Cherry BBQ Pulled Chicken

This is a recipe I adapted from Serious Eats. Hope you guys enjoy!

Ingredients

• 2 cups frozen, pitted cherries
• 2 TBS olive oil
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1.25 tsp chili powder
• 1 TBS tomato paste
• 1 15-oz can tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 2 lbs chicken breasts

Instructions

1. Whisk together BBQ ingredients, taste and adjust as needed. Place ¾ cup of sauce in large Tupperware container and store in fridge for later. Place chicken in bottom of crockpot and pour over remaining sauce. Stir around to make sure all sides of chicken are covered with sauce.
2. Cook on low for 4 hours. Carefully remove chicken and shred with fork. Place shredded chicken back in crockpot and cook an additional 30 minutes with the cover off.
3. Serve over baked sweet potato, in a salad, or as a sandwich. Enjoy!

Notes

Nutrition for Cherry BBQ Sauce (serving size 1 Tbs): 29 calories, 1 g fat, 5 g carbohydrate, 4 g sugar Cherry BBQ Chicken (1/6 of recipe): 330 calories, 9 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 30 g carbohydrate, 34 g protein Nutrition for Cherry BBQ Chicken is based on 2 lbs of chicken and a batch of sauce, but you will likely have some sauce leftover so actual nutrition content may be lower.

By The Healthy Toast

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