BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 250 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Use a slow cooker to prepare these savory, crowd-pleasing, BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches for your next party.

Ingredients

2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 small onion, roughly chopped
5 cloves garlic
1 1/2 cups barbeque sauce (such as KC Masterpiece® Original)
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
salt and ground black pepper to taste
8 large sesame seed sandwich buns
8 slices mozzarella cheese

Directions

1 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.
2 Puree onion and garlic in the bowl of a food processor until finely minced.
3 Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred meat with 2 forks. Discard cooking water.
4 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.
5 Serve on buns with mozzarella cheese.