to make but has brown sugar.

I was really surprised why people add more sugar to this recipe, I mean the barbecue sauce seems to have enough sugar already, so I felt that it would be too sweet for us to add extra sugar specially when we are trying our best to cut back on sugars.

Some people add onions and others don't, some people add diced bell pepper as well, so I've decided to start with my bbq chicken recipe as a base for this recipe and go from there.

You'll need a handful of ingredients that are mostly sitting there in your pantry or fridge, put them together in the slow cooker - no marinade is required this time- set it and forget it.

I'm beginning to fall in love with my slow cooker - very late I know. I do not know why I had this love-hate relationship with it, I felt it makes every dish soggy and watery , so I hated the texture of the food coming out of it unless it should contain some liquids.

But I guess that was in the past now as I am starting to know what works for us more.

I've served this chicken to my little family and my in laws as they are staying with us these days. Let me tell you all of them loved it.

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Slow cooker BBQ pulled chicken

A great recipe for your next party, easy, tender and delicious.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time4 hrs

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8

Calories: 239.1kcal

Author: Amira

Ingredients

• 1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce. Note1
• 2 large garlic cloves minced.
• 1 Tablespoon soy sauce.
• 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce.
• 2 Tablespoon olive oil.
• 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke.
• 1 Tablespoon Note2all purpose seasoning.
• 3 lbs chicken breasts.

Instructions

• Add all the ingredients together in your slow cooker and mix well.
• Add the chicken pieces and cover well with the sauce.
• Set your slow cooker for high and cook for 3-4 hours until chicken literally fall apart.
• Take the chicken out and shred with two forks.
• Return the chicken to the slow cooker and mix well with the sauce.
• Leave it there to soak the sauce for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Serve hot with your favorite bun, pickles and green salad.

Notes

Note1: Feel free to add more if you want to.

Note2: Use any seasonings you have chicken, all purpose, Italian or even salt and pepper.

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Nutrition

Calories: 239.1kcal | Carbohydrates: 9.8g | Protein: 34.9g | Fat: 8.3g | Saturated Fat: 1.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 97.5mg | Sodium: 830.1mg | Potassium: 34.8mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7.9g

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