Sweet Spicy MotherCLUCKERS

These sweet and spicy chicken slices are mother-clucking good! They are the perfect sandwich to serve at your next party, get together or gathering of friends. The chicken is cooked in the crock pot and is sweet and savory. The pickled onions at great texture and the Serrano peppers really bring the heat. Remove the seeds and you will have a nice hint of heat that does not incinerate your taste buds, but if you like it HOT, leave the seeds in the pepper.

You can prepare the pickled onions the day before or start them in the morning and then you can let your chicken cook in the crockpot while you relax or go run a few errands. 

If you have never had pickled onions, they are absolutely delicious on sandwiches, tacos, as a topping on your favorite meat and poultry dishes and pretty tasty on salads. They are pretty flavorful on just about anything.

These peppers really add that extra something to these sliders

Sweet Hawaiian Rolls balance the flavors perfectly, but these are also great on toasted dinner rolls, baguettes or torta rolls. The bread you use is only limited to your imagination.

You can assemble these sliders and serve on a platter, or leave the fixings out and let your guests build their own.

Whether you like a little heat...

or a lot

These  sliders hit the spot. Just one bite and you will say in your most incorrect english: "commere you sweet spicy muthaclucka"

Ingredients

1 Package of Hawaiian Dinner Rolls

1 red onion

1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar 

1 cup water

1 tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher salt

1 Serrano Pepper

Sweet n Spicy Pulled Barbecue Chicken (recipe below)

For Sweet n Spicy Pulled Barbecue Chicken 

6 Boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 12 ounce bottle barbecue sauce

1/2 cup Italian Salad dressing

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 Tablespoon Siracha

Directions:

Place chicken in crock pot. combine the remaining ingredients and pour over the chicken. Cook on high for three hours. Take a fork and shred the chicken, reduce heat to low and cook for one more hour.

For Pickled Onions

1 red onion thinly sliced

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 

Directions:

Whisk together vinegar, water, sugar and salt until well combined and sugar is dissolved.  Place sliced onions in a jar and pour the liquid on top and let sit for 1 hour in covered jar. The flavors are better if you put in refrigerator and wait one day. These will keep for a few weeks in your refrigerator.

To assemble sliders:

Slice rolls in half, top with a generous serving of the chicken, top with pickled onions and sliced de-seeded peppers. 

Servings: 16 sliders or  six regular size servings

Bon Appetit!