Sunday Family Meal Time

Sundays we try to establish a family routine.  Our church meets in the evening, so Sunday mornings mean pancakes and bike rides.  While our mornings are sweet, this schedule makes our evenings frantic.  We walk home from church, hungry, but needing to feed Behr and get him ready for bed and also get ready for the week ahead.  Thank goodness for slow cooking!  Here is our go-to meal for parties, to bring to folks, and also the occasional Sunday evening for us (and lunch all week).

Kentucky Style BBQ Chicken

*Kentucky style because the recipe comes from a friend who went to UK.  

As for whether or not it is truly Kentucky style, you be the judge.

Start with these ingredients:

1 medium onion, thinly sliced or 1/2 large onion, thinly sliced (I used two small ones)

3 boneless skinless chicken breast (not pictured, because who wants to look at raw chicken?)

1/2 cup ketchup

1/2 cup barbecue sauce

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

2 tablespoons molasses 

(which I never have, so I substitute maple syrup)

1 tablespoon yellow mustard

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon onion powder

1/4 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

1 pinch salt

Put the diced onion in the crock pot first, then the chicken, 

and finally all the ingredients pictures above.

Cook on High for 5 hours, or Low for 8

when it looks like this, shred with two forks.

if it looks like there is too much liquid, don't worry

the shredding process soaks it up.

And wa-la, there you have it!  

The perfect Sunday meal, sure to make the meat eaters in your life happy.

We like to serve this on sesame seed buns with a generous side of cole slaw.

This recipe also doubles/triples well for big events.

p.s. In case you were wondering, yes, I totally missed Saturday Shoes yesterday.  The day off on Friday threw me for a loop and sent me into crafting mode.  I have a special project up my sleeves for you that will be announced later this week.