A wonderful Christmas-time treat that resembles a soft, cake-like citrus cookie. Definitely goes well with a cup of tea!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 4 hrs 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 sandwiches |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 small onion, roughly chopped
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 ½ cups barbeque sauce (such as KC Masterpiece® Original)
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 8 large sesame seed sandwich buns
- 8 slices mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 517 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 62 g |
| Cholesterol | 83 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 38 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 1226 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Overall, this was an okay BBQ chicken sandwich. The biggest complaint was that it was too vinegary. While it was a good addition it was overpowering. I did make 2 small changes, I used a full bottle (18oz) of BBQ sauce and 4 ish lbs of chicken breast because that is what I had on hand.