Quick Pulled Chicken Sandwiches with Red Cabbage Slaw
By America's Test KitchenPublished on August 6, 2019
Time
30 minutes
Yield
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 cups thinly sliced red cabbage ½ cup sour cream 2 tablespoons bread-and-butter pickle juice, plus ¼ cup bread-and-butter pickles1 teaspoon table salt, divided½ teaspoon pepper 1 cup cider vinegar ½ cup water ¼ cup sugar 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 (2½-pound) rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded into bite-size pieces (3 cups)4 hamburger buns
Before You Begin
Coleslaw mix can be used in place of the red cabbage, if desired.
Instructions
- Combine cabbage, sour cream, pickle juice, ½ teaspoon salt, and pepper in bowl; set aside.
- Bring vinegar, water, sugar, pepper flakes, and remaining ½ teaspoon salt to boil in medium saucepan over high heat. Cook until reduced by half, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in chicken and cook until warmed through, about 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Divide chicken evenly among bun bottoms. Top with ½ cup cabbage mixture, then divide pickles evenly over cabbage. Cover with bun tops. Serve.
Time
30 minutesYield
Serves 4Ingredients
2 cups thinly sliced red cabbage
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons bread-and-butter pickle juice, plus ¼ cup bread-and-butter pickles
1 teaspoon table salt, divided
½ teaspoon pepper
1 cup cider vinegar
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (2½-pound) rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded into bite-size pieces (3 cups)
4 hamburger buns
Ingredients
2 cups thinly sliced red cabbage
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons bread-and-butter pickle juice, plus ¼ cup bread-and-butter pickles
1 teaspoon table salt, divided
½ teaspoon pepper
1 cup cider vinegar
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (2½-pound) rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded into bite-size pieces (3 cups)
4 hamburger buns
Ingredients
2 cups thinly sliced red cabbage
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons bread-and-butter pickle juice, plus ¼ cup bread-and-butter pickles
1 teaspoon table salt, divided
½ teaspoon pepper
1 cup cider vinegar
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (2½-pound) rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded into bite-size pieces (3 cups)
4 hamburger buns
Why This Recipe Works
Using store-bought rotisserie chicken cuts hours off the cooking time.
Before You Begin
Coleslaw mix can be used in place of the red cabbage, if desired.
Instructions
- Combine cabbage, sour cream, pickle juice, ½ teaspoon salt, and pepper in bowl; set aside.
- Bring vinegar, water, sugar, pepper flakes, and remaining ½ teaspoon salt to boil in medium saucepan over high heat. Cook until reduced by half, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in chicken and cook until warmed through, about 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Divide chicken evenly among bun bottoms. Top with ½ cup cabbage mixture, then divide pickles evenly over cabbage. Cover with bun tops. Serve.
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