Pulled Chicken Sandwiches – Slow Cooker

365 calories per sandwich

From Redbook

Active time 14 minutes

Total time 5 hours 15 minutes

Makes 6 Sandwiches

1 cup chopped onion

5 Tbsp. cider vinegar

3 large garlic cloves, crushed

1 Tbsp. brown sugar

1/3 cup whole-grain mustard

1 whole chicken (4 ½ to 5 lb.), wing tips cut off, skin removed

¼ cup yellow mustard

2 Tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Salt and pepper

6 hamburger buns, toasted

Coleslaw (optional)

1.    In 6-quart slow-cooker bowl, combine onion, 4 tablespoons vinegar, garlic, and brown sugar. Spread whole-grain mustard all over chicken. Place chicken, breast-side down, in slow-cooker bowl. Cover slow cooker with lid, and cook as manufacturer directs on low setting 5 to 6 hours, or until chicken is fork-tender. Remove chicken to cutting board; let stand 5 minutes.

2.    Pour braising liquid from slow cooker through fine sieve set over 1-quart measure. Transfer onion solids from sieve and ½ cup braising liquid to large bowl. Add remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar, yellow mustard, parsley, ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper to onion mixture and whisk together.

3.    Shred chicken into large pieces. Add to dressing; toss. Serve on toasted buns with coleslaw, if desired.