Description
Delicious slow cooker barbecue chicken served in fresh lettuce wraps with easy guacamole and green onions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup sugar-free ketchup
- 2 T tomato paste
- 6 T sweetener of your choice
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 2 tsp. green Tabasco sauce (optional)
- 1 1/2 T Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp. Liquid Smoke (optional, but recommended)
- 2 large heads Iceberg lettuce (or other lettuce of your choice)
- 2 avocados
- 1 T fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 1/2 tsp. chile powder
- 1/2 tsp. Vege-Sal (or slightly less regular salt)
- 2 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- Trim visible fat and any membranes from chicken breasts, then cut each chicken breast in half lengthwise.
- Stir together the low-sugar ketchup, tomato paste, sweetener of your choice, apple cider vinegar, yellow mustard, green Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and Liquid Smoke to make the barbecue sauce.
- Spray the slow cooker with olive oil or nonstick spray and layer the chicken in a single layer as much as possible.
- Pour over the sauce, so all the chicken is covered.
- Cook on high for one hour; then turn to low and cook 2 hours more.
- When the chicken is done, remove it to a cutting board to cool enough to handle.
- Put the sauce in a large frying pan and simmer over medium heat until it’s reduced by half, about 6-8 minutes.
- Use two forks to shred the chicken apart.
- When the sauce is reduced by half, put the chicken in the frying pan and stir to coat with sauce.
- You can heat the chicken in the pan for a few minutes if needed.
- To make lettuce wraps, combine the avocado, lime juice, chile powder and Vege-Sal (or salt) to make the Easy Guacamole, and slice the green onions.
- Cut out the core of the lettuce with a sharp knife; then peel off two lettuce leaves together to make a “cup” to hold the barbecued chicken.
- Fill each lettuce “cup” with desired amount of the chicken mixture, top with guacamole and sliced green onions, and devour!
- If this makes more than you’ll eat at one time, refrigerate the chicken and lettuce cups separately, but keep one avocado whole to mash up right before you eat the leftovers.
- The Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken can also be used for chicken sandwiches or Quesadillas.
- You could make the lettuce wraps with Slow Cooker Pulled Pork if you prefer.
Notes
- Notes for chicken breasts: Use large, boneless, and skinless for best results.
- Notes for ketchup: Sugar-free options work best.
- Notes for sweetener: Choose your favorite sweetener that can be used for cooking.
- Optional ingredients like green Tabasco sauce and Liquid Smoke can enhance flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 lettuce wraps
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 38g
- Cholesterol: 70mg