Barbecue Pulled Chicken

Here's a healthy and easy slow cooker recipe that I'm currently in love with.  My boyfriend has made this before but this was the first time for me to make this dish.  It was extremely simple and exactly my kind of cooking.  The most time consuming part to this recipe is dicing the onion, which I did with one of those nifty onion dicer thingy-ma-bobs.


Usually I get tired of having chicken more than a few meals in a row, but I've been eating this for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for days now.  Love it!  I make a simple sandwich with this.  Any other ideas to jazz it up but still keep it healthy?


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INGREDIENTS

• 1 8-ounce can reduced-sodium tomato sauce
• 1 4-ounce can chopped green chiles, drained
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon sweet or smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground chipotle chile
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced

PREPARATION

1. Stir tomato sauce, chiles, vinegar, honey, paprika, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, ground chipotle and salt in a 6-quart slow cooker until smooth. Add chicken, onion and garlic; stir to combine.
2. Put the lid on and cook on low until the chicken can be pulled apart, about 5 hours.
3. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and shred with a fork. Return the chicken to the sauce, stir well and serve.

NUTRITION

Per serving: 184 calories; 8 g fat ( 2 g sat , 3 g mono ); 68 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrates; 3 g added sugars; 20 g protein; 1 g fiber; 257 mg sodium; 303 mg potassium.