I’m excited to share today’s recipe, which comes from a fantastic new site I’ve recently discovered called $5 Dinners. Not only does this site offer budget-friendly meal ideas, but it also features a cookbook. One recipe that caught my eye is for Pulled Chicken Slider Sandwiches made right in your slow cooker.

The sauce for the chicken is incredibly simple and kid-friendly, with a more pronounced tomato flavor than the typical BBQ sauce, yet still delicious. For a future twist, I plan to add a bit of smoked paprika and chili powder to give the sauce more depth. Alternatively, you could skip the homemade sauce altogether and use your favorite BBQ sauce instead.

This recipe yielded 12 delightful pulled chicken sliders, which my family absolutely devoured. I served the chicken on sweet Hawaiian rolls. I also made a side of coleslaw, and it paired perfectly with the sliders. In fact, I even added some coleslaw directly onto my slider, and it was scrumptious. I’ll be sharing that coleslaw recipe with you tomorrow, but you can get a sneak peek of it in the picture below. Both the pulled chicken sliders and coleslaw would be fantastic options for a Super Bowl party.

Ingredients for Pulled Chicken Slider Sandwiches

• CHICKEN BREASTS
• ONION
• GARLIC
• TOMATO PASTE
• CIDER VINEGAR
• PREPARED MUSTARD
• BROWN SUGAR
• SLIDER BUNS OR ROLLS

Instructions for Pulled Chicken Slider Sandwiches

Prepare the Chicken: Place the chicken breasts in the base of your slow cooker.

Make the Sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together the tomato paste, 2 cans worth of water, cider vinegar, mustard, and brown sugar. Season with a little salt and pepper if desired. Stir in the chopped onion and crushed garlic to the sauce mixture.

Cook in the Slow Cooker: Pour the sauce evenly over the chicken breasts in the slow cooker. Set the slow cooker to high and let it cook for 4-6 hours until the chicken is tender and easily shredded.

Shred the Chicken: Once the chicken is fully cooked, remove it from the slow cooker and place it in a bowl. Using two forks, pull the chicken apart until it is finely shredded.

Add the Sauce: Scoop some of the sauce from the slow cooker and mix it with the shredded chicken to achieve your desired level of ‘sauciness’.

Serve: Pile the pulled chicken onto slider-sized rolls and enjoy!

Other Recipes for a Slow Cooked Super Bowl

Now I also wanted to help give you some other ideas that you can use for your Super Bowl party.  Here’s the fun part, they are all recipes that are made in the slow cooker.  Why not enjoy yourself this upcoming Super Bowl Sunday and let your slow cooker do most of the work? 

I have broken the recipes down into 3 categories – soups, sandwiches, tacos and nachos.  You could mix and match from the categories or use a couple from one category like do a taco bar with a couple of different meats.  The possibilities are endless to what you could do.  Hope this gives you some good inspiration and also makes the day a little more relaxing.

Tacos (a lot of these meats would also be great on nachos or in a quesadilla)

• Southwestern Beef
• Slow Cooker Pork Tacos
• Pineapple and Green Chile Pork Tacos
• Slow Cooker Sweet and Spicy Chicken
• Slow Cooker Steak Fajitas
• Too Easy Chicken Tacos
• Shredded Beef Tacos
• Cafe Rio Sweet Pork
• Bajio Chicken

Sandwiches

• Applesauce BBQ Sauce Shredded Pork Sandwiches
• Tex Mex Beef BBQ’s
• BBQ Pork
• Ginger Ale Meatball Subs
• Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches
• Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
• Crock Pot Chili Dogs
• Shockingly Simple French Dip Sandwiches

Soups

• Chicken Enchilada Soup
• Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Crock Pot Potato Chowder
• Taco Soup

Nachos

• Creamy Southwestern Chicken Nachos
• Southwestern Chicken Nachos
• Chile Lime Chicken Tostadas
• Frito Pie

Pulled Chicken Slider Sandwiches

Real Mom Kitchen

This Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Sliders recipe is a simple yet flavorful dish perfect for busy days. With tender chicken cooked in a rich tomato-based sauce, these sliders are easy to prepare and make for a crowd-pleasing meal. Serve them on slider rolls with a side of coleslaw for a complete and delicious lunch or dinner.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 6 hours hrs

Total Time 6 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 6 servings

Calories 479 kcal

Equipment

crock pot

Meat Shredding Claws

Silicone Utensils

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 3 chicken breasts
• ▢ ½ onion chopped
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves crushed
• ▢ 6 oz can tomato paste
• ▢ 1 Tbsp cider vinegar
• ▢ 3 Tbsp prepared mustard
• ▢ 3 Tbsp brown sugar
• ▢ 12 slider sized rolls

Instructions

 

• Place 3 chicken breasts in the base of the slow cooker.
• In small bowl, whisk together the tomato paste plus 2 cans worth of water, the cider vinegar, mustard, and brown sugar. Add a little salt and pepper is you wish. Add the chopped onion and crushed garlic to the sauce.
• Pour sauce over chicken breasts. Set slow cooker to high and cook for 4-6 hours.
• When chicken is finished in the slow cooker, scoop it out into a bowl and using 2 forks, “pull it” apart.
• Scoop some sauce from the slow cooker and add until reaches your desired ‘sauciness.’
• Serve on slider sized rolls and enjoy!

Notes

This recipe was tested with King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls 12 pack.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 479kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 1727mg | Potassium: 2180mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 2632IU | Vitamin C: 40mg | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 6mg

Keyword chicken, sliders, Super Bowl

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