Barbeque Pulled Chicken

Barbeque Pulled Chicken!  MMMMMMMMM Everyone needs a good BBQ chicken recipe right? Well, here’s a new fave. Good ol’ Cook’s Illustrated. It may have a few more steps than what you are used to but the flavor is worth it. A truly delicious BBQ chicken!

Can You Cook a Whole Chicken In a Slow Cooker?

You can cook a whole chicken in a slow cooker.

Place the whole chicken, breast side up in your slow cooker.

Season as desired.

Cook on low for 6-8 hours, or 3-4 hours on high.

How Do You Know When BBQ Chicken Is Done?

BBQ chicken should be checked for doneness with an internal thermometer.

165 degrees for dark meat, 160 degrees for white.

If you don’t have a thermometer, you can do a little cut into the middle to check that it’s just about opaque in the center.

How Long Can You Keep BBQ Pulled Chicken?

Left over BBQ chicken will keep for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.

Or, BBQ chicken can be frozen for up to 3 months.

Barbeque Pulled Chicken

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Barbeque Pulled Chicken

By Sweet Basil

Prep50 minutes mins

Cook1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Total2 hours hrs 35 minutes mins

Servings6

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Ingredients 

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Recipe By: Cook's Illustrated Published July 1, 2005.

• ▢ 8 Chicken Leg Quarters, bone-in, skin-on (about 7 pounds total), trimmed of backbone (see illustrations below) and excess fat

Sauce

• ▢ 1 Onion, large, peeled and quartered
• ▢ 1/4 Cup Water
• ▢ 1 1/2 Cups Ketchup
• ▢ 1 1/2 Cups Apple Cider
• ▢ 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• ▢ 3 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
• ▢ 1/4 Cup Molasses
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper, ground
• ▢ 4 Tablespoons Vinegar, apple cider
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
• ▢ 2 Cloves Garlic, medium, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 2 teaspoons)
• ▢ 1 1/2 Tablespoons Chili Powder
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• ▢ Hot Pepper Sauce, such as Tabasco

US Customary - Metric

Instructions 

For the Chicken

• Soak 2 cups wood chips in water to cover for 30 minutes; drain.
• Place chips in small disposable aluminum pan; set pan on primary burner (burner that will remain on during barbecuing); position cooking grate.
• Ignite grill, turn all burners to high, cover, and heat until very hot and chips are smoking, about 15 minutes. (If chips ignite, use water-filled spray bottle to extinguish.)
• Scrape grate clean with grill brush. Turn off all burners except primary burner.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle both sides of chicken legs with salt and pepper.
  8 Chicken Leg Quarters
• Place chicken legs skin side up in single layer on cool side of grill.
• Cover and cook 35 minutes (internal grill temperature should register about 325 degrees after 30 minutes).
• Working quickly to prevent excess heat loss, remove cover, and, using tongs, rotate each leg so that side formerly facing burner now faces away (do not flip chicken): cover and cook until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thighs registers about 185 degrees, 35 to 45 minutes longer (internal grill temperature should register about 310 degrees).
• Transfer chicken to cutting board; let rest until cool enough to handle.

For the Sauce

• While chicken is cooking or cooling, process onion and water in food processor fitted with steel blade until pureed and mixture resembles slush, about 30 seconds.
  1 Onion, 1/4 Cup Water
• Pass mixture through fine-mesh strainer into liquid measuring cup, pressing on solids with rubber spatula; you should have 3/4 cup strained onion puree. Discard solids in strainer.
• Whisk onion puree, ketchup, apple cider, Worcestershire, mustard, molasses, pepper, and 3 tablespoons cider vinegar together in medium bowl.
  1 1/2 Cups Ketchup, 1 1/2 Cups Apple Cider, 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce, 3 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard, 1/4 Cup Molasses, 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper, 4 Tablespoons Vinegar
• Heat oil in large nonreactive saucepan over medium heat until shimmering;
  1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
• Add garlic, chili powder, and cayenne and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  2 Cloves Garlic, 1 1/2 Tablespoons Chili Powder, 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• Stir in ketchup mixture; increase heat to medium-high,
• Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, uncovered, until flavors meld and sauce is slightly thickened, about 15 minutes. You should have scant 4 cups sauce.
• Transfer about 2 cups sauce to serving bowl; leave remaining sauce in saucepan.
• Remove and discard skin from chicken legs.
• Using fingers, pull meat off bones, separating larger pieces (which should fall off bones easily) from smaller, drier pieces into two equal piles.
• Place smaller chicken pieces in food processor and pulse until just coarsely chopped, three to four 1-second pulses, stirring chicken with rubber spatula after each pulse.
• Transfer chicken to sauce in saucepan. Using fingers or two forks, pull larger chicken pieces into long shreds and add to saucepan.
• Stir in remaining tablespoon cider vinegar; cover saucepan and heat chicken over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Add hot sauce to taste and serve, passing remaining barbecue sauce separately.
  Hot Pepper Sauce

Recipe Notes

may be frozen for 2-3 months

Nutrition

Serving: 1g, Calories: 606kcal, Carbohydrates: 39g, Protein: 33g, Fat: 35g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Cholesterol: 189mg, Sodium: 903mg, Potassium: 993mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 31g, Vitamin A: 1120IU, Vitamin C: 6mg, Calcium: 85mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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