Your New Healthy Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken Recipe
Here’s a healthier version of the barbecue pulled chicken recipe that uses a homemade tomato sauce and avoids excessive sugar and salt. It’s perfect for those days when you want a quick and easy meal without compromising flavor.
Let’s start:
Add the reduced-sodium tomato sauce and chiles.
Add vinegar, honey and spices.
Stir well.
Add the skinless chicken thighs, trim the fat if any to cut down on calories and saturated fat…
Add onions and garlic.
Stir until chicken is well coated.
Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
Transfer to a cutting board and use two forks to shred the chicken.
Return the chicken to the sauce and stir until the chicken is well coated…
Time to serve: garnish this delightful sandwich with your favorite vegetables. Making your own sauce is simple and makes a huge difference!
Slow Cooker Healthy Chicken BBQ Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 8- ounce can of reduced-sodium tomato sauce
- 1 4- ounce can of chopped green chiles drained
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon sweet or smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon ground chipotle chile
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2½ pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- Onions Yellow/ Brown
- 1 clove garlic minced
Instructions
- Stir tomato sauce, chiles, vinegar, honey, paprika, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, ground chipotle and salt in a 6-quart slow cooker until smooth.
- Add chicken, onion and garlic; stir to combine.
- Put the lid on and cook on LOW until the chicken can be pulled apart, about 5 hours.
- Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and shred with a fork.
- Return the chicken to the sauce.
- Stir well and serve.
Feel free to adjust the seasonings to your taste preferences, and enjoy a delicious meal without the excess sugar and salt! Are you ready? Watch the video now:
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Via Eating Well Barbecue Pulled Chicken
Enjoy!