Cooking Light's Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 40 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground chipotle chile pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
- cooking spray
Sauce
- 2 teaspoons canola oil (I used olive)
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
Directions
- Chicken:
- Prepare grill.
- Mix first 7 ingredients in a small bowl.
- Rub spice mixture on chicken. (I put the spice and the chicken in a zip lock and let the kids go to town shaking it.).
- Cook chicken on grill coated with cooking spray, 20 minutes, or until 180°F.
- Let stand 5 minutes, shred with 2 forks.
- Sauce:
- Heat oil on medium in a medium saucepan.
- Add onions, and cook until translucent.
- Stir in sugar, chili powder, garlic powder, mustard, allspice, and red pepper.
- Cook 30 seconds.
- Stir in ketchup, vinegar, and molasses.
- Bring to a boil; return heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
- Stir in chicken; cook 2 minutes or until fully heated.
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