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.
Any suggestions for a high school student that’s bringing this dish for lunch? We’re having a feast in class at around 1:30, and I was planning on bringing this to the school. There’s a staff lounge that I can use there since our school is fairly small. Thanks so much!
Keep it on low/warm in the slow cooker!
Made this for dinner tonight. Doubled the recipe and added chopped onion. It was very good. Will definitely make again. Thank you for the recipe.
Guess what’s for dinner tonight? On Long Island digging out after the snow storm (well hubby is, I’m inside cooking, 😉 shhh). I like pork but I like chicken better…can’t wait to eat! Thanks for this recipe!
This sounds great! I am making it tonight. Would you be okay with me sharing this in a blog? I will post a link to this recipe if I can use it 🙂
If you could just share a link to the recipe and not the actual recipe itself, that would be much appreciated 🙂
Thank you for the recipe and the photos – made this yesterday and it was FANTASTIC! Having it for leftovers for lunch today too 🙂
My family loved it! So easy and so yummy!
Are the chicken breasts frozen when you put them in the crockpot?
no
Just tried this to watch the playoffs. Wow! Great and easy. Love the crockpot for this kind of day. Easy and great!
my boyfriend and i normally make pulled pork in the crock pot. on january 4th we had a party and wanted to have pulled pork and chicken. it just so happened that i came across this recipe and i love that i did. we absolutely devoured any leftovers and can’t wait to make another pot! it was also a hit with our guests. thanks recipe girl for sharing the goodness!
I’ve made BBQ chicken before with just bottled sauce and chicken. It was very tender and juicy but lacked flavor. The addition of zesty italian dressing adds a nice flavor, needed since you don’t sear the meat first (my favorite way to add flavor). Searing would defeat the simplicity and ease of crockpot cooking anyway. Kudos for making an absolutely delicious, non-boring crockpot meal! It was a big hit at our New Year’s Eve party — adults and kids alike.
Oh, and I agree with your choice of crockpot; definitely the best one on the market today (I own two).