Slow Cooker Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches is an easy recipe for a family friendly meal.
Slow Cooker Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches
Slow Cookers definitely aren’t the best for everything, and not all slow-cooker recipes are worth keeping. But they sure come in handy for a lot of things… things like housing large quantities of chili and soup, warming mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving Day, and using GOOD slow-cooker recipes to make dinner for you on busy days/nights where you can’t imagine lifting a finger to do it yourself. It’s days like this that you should make things like these Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches.
🛒Ingredients needed:
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- barbecue sauce
- Italian dressing
- brown sugar
- Worcestershire sauce
- corn strach
- chicken broth
- rolls
- bread and butter pickles (optional)
✏️How to make Slow Cooker Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker. In a medium bowl, whisk together the barbecue sauce, Italian dressing, sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 4½ to 5 hours.
- Remove the chicken to a cutting board. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and chicken broth. Stir it into the sauce in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high until the sauce is thickened and heated through (10 to 15 minutes). Meanwhile, use two forks to shred the chicken. Return the shredded chicken to the slow cooker and stir. Add additional barbecue sauce if more sauce is needed or desired. Cover and continue cooking on low for 45 minutes. Serve chicken piled onto rolls. Add pickles, if desired.
➡️Recipe Tips:
- The brand of barbecue sauce that you use can make a big difference in the flavor of the chicken. I like Sweet Baby Ray’s!
- The rolls I used here are Panini Rolls from Trader Joe’s. For smaller sandwiches, Hawaiian Sweet Bread rolls work well, too.
- Bread and Butter Pickles are optional, but they’re oh-so-good!
✔️What to do with Slow Cooker Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches:
- This pulled chicken is great for do-it-yourself mini sandwiches at a party. Just set up a little station near the crockpot with small rolls and any fixings.
- Ditch the rolls and use the meat for delicious Barbecued Chicken Tacos!
- Serve these sandwiches alongside a fresh green salad and you have a perfect meal.
★How to Store:
This makes quite a bit, so store leftovers tightly covered in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
❤️Why I love this recipe:
- I love that this is one of those slow cooker recipes I truly like and make again and again.
- It’s a family-friendly dinner and that’s always a win.
- And dinner is easy when you are feeling like you’re overwhelmed. The prep time is only ten minutes and then the slow cooker does all the work. Love that!
Sandwich recipes to try:
Slow Cooker Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (your favorite)
- ⅓ cup Italian dressing
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons chicken broth
- additional barbecue sauce, as desired
- sandwich rolls, for serving as sandwiches
- bread and butter pickles, optional
Instructions
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker. In a medium bowl, whisk together the barbecue sauce, Italian dressing, sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 4½ to 5 hours.
- Remove the chicken to a cutting board. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and chicken broth. Stir it into the sauce in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high until the sauce is thickened and heated through (10 to 15 minutes). Meanwhile, use two forks to shred the chicken. Return the shredded chicken to the slow cooker and stir. Add additional barbecue sauce if more sauce is needed or desired. Cover and continue cooking on low for 45 minutes. Serve chicken piled onto rolls. Add pickles, if desired.
Notes
- Nutritional information included here is for the pulled chicken only. Rolls and pickles and extra BBQ sauce are extra.
- *The brand of barbecue sauce that you use can make a big difference in the flavor of the chicken. I like Sweet Baby Ray’s!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Ok, this turned out amazing!!!!! Delicious and very filling. Made me so happy to see the boys going back for seconds! Plenty left over for lunch tomorrow which I am now laying in bed daydreaming about! Absolutely LOVED the new big hit in the kitchen!
Happy to hear!
Trying this one out tonight for a friend who’s shipping off, very excited and can’t wait for it to finish cooking. Everyone in the house is loving the smell!!!! Two more hours and it’s chow time!
Famous Dave’s hellfire pickles on sloppy joes, and pulled pork/chicken sandwiches are amazing!
Hi! I’m planning to make these for a birthday party. How many people would you say it feeds?
The recipe makes enough for 8 to 10 sandwiches.
Making this tonite YUM 🙂
I saw this recipe last night and I put it in the crock pot when I came home from work it was ready.So that’s what we are having for dinner tonight.I gave my lil boys (3 & 1 yrs old) a taste of the shredded chicken and they loved it. I hope they love the sandwiches too..I’m sure I will make this again!