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Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Slider Sandwiches

January 12, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 15 Comments

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Notice that those are not the homemade wheat rolls from last night’s dinner! We ended up making PBJ sliders for lunch, using some homemade blueberry jam that a friend gave us for Christmas!

So…

These intended-to-be sliders are more like sandwiches.

Whatever bread will work.  And whatever “title” will work too!

Just going with the flow!

I went for the reduced sourdough loaf that was in the top of the freezer.

Slice. Slice. Slice. 

Serve the shredded chickeon on the sliced sourdough – yum! 

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Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Slider Sandwiches

Serve the shredded chicken on the sliced sourdough - yum! 
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time6 hours hours
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 3 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts about 1 1/4 lbs.
  • 1/2 small white onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed
  • 6 oz. can tomato paste
  • 1 Tbsp cider vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp prepared mustard
  • 3 Tbsp brown sugar
  • sliced bread sourdough, slider buns, or sandwich bread
  • side salad

Instructions

  • Place 3 chicken breasts in the base of the slow cooker.
  • In small bowl, whisk together the tomato paste plus 2 cans worth of water, the cider vinegar, mustard, and brown sugar. Add a little salt and pepper is you wish. Add the chopped onion and crushed garlic to the sauce.
  • Pour sauce over chicken breasts. Set slow cooker to high and cook for 4-6 hours.
  • When chicken is finished in the slow cooker, scoop it out into a bowl and using 2 forks, "pull it" apart. Once "pulled"...scoop some sauce from the slow cooker and add until reaches your desired saucy-ness.
  • Slice bread. Place pulled chicken with sauce onto bread.
  • Serve Pulled Chicken Sandwiches with Side Salad.

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Homemade Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes Tagged With: lettuce

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  1. Kathleen says

    January 12, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    this looks yumm-o. can’t wait to try

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  2. Stacie says

    January 13, 2010 at 11:15 am

    I don’t think I have made pulled chicken before. Or even a BBQ chicken type like this. This looks delicious and sounds really easy to make. Going to put the ingredients on my list for grocery day tomorrow.

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  3. AMH in Ohio says

    January 13, 2010 at 11:45 am

    B-b-que anything is good, but pulled chicken sandwiches are hard to beat! Thanks for the affordable tips.

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  4. Suzie says

    January 13, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    I just found your site.. I’ve followed you on Twitter for awhile.. I’m so glad I’ve found your blog! Great ideas for this mother of 5!

    Suzie
    http://www.asktheebayqueen.com

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  5. Pam @ Adventures in Homemaking says

    January 13, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    I’m so glad you posted this recipe! I was planning on making some sort of pulled chicken sandwiches for dinner next week! Now I don’t have to go searching for a recipe. I love when things just fall into place!

    Pam

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  6. erin says

    January 13, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Maybe I’m just dumb but what exactly is “prepared mustard”?

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      January 13, 2010 at 8:16 pm

      @erin,

      Mustard from a mustard bottle 🙂

      Reply
  7. Anna - Penny Sophisticate says

    January 13, 2010 at 5:02 pm

    These look sooooo yummy! I’m always looking for great chicken slow cooker recipes. Thanks so much!

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  8. Tina says

    January 13, 2010 at 6:32 pm

    Everytime I open your web page I learn something. Do you teach classes? I would be your student.

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      January 13, 2010 at 8:15 pm

      @Tina,

      There is something in the works…shh…keep your eyes peeled!

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  9. Carrie says

    January 14, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    I made this for dinner tonight, and it. was. delightful! Thanks for sharing! I MUST buy your book now! 😉

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  10. Kathleen says

    January 18, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    I tried this tonight and didn’t like it. It just had a funky taste. The last few new recipes I’ve tried out in my slow cooker have been duds. : (

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      January 18, 2010 at 11:58 pm

      @Kathleen,

      Sorry to hear that!

      Reply
  11. Cindy says

    February 1, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    This was great and easy…Best of all my daughter asked me to make it again two days later. Top scores.

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