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.
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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.
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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 French Dip Sandwiches
- Italian Chicken Cutlet Sandwiches
- Club Sandwich
- Chicken Salad Sandwiches
- Grilled Reuben Sandwiches
- Chicken Cheese Steak Sandwiches
Slow Cooker Pulled Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches
Easy, favorite dinner recipe!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (whatever is 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
- 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
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 188kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 20g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 58mg, Sodium: 505mg, Potassium: 422mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 13g, Vitamin A: 91IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 19mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I make something similar to this but will have to try your recipe as well. The slow cooker is one of the most used appliances in my kitchen. Love it.
These look awesome! Love the slow cooker too!
Pulled chicken/pork is my favorite slow cooker meal!
Looks awesome! I made something similar with apples and onions in it too 🙂
Oh my does this look delicious! I love it! BBQ Chicken Sandwiches are one of my favorites!!
That looks… like just the thing I need! I do have a slowcooker but I don’t use it often enough. Hmmm, the thing is that I have this job tonight at dinner time so I was already thinking how to do that and stil have a decent meal but now you just reminded me of my slowcooker and I can actually pop these in and have a meal ready when I come back home! Perfect! Thanks for the reminder!
There is no reason that pulled pork has to languish in the back of our minds and wait until summer – I crave pulled pork all year long!! This is fab Lori!
oh lordy, that looks incredibly delicious!!!
I make this on the stovetop once or twice a month, and I’m loving the idea of simplifying it and doing it in the slow cooker. I have one and have never used it. So I will finally have a use for it. Thanks for the recipe, can’t wait to try it.
i LOVED my mom’s pulled pork sandwiches when I was little! I’ve never made her version or a chicken version before though! It looks incredible. I’m so ashamed that I don’t have a slow cooker. I feel so un-ladylike! It’s on my christmas list though 🙂 Looks great Lori!
PS: I saw on your FB last night that you and recipeboy are getting reader comments saying the choc rasp banana bread isn’t working for them. I must say that it is my go-to banana bread and have made it several times. My readers have loved it too! I swear by it.