Apple and bacon BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches with a fresh crunchy apple slaw.
After making the roasted apple bbq sauce I couldn’t help but use it on something other than simple grilled pork tenderloin medallions and these tasty bbq pulled chicken sandwiches were up next! The idea for these bbq pulled chicken sandwiches came from one of my favourite slow cooker recipes the slow cooker bacon wrapped apple bbq chicken, I mean you really can’t go wrong with tender chicken in a sweet and tangy bbq sauce along with apples and bacon and placing it all in a sandwich with a tasty apple slaw only makes it better! Although I used my roasted apple bbq sauce, any bbq sauce will work since additional apples go into the slow cooker along with the chicken and they melt into the sauce infusing it with apple-y goodness. The bbq pulled chicken filling is as easy to make as throwing everything into the slow cooker so the only real effort required for these sandwiches comes in making the apple slaw, but it is so worth it!
Whenever you have a bbq pulled meat sandwich it is always nice to throw something into the mix to help cut through all of the flavours and a crisp, fresh apple slaw is the perfect way to do it for these pulled apple/bacon bbq pulled chicken sandwiches! I kept the apple slaw really simple with apples and cabbage and instead of placing it in the more typical mayo based dressing I used a lighter maple dijon dressing which I made creamy with the addition of some Greek yogurt. This slaw is sure to please, and disappear quickly, no matter how you use it but the apple and maple dijon combo perfectly complements these apple bacon pulled chicken sandwiches!
This super fresh apple slaw in a creamy maple dijon dressing is so addictively good that I could devour bowls of it all by itself! (It is amazing in this sandwich as well!)
ingredients
1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts
2 large apples, peeled and cut into small pieces
1 onion, sliced
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (optional)
1 cup BBQ sauce (homemade or store bought)
4 buns
1 batch apple slaw (see below)
directions
Place the chicken, apples, onion, bacon and BBQ sauce in a slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Shred the chicken with 2 forks and mix it back into the mixture in the crockpot.
Load the shredded chicken into the buns, top with the slaw and enjoy!
Option: Replace the chicken with pork tenderloin.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 543, Fat 13g (Saturated 4g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 107mg, Sodium 1155mg, Carbs 63g (Fiber 5g, Sugars 33g), Protein 39g
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