BBQ Chicken Salad Sandwiches

For our BBQ chicken salad sandwiches recipe, I love to eat these sandwiches using hamburger buns, but you can also use your favorite buns or rolls. Either way it is going to be super delicious and refreshing

It is a great recipe that you can make for your next get together as it is super easy to make and can feed a good amount of people. You can also double the recipe depending on how many people will be eating, or save some for leftovers for the next day. This pulled chicken salad mix is also super tasty on a fresh bed of spring lettuce or spinach if you want to forego the bun completely. 

Another nice thing is that you do not have to make all of the ingredients for the shredded chicken sandwich at the same time. Sometimes I like to prepare the shredded chicken the day or night ahead so that way I can cut out the waiting time for the chicken to cook and cool down. 

You can serve these tasty pulled chicken sandwiches with some of our oven baked seasoned steak fries, baked zucchini fries (if you want to be on the healthier side) or even some delicious baked mozzarella cheese sticks!

Ingredients You Need to For This BBQ Chicken Salad Sandwiches Recipe:

• Boneless, skinless, chicken breasts
• Chicken broth
• BBQ sauce
• Mayonnaise
• Onion, finely chopped
• Celery
• Salt
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Hamburger buns or rolls
• Tomato slices (optional)
• Lettuce (optional)

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

• Instant Pot
• Mixing Bowl (Large)
• Mixer (Hand)
• Spatula

How To Make BBQ Chicken Salad Sandwiches

1. Place chicken breasts in bottom of Instant Pot. Add in chicken broth.
2. Place lid on top of Instant Pot, move valve to SEALING, and press PRESSURE COOK button (or MANUAL button). Set timer for 18 minutes.
3. When timer is finished, move valve to VENTING and do a quick release of the pressure.
4. Remove chicken and shred using 2 forks. Place shredded chicken in a large mixing bowl and toss with BBQ sauce.
5. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chicken is cooled.
6. Add mayonnaise, onion, celery, salt and pepper flakes to chopped chicken; mix together. Serve on buns or rolls with tomato and lettuce.

Homemade BBQ Sauce 

To make this recipe stand out even more, you can make your own BBQ sauce. Whenever I make homemade BBQ sauce it makes the flavor even better. 

So if you have a few extra minutes to make your own BBQ sauce, or even if you have run out, using Add a Pinch’s homemade BBQ sauce recipe you can have delicious sauce in no time. Plus most of the ingredients you have at home already!

Serve Our Cold BBQ Chicken Sandwiches 3 Ways:

We know not everyone likes the same thing. If we did, life would probably be pretty borning. So give your guest options when serving this tasty recipe! 

Here are our favorite ways to serve these sandwiches:

1. Hamburger bun
   You can never go wrong with a hamburger bun! All you have to do is decide if you want it with or without sesame seeds. 😉 
2. Lettuce wrap
   For those with diet restrictions, serving this pulled chicken salad on a large piece of butter or romain lettuce would work great and taste amazing.
3. Hawaiian rolls
   I feel like Hawaiian rolls are good for almost everything, especially this recipe. They are perfect to make as appetizers or a great size to serve kids!

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