Just a couple of days until the holiday weekend and we are in full planning mode for our July 4th BBQ Party! Desserts are being made, side dishes planned. Lots of deliciousness abound! These BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches are one of the 3 main proteins we will be serving. Sweet and Tangy BBQ sauce drenched chicken, topped with Cole Slaw and served in a delicious Sweet Hawaiian Bun. Who wouldn’t be in a celebratory mood with a meal like that?!
To make the chicken you can choose a variety of methods. First, for any method you choose, season with salt and pepper.
- Put in the slow cooker using my Crispy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe
- Roast in the oven, skin side up, at 425 degrees for 25 minutes
- Grill and chop (not really a pulled chicken, but still delicious.
- Braise in the bbq sauce in a low 250 degree oven for 2 hours.
The winner? Hands down, the Crispy Slow Cooker Chicken recipe. Super easy and SERIOUSLY delicious. If you follow me on Instagram you can tell how addicted to it we are!
Remove skin and bones and gently pull chicken apart with a fork. Mix with BBQ Sauce. I use my favorite Tony Roma’s Original BBQ Sauce recipe for it. If you are looking for a ready-made BBQ sauce to try? Our favorite is Bone Suckin’ Sauce.
Brush melted butter on the inside of the buns and put face down on a griddle or in a 375 degree oven for 5-7 minutes until browned. I use my Sweet Hawaiian Bread and Buns for almost all sandwiches and burgers in our house. Yup, we eat well. And we work out like mad to make up for it too! Which you also see glimpses of in my Instagram! 😉
Top bottom of the bun with 1/2 cup of BBQ chicken mixture, then 1/3 a cup of cole slaw. I use my favorite Tony Roma’s Cole Slaw recipe.
If you are going to make these ahead of time, you can add a leaf of lettuce to the top and bottom bun before you add the chicken and cole slaw. It will help prevent sogginess from setting in.
BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches with Cole Slaw and Hawaiian Bread
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs , bone in, skin on
- 2 cups BBQ Sauce (My go to is the Tony Roma's BBQ Sauce or if premade, Bone Suckin' Sauce)
- 6 Hawaiian Bread Buns
- 2 tablespoons butter , melted (optional)
- 2 cups Cole Slaw
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put salt and pepper in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Put the thighs in, skin side up
- Season with more salt and pepper.
Cook on low for 7 hours.
- Remove skin and bones and gently pull chicken apart with a fork.
- Mix with BBQ Sauce.
Brush melted butter on the inside of the buns and put face down on a griddle or in a 375 degree oven for 5-7 minutes until browned.
- Top bottom of the bun with 1/2 cup of BBQ chicken mixture, then 1/3 a cup of cole slaw.
- If you are going to make these ahead of time, you can add a leaf of lettuce to the top and bottom bun before you add the chicken and cole slaw. It will help prevent sogginess from setting in.
And now, a rundown of our 4th of July BBQ Party Menu in case you are planning your own BBQ and want some menu help!
Appetizers:
Guapo’s Fresh Salsa with Tortilla Chips
Raspberry Honey Mustard Pretzel Dip poured over a block of room temperature cream cheese.
Sides:
Yukon Gold Potato Salad with Green Onions & Bacon Vinaigrette
Chipotle Inspired Jalapeno Lime Corn Salad
![These baked beans are sticky, salty [from the delicious bacon!] and sweet and a perfect addition to your BBQ or picnic](http://dev.dinnerthendessert.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Honey-Bacon-Baked-Beans-side-300x200.jpg)
Main Courses:
Baked Chicken Caesar Salad with Crispy Buttery Topping
Jack Daniel’s Bacon Cheeseburgers
Sweet Hawaiian Buns for the burgers and the sandwiches on this page!
Desserts:
Legendary Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies
Strawberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Salted Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Graham Cracker Cupcakes Stuffed with S’mores Cookie Dough and Topped with Toasted Marshmallows
Hope you got some menu ideas or inspirations!! Have a fantastic, SAFE, 4th of July! Tune in tomorrow if you are not too busy partying for another delicious recipe!
Argh I bought the wrong chicken thighs! Boneless, skinless. Do you think they could still cook in the slow cooker with your method?
They could (less flavorful though), I would shoot for 4-5 hours on low though, or they’ll start to disintegrate 🙂
I love your photos, this looks delicious!
How sweet of you! Thank you!
This looks amazingly good. I love pulled pork and cole slaw but haven’t had them together like this. It sound great though!
Thanks 🙂
My husband is a cole slaw fanatic! I Will need to prepare this entire thing for him!
I hope he loves it!
Oh my goodness that looks so tasty! I’ve bookmarked this for later. My husband loves pulled pork.
this looks amazing
These sandwiches! No more boring summer picnic with these!
I know right? I ate two of them, haha.
This sandwich looks amazing! I LOVE coleslaw on a sandwish-so good!
Thank you!
This is the perfect sandwich for me! I’d love to try this tangy combination.
It is really a wonderful play of tangy and sweet!
I’m not a fan of coleslaw on BBQ, but that looks delicious!
I wasn’t for the longest time until we went to Nashville and it came on my sandwich without me realizing it. I took a bite before taking the slaw off and I was so surprised how good it was, it converted me! haha.
I love chicken BBQ recipes. They are really good around this time of year. A puled chicken BBQ sandwich would hit the spot right now.
I love slow cooker recipes! I cannot wait to try this! I like to have food ready quickly when I get home from work
Me too! Anything that does the work for me is always a favorite!
This sounds delicious! I made a sandwich mentioned in Mad Men earlier this summer that has cole slaw on it and I’m hooked! It adds so much flavor and great texture. This sandwich is a winner!
How cool! I love the added crunch from the slaw too!