Slow-Cooked & Smoky Sweet Shredded Chicken Sandwiches

Tangy Angel Hair Coleslaw
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Ingredients

  • 1½ cups diced red onion
  • 1½ lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 Tbsp canola oil
  • 1½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1½ tsp smoked paprika
  • ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¾ cup barbecue sauce
  • 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 6 whole wheat hamburger buns

Instructions

  1. Coat a 3- or 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place onions in slow cooker; arrange chicken on top of onions, overlapping slightly. Drizzle oil over chicken, and sprinkle with cumin, paprika and cinnamon. Cover and cook on Low 8 hours.
  2. Shred chicken using 2 forks. Stir together barbecue sauce, vinegar, mustard and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Add barbecue sauce mixture to chicken in slow cooker, stirring well.
  3. Cover and cook on HIGH 30 minutes.
  4. Serve chicken on buns.

Side Dish Ingredients

  • 6 cups angel hair coleslaw
  • 2 Tbsp canola oil
  • 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp pepper

Side Dish Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl; toss well.

Nutritional Information

Main Side Total
Servings 6 6
Calories
340
60
400
Fat (g) 7 5 12
Sat. Fat (g) 1 0 1
Protein (g) 32 1 33
Carb (g) 35 5 40
Fiber (g) 4 2 6
Sodium (mg) 610 160 770

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