Crockpot BBQ Chicken Sliders

5 from 2 votes

June 25, 2015

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An easy, simple, and tasty dinner or appetizer, these Crockpot BBQ Chicken Sliders will make you a believer in your crockpot again. Also, it doesn’t heat your house in the summer. Hallelujah.

There is no way anyone in this house is surviving 104 degree temperatures with no air conditioning this weekend. Did I mention it’s going to be 104 this weekend in Portland? Well it is.

Hey Lauren, why is no one going to survive?

>Because the heat makes me angry and bitter about summer.

>Because the heat makes everyone else in my house mild to moderately unpleasant. And that’s putting it lightly.

>Because no matter what we try to do, this house will not and cannot stay at a cool 70 degrees when it is hotter than Hades outside.

>Because my children can’t sleep in the heat which by default means NO ONE sleeps.

>Because ugly naked guy {aka my neighbor} mows his lawn in the heat in his sparkly pink bikini {I wish I was kidding}

>Because I can’t cook outside over the BBQ grill because it’s like Hades + Hades = kill me.

>Because I can’t cook inside because our boiling-hot-house-that-happens-to-be-slightly-cooler-than-outside will then become hotter than outside giving us no reprieve…not that being in the house was a reprieve to begin with.

>Because the above cooking situation means HANGRY people.

>Because my two year old doesn’t eat raw anything.

>And because my husband sweats profusely and I can’t even begin to handle it. How he survived his mission in Brazil {in a suit!!}….I’ll never know.

I’m now taking quotes from heating and cooling companies. You will have my business if I can pay you in cookies.

Ha! Just kidding.

It will be cookie dough.

………….no takers?

Ok, fiiiiiine. I’ll bake the cookies.

A small price to pay for a/c.

ANYWAYS.

The moral of the story is: we are not going to survive.

So, what is a girl to do?

ABORT!

We’re going to the beach, ya’ll. Where the cool waves, cooler temps and even cooler a/c at our vacation rental {hallelujah} will keep us happy and hopefully well rested.

In other news, while I’ve been dying in my house, I’ve become bff’s with my crockpot again. It always happens every few months. I forget I own my crockpot and then suddenly I remember I have two!

I blame my overheated brain. Pretty sure it forces my neurotransmitters to just shut down. Actually, lets be honest: that’s not the heat talking. That’s straight up motherhood. #ohthejoys

Anyways, I made some BBQ chicken in my crockpot and served it on slider rolls with lots of melty cheddar and cold, zesty, dill pickle chips.

Yes, they were glorious.

I’ll be honest. BBQ chicken in the crockpot has been overdone. Everyone and their mom has a recipe for crockpot BBQ chicken because, DUH, it’s chicken and BBQ sauce. In a crockpot. Double duh. Everyone together say BEEN THERE DONE THAT.

But throwing that delightful chicken onto some soft slider rolls with lots of cheese, extra sauce and pickles?

Not so common anymore.

Still a super simple dinner or appetizer, just remixed a little to become that much more interesting and amazing.

Warning: you musn’t skip the dill pickles. You will be pleasantly surprised at how much you like that small addition. Trust the Lauren.

And for the love of everything good and holy DO NOT USE SWEET PICKLES. I beg of you.

Anyways, the point I’m trying to make in this very drawn out and ridiculous post is:

>Portland is friggin-hella-hot

>we are leaving town {can you hear the angels singing?}

>Crockpots are my friend

>Make sliders with your BBQ chicken!

>I may have a coronary if you use sweet pickles

That is all.

Printable recipe below! Hope you’re all staying cool wherever you are!! Have a wonderful sweat-free weekend…at least here’s to hoping. 😉

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