Slow Cooker North Carolina Style Bbq Pulled Chicken Sandwiches Recipes

SLOW COOKER CAROLINA BBQ

Steps:

• Place the pork shoulder into a slow cooker and season with salt and pepper. Pour the vinegar around the pork. Cover, and cook on Low for 12 hours. Pork should easily pull apart into strands.
• Remove the pork from the slow cooker and discard any bones. Strain out the liquid, and save 2 cups. Discard any extra. Shred the pork using tongs or two forks, and return to the slow cooker. Stir the brown sugar, hot pepper sauce, cayenne pepper, and red pepper flakes into the reserved sauce. Mix into the pork in the slow cooker. Cover and keep on Low setting until serving.

CAROLINA-STYLE VINEGAR BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the first 6 ingredients. Place chicken in a 3-qt. slow cooker; add vinegar mixture. Cook, covered, on low 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender., Remove chicken; cool slightly. Reserve 1 cup cooking juices; discard remaining juices. Shred chicken with 2 forks. Return meat and reserved cooking juices to slow cooker; heat through. If desired, serve chicken mixture on buns.

SLOW COOKER NORTH CAROLINA STYLE BBQ PULLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, brown sugar, salt, hot sauce, and black pepper in your slow cooker. Add chicken.
• Cook in a 3-4 quart slow cooker, on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. If using a larger 5-6 quart crock-pot, cook on low for about 6 hours.
• Just before serving, shred chicken (with two forks) and stir into sauce to incorporate.
• Serve on buns with coleslaw on top or as an accompaniment on the side, and pass hot sauce as needed.

SLOW COOKER BBQ PULLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray a slow cooker with nonstick spray.
• Season chicken with smoked paprika, seasoning salt, barbecue seasoning, and pepper; place in the slow cooker.
• Mix barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke together in a small bowl. Pour over chicken, making sure chicken is completely covered.
• Cover and cook until meat can be shredded with a fork, about 6 hours on Low or 4 hours on High.
• Remove chicken and pull. Return to the cooker and mix well with the barbecue sauce.
• Let sit 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

NORTH CAROLINA STYLE BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and all ingredients are thoroughly combined, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover and let sit for an hour, or refrigerate overnight before serving.
• Simmer chicken breasts in water to cover, until cooked through and tender, about 20 to 30 minutes. Add onion and celery leaves to the coking water for enhanced flavor, if desired.
• When chicken breasts are done, remove them to a cutting board or plate. When cool enough to handled, shred or chop the chicken and add the barbecue sauce.
• Keep the mixture warm in a slow cooker, if serving buffet style.

CAROLINA PULLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Stir onion, vinegar, garlic, and brown sugar together in 6 quart slow-cooker. Spread whole grain mustard over all chicken pieces. Place chicken, breast-side down, in slow-cooker. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, until chicken is fork tender.
• Remove chicken from slow-cooker and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Pour braising liquid through sieve. Transfer onion solids and 1/2 cup of the liquid to a large bowl. Add dressing ingredients (vinegar, yellow mustard, parsley, salt and pepper) to the onion mixture and whisk together.
• Shred chicken in large pieces and toss with dressing.
• Serve on toasted buns with coleslaw.

CAROLINA-STYLE PORK BBQ SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Make the pork:
• Spray the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Put the onions in the slow cooker. Make slits in the pork roast and insert the garlic cloves. Rub salt, pepper, brown sugar, and red pepper flakes into the meat. Place the pork in the slow cooker fat side up and pour in the vinegar and apple cider. Cover and cook on low for at least 10 hours and up to 12 hours, until the meat is falling-apart tender.
• Transfer the meat to a large bowl and shred it with two forks. Set aside.
• Make the sauce:
• Pour 2 cups of the pan juices into a measuring cup; discard any leftover juices still in the pot. Let cool and skim off any visible fat. Pour this liquid into a saucepan. Add the water, ketchup, cider vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, paprika, dry mustard, and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker and add 1 cup of the sauce mixture (more if you like it wet). Give it a stir and set the slow cooker to warm until ready to serve.
• Assemble the sandwiches:
• Serve the pork straight from the slow cooker with a slotted spoon, along with buns, slaw, and hot sauce. Serve the additional sauce on the side.

SLOW COOKER BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chicken in a slow cooker and pour barbecue sauce over top.
• Cover and cook on Low until chicken is tender and can easily be pulled apart with a fork.
• Remove chicken breasts from the slow cooker. Separate meat and bones; discard bones. Shred chicken with a fork.
• Place chicken on buns with some extra sauce from the slow cooker.