How to Make Shredded Chicken
Crock pot shredded chicken is easy to make and perfect for tacos, nachos, recipes where boiled chicken is called for and of course - BBQ chicken sandwiches.
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Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken breast boneless, skinless
- 1 medium onion yellow, white or red
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup beer
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 1 cup barbecue sauce optional
Instructions
- Set up your slow cooker. Mix the seasonings (or use 2-3 tablespoon of your favorite dry chicken rub) and generously season the chicken breast. Thinly slice the onion.
- Scatter the sliced onion at the bottom of the crock pot and place the seasoned chicken breast on top. Add the brown sugar, then the beer and finally the chicken stock. The chicken should be mostly covered in liquid.
- Cook until tender enough to shred - about 3 hours on high or 5-6 hours on low.
- When you are satisfied with the tenderness shred the chicken using two forks - simply pull it apart. Either do so in the crock pot (take care not to get burned) or first transfer the chicken to a large plate or baking sheet and shred it there.
- Once the chicken is shredded let is soak up the juices from the crock pot on the warm setting. (If you shredded it outside the slow cooker, place it back in).
- To make beer BBQ shredded chicken, place the pulled chicken back into the slow cooker and if there is too much liquid, discard some of it. Add about 1 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce, mix and let the beer pulled chicken soak up the flavors on warm for a few minutes. Serve.*
Notes
*You can also reserve some of the chicken + crock pot liquids for use in tacos, nachos etc. and add BBQ sauce to the remaining portion of it. Consult the post for more detail and images.
