Easy Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches With Quick Homemade Coleslaw
This is a combo of my favorite ways to slow-cook chicken, shoved into the crack-speed of the Instant Pot. Truly the easiest/yummiest/quickest way to serve up a small group of your closest hoes.
And the best part? It’s so GD good that you’ll be honored to spill it on yourself because that’s EDIBLE FASHUN, henny. Look it up.
Easy Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches With Quick Homemade Coleslaw Recipe
These easy BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches are literally dripping with flavor! Perfect quick-fix for when you have a hankerin' for some BBQ! YEE-FUCKIN-HAW!!!
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Equipment
- Instant Pot (scroll down for my recommendation!)
Ingredients
FOR THE COLESLAW!
- 1- 12 to 14 oz package coleslaw veg mix
- ¾ cup mayo
- 2 Tbsp white granulated sugar
- 1½ Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1½ tsp sweet pickle juice
- 1½ tsp dill pickle juice
- ¾ tsp celery seed
- ¼ heaping tsp kosher salt
- 3 sweet pickles, minced
- black pepper, to taste
FOR THE BBQ PULLED CHICKEN!
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 pounds chicken thigh, boneless/skinless
- 1 pound chicken breast, boneless/skinless
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1½ cups BBQ sauce…I'm a sucker for something smokey, myself 🤠
- ½ Tbsp mustard seed
- ½ cup yellow onion, grated, juice & pulp
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
CONDIMENTS FOR SANDWICH!
- American cheese
- red onion, thinly sliced
- pickles
- extra BBQ sauce if you want!
- buns! I love pretzel buns for this
Instructions
FOR THE COLESLAW!
- In a medium bowl, combine all coleslaw ingredients MINUS the packaged coleslaw veg mix.
- Once dressing is well combined, add packaged coleslaw veg mix and toss well. Set in fridge.
FOR THE BBQ PULLED CHICKEN!
- Place steam rack in Instant Pot and pour in chicken stock.
- Combine seasoning blend (no mustard seed!) and sprinkle over chicken. Place chicken on steam rack. You'll need to layer and that's A-OK.
- Pile on apple cider vinegar, then BBQ sauce, then mustard seed, then grated onion, then Worcestershire sauce.
- Blow it a kiss and close the lid. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes, natural release for 10 minutes.
- Open her up and switch to sauté function on low. It will look like WAYYY too much liquid, but I assure you it is not.
- Remove chicken with tongs and shred finely using 2 forks. Return the chicken to Instant Pot.
- Cook meat and sauce together on sauté mode for at least 15 minutes so those sensual juices can really penetrate the chicken. This is the perfect opportunity to butter and toast your pretzel or whatever buns.
THE BUILD!
- Bottom bun > BBQ pulled chicken > slice of good ol' American cheese > pickles > LF's yummy fucking slaw > red onion > top bun
- Obligatory to enjoy with my TOOT TOOT TEXAS BAKED BEANS and/or HUNTY MUSTARD POTATO SALAD!
- Ride a Cowboy.
Notes
1.) Set up your ‘mis en place.’ This means do what the recipe tells you to do to the individual ingredients, measure them out, and then place them in separate little bowls/dishes/what-have-you. When it’s time to build the recipe, you have everything measured and ready to go. It makes the entire process so much easier and more enjoyable!
2.) FOR THE SLAW! These ingredients need to marry, so the longer it sits, the better it’s going to taste. As with any combo of chilled/room temp ingredients (especially when adding salt), you need to let the dish rest for some time before you taste and adjust.
3.) If you plan on cutting the amount of servings, remember that you still need AT LEAST 1 cup of liquid in your Instant Pot in order for it to come to pressure! Cutting this recipe in half should be fine.
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Equipment:
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If you’re looking for an easy and delicious recipe to feed your friends, this is it. The BBQ pulled quicken is so flavourful and so easy to make on the Instant Pot. You’ll find yourself getting a second or even a third sandwich. And I’m usually not a fan of Coleslaw but this one was so good and completed the sandwich. I made tacos out of the leftovers and was so satisfied!
THANK YOU, AND SO GLAD YOU LIKED!!!
TACOS ARE A DELICIOUS IDEA!
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Can’t wait to make this!! I have all the ingredients all ready to go but no Instant Pot 😭 do you have any suggestions for how to approximate in a crock pot?
OMG OF COURSE! IN THE CROCKPOT: 3-4 HOURS ON HIGH, 6-7/8 HOURS ON LOW.
HAVE FUN AND LET ME KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT!
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This sandwich rivals that of any five star BBQ joint.. Completely packed with flavor, the bun soaks up all the juices, filling you up royal! Added a sweet potato waffle fry on the bottom bun and some spicy mayo on top, which added to the experience but not needed whatsoever. Definitely wanted to make love to my girlfriend after eating this sandwich but knew I would only be thinking about the sandwich. It’s that good.
THANK YOU! THE GOAL OF ALL MY RECIPES IS FOR THEM TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN THE EATER IS FORNICATING!
So good! 10/10, sloppy messy, delicious! Exactly what I want in my BBQ. So simple too!
WOOHOO! GLAD YOU ENJOYED! SLOP SLOP.
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