Pulled Chicken Sandwiches with Concord Grape BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts
- 6 100% Whole Wheat Thin Style Buns
- Sauce:
- 1 TB Canola Oil
- 1 Cup Yellow Onion, Diced
- 1 TB Minced Garlic
- 1 TB dry mustard
- 1 tsp chili paste
- 1 TB tomato paste
- 8oz Welch’s 100% Grape Juice
- 1 cup Crushed Tomatoes
- 1/3 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 TB Worcestershire Sauce
- 3 TB brown sugar
- 1/3 tsp salt
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in a medium saucepan. Cover with water, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and let simmer. Poach the chicken for 20 minutes. Remove pan from heat and transfer chicken to a cutting board and let cool. Once chicken is cool, shred into bite size pieces and set aside until sauce is prepared.
- While chicken is being poached, prepare the sauce:
- In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium-high heat; add onions and sauté 2-3 minutes
- Mix in garlic, mustard and chili paste and continue cooking 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in tomato paste and cook 1-2 more minutes.
- Add Welch’s 100% grape juice, crushed tomatoes, apple cider vinegar, worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, salt and bring to a simmer. Stir well.
- Lower heat and simmer 15-20 minutes.
- Combine sauce with chicken and mix well. Remove from heat and serve with thin style hamburger buns or serve open face with half a regular hamburger bun.
- Garnish with chopped carrots, cabbage, and green onion.