I made this purely out of a need for a sweet dinner and some kitchen tinkering. My family and friends adore it! can be paired with mac and cheese, vegetables, or fries.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 10 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 sandwiches |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle cola-flavored carbonated beverage (such as Coca-Cola®)
- 1 ½ cups barbeque sauce
- ½ cup raspberry walnut vinaigrette
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons teriyaki marinade (such as Kikkoman®)
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ cup mayonnaise, or to taste
- 8 medium hamburger buns, split
Instructions
- Place chicken in a slow cooker and pour cola-flavored beverage around it. Turn slow cooker to High and cook for 3 hours.
- Meanwhile, mix barbecue sauce, vinaigrette, brown sugar, honey, teriyaki marinade, and cardamom in a mixing bowl until well blended. Place in the refrigerator.
- After 3 hours, remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred. Set aside 1/2 cup of the cooking juices and discard the rest.
- Return chicken and 1/2 cup juice to the slow cooker; stir to combine. Remove barbecue sauce from the refrigerator and pour and blend it into the chicken. Cook for 1 more hour.
- Spread mayonnaise on hamburger buns and fill with pulled chicken and sauce.
- For a thicker sauce, use Sweet Baby Ray’s(R) Original.
- To make as an appetizer, serve on slider buns.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 758 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 117 g |
| Cholesterol | 61 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 35 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 1839 mg |
| Sugars | 36 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I didn’t use cardamom, but all of the other stuff came together nicely