Pulled BBQ Chicken - Two Ways

I very rarely eat chicken but when I do, I eat organic step 4 chicken from Whole Foods. I know this is extremely specific but I'm so picky because I spent many years of my life being a strict vegetarian. It wasn't until I was pregnant last year with my son that I began incorporating the very occasional organic chicken into my diet. Ever since then, I do make chicken about once a month. This month, I chose to make something that I haven't made before - pulled BBQ chicken. So delicious!

Though I was inspired to make this meal from the Cooksmarts website, I definitely strayed and did things my own way. I made this meal so simple by just pouring Grumpy's BBQ sauce into my crockpot, and adding 4 organic boneless chicken breasts. I turned the crockpot on low and let the magic happen for 8 hours while I left the house to run errands and do my weekly grocery shopping trip to Whole Foods.

After 8 hours the chicken was SO tender and juicy! 

It was incredibly easy to shred. It was practically falling apart by itself.

After I finished shredding all of the chicken, I put it all back into the leftover BBQ sauce and mixed it all together for extra flavor and to coat each shredded piece of chicken with sauce.

For the first night's dinner I made pulled BBQ chicken tacos. The fixings included shredded purple cabbage and shredded carrots tossed with red wine vinegar and a bit of olive oil and honey. I also filled the tacos with chopped lettuce and cheddar cheese (each of these ingredients are organic). These tacos were a total hit. My husband loved them!

I always use these tortillas because they are incredibly delicious and they don't contain hydrogenated oils or preservatives, like most tortillas do.

For the second night, I used the pulled BBQ chicken leftovers to make sandwich melts. I used organic whole wheat English muffins, topped them with the pulled BBQ chicken and a slice of cheddar cheese (pepper jack cheese would also be good), stuck them in the toaster oven to bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees, and dinner was done. I added a simple side salad to the meal as well to get proper nutrition.

I took a picture but it turned out a little dark so you'll have to use your imagination :)