Now, more than ever, I have been preparing meals that are multi-purpose and can be used for a couple of days. That said, sharing our pulled chicken recipe which we make in the crock pot. There are so many ways to use this pulled chicken – you can use it in a sandwich, create an avocado-based chicken salad (pictured) with it or use it in your dairy-free quesadilla. I’ve pasted the full recipe for the chicken below, along with a few variations.
Healthy Crock Pot Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breasts
- 1 lb chicken thighs
- 1 small gala apple, diced
- 1 small onion, diced we sometimes omit the onion and it's still great!
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2/3 cup water
- 2 teaspoon salt
Option Two: Avocado Chicken Salad
- 1 large avocado, mashed
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 1 tablespoon EVOO
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup grapes, quartered
- 2 cups arugula / kale of whichever green you'd like to use
Instructions
- Set up your crock pot.
- Dice the apple and onion, transfer to the crock pot.
- Season the chicken breast and thigh using the salt and transfer to the crock pot.
- Place 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar and 2/3 cup water into the crock pot.
- Set your crock pot to low for 4-6 hours (ours our usually ready about 5 hours. If they sit in the crock pot too long they will get mushy, and you don’t want that!)
- About 15 minutes before I serve the chicken, I like to shred it so it nicely soaks up the juices. If you shred too early, it will get mushy!
- For the sandwich, I serve on a pretzel bun with some mashed avocado and viola – a perfect meal!
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