This Easy BBQ Pulled Chicken takes minutes to prep for your slow cooker and can be used many different ways.
To make this BBQ Chicken you will need:
- chicken breasts or thighs
- onion
- apple cider vinegar (natural variety such as Bragg’s)
- honey (omit for keto, or substitute with keto-friendly sweetener)
- coconut aminos
- tomato paste
- liquid smoke
- garlic
- fish sauce
- chili powder
- paprika
- sea salt
- Dijon mustard
- ground chipotle
- black pepper
- slow cooker
- cutting board
You really can’t get any easier than this recipe.
All of the ingredients are combined in your slow cooker and a couple hours later, you simply shred the chicken.
Watch me make this recipe in the video below
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Serve the pulled chicken on buns, over fries with melted cheese, or stuffed in a baked potato. There’s so many things you could do with it.
Be adventurous!
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Easy BBQ Pulled Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 c onion, diced
- 1/2 c apple cider vinegar, natural kind, like Bragg's
- 1/2 c honey
- 1/4 c tomato paste
- 2 Tb coconut aminos
- 3 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke, hickory
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle
- 2 lb chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
Instructions
- To begin, combine all of the ingredients except the chicken in your slow cooker. Stir together.
- Nestle the chicken into the mixture and turn the chicken around to coat it with the mixture.
- Cover your slow cooker and cook on high for 3 hours.
- Remove the chicken breasts to a cutting board and cut or shred the chicken. Discard any hard pieces of fat that you may find.
- Return the chicken to the slow cooker and cook for 30-60 more minutes.
- Enjoy!
Equipment Used
- slow cooker
Video
Notes
Nutrition
If nutritional values are provided for this recipe, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands of ingredients you use. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste or for serving. If nutritional values are very important to you, I suggest using your favorite nutritional calculating tool with the brands you use.
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