juicy pulled chicken
Joanne from Eats Well With Others commented on my pork stew the other day and mentioned doing pulled pork in a crock pot. I immediately thought I would be doing that soon. I ended up with three large chicken quarters in my fridge and figured I’d do pulled chicken instead. I prefer pulled pork, but wanted to do something different with the chicken and I have my new toy, the crock pot.
So Joanne did recipes that included more sweetness. I live in the land of pulled pork (the south) and here they make both sweet and vinegary versions. I like the vinegary versions better. I’ve never been one to like sweet barbecue sauce.
Occasionally I make my own bbq sauce for chicken and I use a vinegar based hot sauce, tamari and garlic. Simple and yummy. I did a variation on that theme for this chicken.
- 3 oz Flamin’ hot pepper sauce (little more than 1/2 the bottle)
- 1/2 cup tamari
- 1/4 cup ketchup (I would leave this out next time–I never use ketchup, it’s in the house for my husband, I used this for him thinking if would be more bbq-ey, and it was but I like the sharper flavors of it without the ketchup. This ketchup happens to be organic but it’s still got sugar in it though it’s cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup)
- 3 tbls apple cider vinegar
- 12 cloves of garlic (whole)
- 1/2 onion sliced in half circles
I didn’t feel well at all last night so I made this by literally tossing all the above ingredients in the bottom of the crock pot and then topping it with the chicken which I stirred once. It took about 3 minutes. I turned the crock pot on low and went to bed. I let it cook ten hours. There was a lot of juice and perhaps there is not supposed to be, but it’s tasty and went well over rice which is how we ate it.
This is the hot sauce I used which is by no means a requirement. Any vinegar based hot sauce will do. This is very spicey.
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#1 by Wandering Coyote - November 6th, 2009 at 01:31
Ah… now I can properly see your new template for the first time! Nice!
This looks like a yummy meal! Sounds like you are loving your new best friend!
#2 by Joanne - November 6th, 2009 at 07:00
You know I have never had pulled chicken. Nor have I ever had the vinegary type of pulled pork. You have definitely convinced me that these need to make an appearance in my crockpot soon!
#3 by monicajane - November 6th, 2009 at 13:13
Joanne,
I really like pork better…but vinegar bbq sauce seriously rules in my opinion…
I’ll be doing it again soon with pork minus the ketchup and the onion which I think added to the sweetness…it was very large…
and WC,
yeah, I’m loving my crockpot…I cooked some white beans overnight and will be doing something fun with them…featuring your favorite herb…cilantro…stay tuned.
#4 by Bob - November 6th, 2009 at 15:34
Oh man, I bet that was awesome! I like all bbq sauce, I’m not picky. Heh.
#5 by Natasha – 5 Star Foodie - November 7th, 2009 at 00:01
Sounds awesome with addition of this flamin’ hot sauce!