Pulled chicken

Sep 7, 2017

Pulled meat: beef, pork, chicken, or even salmon. It's been all the rage for a while now. I don't want to be left behind, as this recipe is truly brilliant. This version features classic barbecue sauce, roasted avocado, tomato, and iceberg lettuce. A major advantage of pulled chicken is that it's relatively quick to prepare compared to pulled pork or beef. It's also much more tender and easy to pull. Promise me you'll try this.

Author	Jorick
People	4
Temperature	64
Cooking time	1 hour
Prep time	10 minutes

Ingredients

800 g chicken
Half a head of iceberg lettuce
2 tomatoes
1 avocado
1 onion
100 ml water
1 tbsp mustard
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp brown caster sugar
120 g ketchup
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp smoked paprika powder
Pepper
Salty
4 ciabattas
1 tbsp tikka masala
1 lemon

Preparation

Get everything ready

Take a pan or sous vide container and fill it with warm water. Set the sous vide appliance to 64°C (140°F) and let the water heat up.

Marinate the chicken

Rub the chicken with the tikka masala spice mixture and season with salt and pepper. Place the chicken and a knob of butter in Souvy sous vide bags. Set the timer for at least 1 hour.

Make the barbecue sauce

Chop the onion and sauté it in a saucepan with water, vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, salt, pepper, and brown sugar. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Then add the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and smoked paprika. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool until ready to use.

Pull the chicken

Once the timer goes off, remove the chicken from the packaging. Gently pull it apart with two forks to create a pulled chicken look. Then toss everything with barbecue sauce, salt, and pepper.

Finishing

Make sure the bread is baked before you assemble the sandwich. Thinly slice the tomato and finely chop the iceberg lettuce. Thinly slice the avocado as well. It's delicious to briefly char the avocado with a crème brûlée torch to create a slightly roasted flavor. Decorate the sandwich to your liking.