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Slow-cooker BBQ chicken sliders recipe
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Slow-Cooker BBQ Chicken Sliders

Sandwich made on dinner rolls, topped with pulled BBQ chicken, coleslaw, and pickles.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 10 minutes
Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken, chicken breast, comfort food, easy recipe, sandwich, slow cooker
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Chicken breasts
  • 12 Dinner rolls
  • Pickles optional

BBQ Sauce

  • ½ cup Ketchup
  • ⅓ cup Dark brown sugar
  • 4 tsp Soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp Garlic powder
  • ½ tsp Paprika smoked
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp Pepper

Coleslaw

  • 8 cups (14 oz) Shredded cabbage
  • ½ cup Mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup Lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar
  • ¼ tsp Salt

Instructions

  • Mix all the BBQ sauce ingredients in a bowl.
  • Add chicken breasts into the slow cooker and completely cover them with the BBQ sauce. (If you are using a store-bought BBQ sauce, add 1 cup of the sauce to the slow cooker and coat the chicken.) Cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 6–8 hours until the chicken is fall-apart tender.
  • Once the BBQ chicken is cooked, there will be lots of liquid from the chicken in the pot. Pull the chicken apart with forks into shreds. Stir the chicken in the liquid until all the liquid is reabsorbed.
  • To make coleslaw, mix shredded cabbage with mayo, sugar, salt, and lemon juice.
  • Prepare the dinner rolls by either baking the dough or reheating pre-made dinner rolls in a 350°F oven for 5 minutes.
  • Optionally, make another batch of the BBQ sauce to top your BBQ chicken sliders with for maximum sweetness and tanginess. Put all the BBQ sauce ingredients in a sauce pan. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes until the sauce is bubbly and all the sugar is melted, while stirring.
  • Cut the dinner rolls cross wise, and top them with pulled BBQ chicken, extra BBQ sauce, pickles, and coleslaw.