This is a chicken version of the popular pulled pork bbq that can be found at just about any BBQ joint in North Alabama. Many folks forego the sauce entirely because it is already juicy and flavorful so nothing else is needed.
What’s even better is that my version tastes just like the restaurants, but instead of a smokehouse, we use a slow cooker and boneless skinless chicken breasts! Another huge benefit of this for me is that I can make 5 pounds of pulled chicken bbq for what I would purchase 1 pound of bbq for.
If you are looking for some sauce to add, check out the White BBQ Sauce Alabama that Southern Plate is famous for, click here.
Ingredients
- 5 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1.5 cups apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes does not make it spicy
Instructions
- Place chicken in slow cooker. Pour cider vinegar over and add salt and pepper.
- Cook on high, 4-5 hours or low, 8-9 hours. Use tongs to remove chicken from slow cooker - note that chicken will fall apart as you do this.
- Take out 2 cups of liquid from the slow cooker and discard rest. To that two cups, add brown sugar, hot sauce, and pepper flakes. Stir. Put chicken back in slow cooker, pour sauce over, stir, and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Recipes that go with Pulled Chicken:
Vinegar Slaw as pictured above
Homemade Banana Pudding, which could easily bring about world peace if used properly.
Love one another as I have loved you.
~Jesus
Such great advice!! I work in a job where I see the worst in people and in our church we just studied Grace and Forgiveness! I am always praying that God will grant me patients, kindness, helpfulness, forgiveness and so much more on my job. It is a work in progress to be sure but it has to start somewhere and He is such a merciful God that we should do the same. Thank you for the reminder! Have a wonderful day.
Thank you, Cheryl! You are so right. This past weekend my site was down for almost two days due to a vicious dns attack. We were on the phone over 16 hours and barely slept during that entire time trying to fight it and get the site back up. In the middle of us, my husband looked at me and said “We really need to pray for whoever is doing this.”
If we focus on God, He keeps our focus where it should be!
Gratefully,
C J
Thank you Christy for your amazing post on GRACE! I love Southern Plate and I so appreciate your encouraging words and Christian stand in a world that is fast losing focus. Keep it up!! I miss your printables and look forward to new ones.
Prayers,
June Wells
Thank you so much June, that means the world to me. There will be more printables, it is just a matter of finding the time to get to all the different posts I have in my mind and heart at the moment 🙂
Prayers and Blessings to you!!
Amen
Praise God. Do you mind if I use your Grace testimony. I have never heard it said quite this simply. And thank you for your recipes. Simple but oh so delicious.
AMEN!
So glad you are here and for your ability to express your thoughts and feelings. And I live BBQ!
I’ve made this many times since I first found the recipe. I absolutely love it! I’m making a batch for the weekend so that I won’t have to be cooking. Going to make a pasta salad & deviled eggs as well. As a widowed empty nester, I love recipes like this one. 5 stars!
This recipe sounds amazing! I’m going to make it with the BBQ beans and BBQ sauce both listed on this recipe.. Yum for certain.. Thank you Christy for everything you do for all of us cooks out here and for all of us believers, Sue Hill
Thank you so much Sue, I hope you enjoy all of the recipes!!
This is the best recipe for pulled chicken! Not only great for sandwiches but great for a burrito style wrap. First time I tried it, we fell in love with it. My son & I were arguing over who got the last serving. (I won!)
I can’t wait to try this. I think it will be good for the Memorial Day family get together too!
Let me know how you like it, Stacey! thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great afternoon!
Does the 1 tab. of hot sauce add heat or just flavor? Sounds so yummy!
It just adds flavor. This isn’t a spicy bbq but it does have a bit of a twang to it.
If you use Tobasco sauce all you will get is heat. So many other brands out there now that offer flavor plus heat. My choices would be Crystal’s, Cholula, Sriracha and Texas Pete in my order of preference.
So excited when I saw this recipe! Could you be so kind as to post the recipe for North Alabama’s white sauce? I’m a North Alabama transplant from California and my sons have learned to love the white sauce served at our local restaurants. The smother it on everything! I would love to be able to make our own!
Thanks!
Absolutely! My brother used to own a BBQ restaurant and this is the recipe he used: https://www.southernplate.com/alabama-white-barbecue-sauce/
Wonderful! Thank you!
Thank you, Christy — a cook who pastors her little cooking flock with much more than recipes! So often I think about what you write, try to memorize little phrases, write it on notes around my house… this was a great post.
I currently have 4 teenagers, who are in that angsty, peril-fraught season of trying to figure out what they want to do, who they want to be, and what they want to be like. I am going to have them read this and we’ll discuss it, like a Bible study, but a how-to-really-be-a-Christian study. Would you have any particular scripture references that reinforce these ideas? not to give you more work to do!! … just off the top of your head.
You are making me into a better person and my little crowd into a better family. Thank you!
Lisa, thank you so much. I’m honored that you even read me and thrilled that you find some of my ramblings useful and applicable to life! I have two teenagers now as well so feel like I know where you are coming from. As far as Scripture references, the one that keeps jumping out in my mind is “Love one another as I have loved you.” I think of all that Jesus went through, how He was treated by people He had come to save, how He was disciplined by people who should have realized that He was the teacher, how He was sought out by the least of these, that so many would turn their backs on, and he embraced them. He is our ultimate example and I think showing grace in the way I talk about in this article is exactly what He would do.
You know, years ago those WWJD bracelets got to be so popular. The thing is, we never need ask What Would Jesus Do? because we have such a wonderful record of exactly what He did.
Jesus would do the will of the Father. He was the light, the way, and no one, no situation, could take away His peace or snuff out that light.
Bless you, Christy. God bless you. Amen.
Thank you Aileen!! I pray God blesses you as well!!
Grace,kindness,compassion,common courtesy…Preach it!lol!Am a mother to 4 adult daughters,and my 7th grandchild is due in May.Am almost 57.I AM that annoying person,(at least to the TRULY mean spirited);that will “break” you.In breaking a smile,a laugh,or maybe even strike up a conversation.EVERY time I leave my home,my goal is to leave a positive mark out there.Is SO much easier to be kind,and SO much more fun to traverse through our tasks with love and humor!!Post that sauce recipe!Think I ealready have it on a Pinterest board,YUM!!
HA!! I used to challenge myself that way back in the old days when I was a bank teller. I was determined that everyone would leave my window smiling. It was a fun challenge that kept me on my toes and lifted my spirits as well! I agree wholeheartedly – thank you for your wonderful example and your help!
Well, I’ll be adopting “grace” as my word for the season…softball starts tonight and I’m an umpire! Sure wish some of the guys would show me a little grace LOL!! Perfect word for me to keep in mind for those very few players who like to run their mouths! Six nights a week until Thanksgiving…I can do this (with lots of help from the Lord). Another great recipe from you too that will help me keep my dad fed and happy!!
We will be praying for you and rooting in your corner!!! I’ve never known you to be anything other than grace filled so I have complete faith 🙂
Christy, I am having trouble accessing the recipe box. When I get to screen that with pics to confirm I am not a robot, I can’t move down to see all or click submit:next. I am not too tech oriented. Help please.
Hey Cathy! I’m sorry you’re having problems! What browser are you using? Can you just click enter and see if that helps?