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Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Thighs
Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Thighs. Flavoursome boneless skinless chicken thighs cooked in the slow cooker until you have perfect pulled chicken. Loaded with sweet and sour sauce, this Chinese version of slow cooker pulled chicken is a recipe keeper.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 579 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
Kitchen Gadgets:
- Slow cooker
- Meat Claws
Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Ingredients:
- 700 g Pack Chicken Thighs boneless and skinless
- 1 small white onion peeled and diced
- 1 Tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 200 g pineapple chunks
- 1 red pepper
- 2 Tsp Garlic puree
- 1 Tbsp Chinese five spice
- 2 Tbsp worcester sauce
- Sweet & Sour Sauce Sachet
- 4 bread buns
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
- Sauté your onion and chicken with a little extra virgin olive oil.
- Load in everything but the bread buns and sweet and sour sauce.
- Mix well.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook for either 4 hours on high or 7 hours on low.
- Remove everything from the slow cooker apart from the chicken and put to one side.
- Load in the sweet and sour sauce, plus a little of the juices from the chicken and using meat claws shred the chicken.
- Load into sandwiches with some pineapple and pepper that you put to one side.
- Serve.
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Notes
- It is important that the chicken thighs you cook are totally thawed as it is dangerous to cook frozen chicken thighs in the slow cooker.
- I like to reserve the juices from the slow cooker and freeze once cool. It makes the perfect stock for next time you make slow cooker pulled chicken.
- I sautéed my onion first with the chicken. I have a Crockpot with a stovetop option. If you don’t, leave out the sauté and instead season the chicken with salt and pepper and load everything else in.
Nutrition Information
Calories
579kcal
(29%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
34g
(68%)
Fat
32g
(49%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
172mg
(57%)
Sodium
437mg
(18%)
Potassium
682mg
(19%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
1093IU
(22%)
Vitamin C
48mg
(53%)
Calcium
128mg
(13%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 579
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 579kcal | 29% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 34g | 68% |
| Fat | 32g | 49% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 172mg | 57% |
| Sodium | 437mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 682mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 1093IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 48mg | 53% |
| Calcium | 128mg | 13% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.