Chinese BBQ Pulled Chicken Sliders with Red Cabbage Slaw
Ingredients
- ¼ c sherry
- ¼ c reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ c hoisin
- 1 T brown sugar
- 4 large cloves garlic minced
- 1 t Sriracha
- ½ t Chinese 5-spice
- ½ t onion powder
- ¼ t ground ginger powder
- 3 T honey
- 1 T sesame oil
- 6 large chicken thighs skinless
- 12 slider rolls
- Red Cabbage Slaw recipe follows
Red Cabbage Slaw
- 2 T peanut butter
- 1 T Chinese spicy mustard
- 1 T toasted sesame oil
- 1 T reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ t ground ginger
- 2 t honey
- juice of 1 lime
- ½ medium head red cabbage thinly sliced
- ¼ c chopped fresh cilantro
- 4 scallions green and white parts, thinly sliced on the diagonal
- 3 T roasted peanuts chopped
Instructions
- In a crock-pot, combine all ingredients up to and including the sesame oil. Whisk until smooth. Add the chicken and cook on low, 6-8 hours.
- For the Red Cabbage Slaw: In a bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, mustard, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, hone, and lime juice. To the bowl, add the remaining ingredients and toss it all together using thongs.
- Remove chicken to a plate or cutting board and, using 2 forks, shred the meat. Discard the bones. Transfer the pulled chicken to a bowl and add some of the sauce from the crock-pot to keep the meat moist. Serve on slider rolls with Red Cabbage Slaw. Yield: 6 servings.
Calorie count is purely an estimate calculated using an online application to serve as a guide and not to be taken as accurate nutritional information. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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