Pulled Chicken Sliders
A great Failsafe recipe for pulled chicken that can have many uses, not just sliders.
Equipment
- Thermomix
- Oven
Ingredients
Pulled Chicken
- ⅓ cup plain flour
- ½ tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp parsley
- 2 tsp chives
- 1 tbsp carob powder
- 250 ml strong decaf coffee
- 4 chicken breasts
Caramelised Leek
- 1 leek, chopped into 3 cm chunks
- 1 large clove garlic
- 30 g rice bran oil
- 50 g brown sugar
Cashew Cream
- 150 g raw cashews
- 150 g water
- 1 large clove garlic
- ½ tsp citric acid
- ½ tsp salt
To Serve
- Bread rolls
- Purple cabbage
- Wombok / sugarloaf cabbage
Instructions
Pulled Chicken
- Place all ingredients except chicken into a casserole dish (approx. 30 x 20 cm) and stir well to combine.
- Add whole chicken breast and stir to coat with the sauce.
- Place a piece of alfoil over the top folding the edges so it sits inside the dish so steam can still escape and thicken the sauce.
- Bake for 50 mins at 160° (fan force).
- Turn chicken and spoon sauce over it to baste. Cook uncovered for another 25 minutes in the oven or until it easily pulls apart when shredded with two forks. If chicken does not easily pull apart, turn chicken, baste with sauce and return to the oven for another 5 - 10 minutes.
- Shred all the chicken with forks OR place into the Thermomix and shred for 4 seconds reverse speed 4.
- Stir the remaining sauce from casserole pan through the shredded chicken.
Caramelised Leek
- Place chopped leek into the Thermomix bowl with the garlic. Chop on speed 5 for 3 sec.
- Add oil and brown sugar. Cook at 100° for 12 mins on reverse speed 1, with the steaming basket on top of the lid.
- Don’t clean the bowl, then make cashew cream.To make the caramelised leeks without a Thermomix, thinly slice leeks and cook in a frying pan over medium heat, stirring until cooked through and leeks begin to caramelise.
Cashew cream
- Place all ingredients in the Thermomix bowl. Blend on speed 9 for 20 sec.
- Scrape down bowl, then cook on 90° for 3 minutes speed 2.
- Then mix again for 20 sec on speed 9.
To Serve
- Place some pulled chicken onto the opened bun, top with caramelised leek, purple cabbage and wombok, then finish with a big dollop cashew cream.
Notes
We used cashew cream (dairy free), you could substitute with homemade mayo, garlic mayo, failsafe BBQ sauce or pear ketchup.
Freeze pulled chicken in small portions for a quick lunch.