Slow Cooker Root Beer BBQ Chicken
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Slow Cooker Root Beer BBQ Chicken
Description
Slow Cooker Root Beer BBQ Chicken features boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked slowly in a mixture of root beer, barbecue sauce, salt, and coarse black pepper. The root beer adds a subtle sweetness and complexity to the sauce, which permeates the chicken during several hours on low heat. Once the chicken becomes tender, it is shredded and returned to the sauce, ensuring each bite is richly coated. This method results in moist shredded chicken with a sweet, tangy, and slightly smoky flavor profile distinct from standard barbecue chicken.
The shredded chicken is ideally served on warm hamburger buns, making it a convenient and handheld meal suitable for lunch or casual dinners. The slow cooker method allows hands-off cooking while developing depth of flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breast boneless skinless
- 1 cup root beer
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper coarse ground
- 8 Hamburger Bun split in half and warmed
Instructions
- Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Whisk root beer, barbecue sauce, salt and pepper together in a bowl.
- Pour over the chicken.
- Cook, covered, on low heat for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken; cool slightly.
- Shred chicken with 2 forks and return to slow cooker.
- Serve on buns.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 388 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 388kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 44g | 15% |
| Protein | 36g | 72% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 97mg | 32% |
| Sodium | 1283mg | 53% |
| Potassium | 719mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 152IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 101mg | 10% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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