Exceedingly Mundane

I have loved doing the Menu Plan Monday meme lately, and I saw this mentioned before I left on vacation. I’ve been wanting to play along, since I love recipes, like to cook, and love using my crockpot this time of year. Sandra, at Diary of a SAHM mom, sponsors this Slow Cooking Thursday meme, so click here to check it out this week and follow the links to all the other good crockpot recipes. I can’t wait to check them all out later today 🙂

Here’s my offering for this week (my first time playing!)… Maple BBQ Chicken for sandwiches (this recipe is also posted here on our family website). I usually make these in my little West Bend cooker, but I’m sure they are fine in a regular crockpot. As with most boneless skinless chicken breast recipes for the crockpot, they really shouldn’t cook all day, since they will dry out and be tough. Anything using b/s chicken, I usually put in the crockpot after lunch and cook for 3-4 hours on low. Enjoy!

Maple Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches

Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup maple-flavored pancake syrup
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
5 hamburger buns

Directions
Combine the ketchup, syrup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, chili powder and garlic powder in a bowl. Set aside.

Place the chicken breasts in a crock pot. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour the prepared sauce over the top. Cover and cook on low for four to five hours.

When ready to serve, remove and shred chicken. Put back in and mix with the sauce. Serve on buns for sandwiches.

Stacy’s Notes – Made this chicken mixture October 2004 to serve on some leftover sandwich buns I had. I used 2 chicken breasts and halved the other sauce ingredients. I cooked these on setting 4 in my West Bend cooker for about 3 hours, then shredded them. This made enough for 4 sandwiches for us with 2 breasts. Really good, Tim even commented that he liked this better than regular beef barbecue. I used real maple syrup and not pancake syrup, and it really just tasted like a sweet barbecue sauce. Really good, a definite keeper!