BBQ Chicken Bowls with Sweet Potatoes and Coleslaw
All these BBQ chicken bowls are all packed with so much goodness: shredded BBQ chicken, seasoned cubed sweet-potatoes roasted till crispy, a very simple coleslaw and simple homemade dill-pickles. They are filling, healthy and amazingly fast and simple. Paleo and Whole30 also.
Servings 4
Calories 503kcal
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken-breasts (about 1¼ lbs)
- ¾ cup Whole30 BBQ-sauce
- or about 2 1/2 cups shredded BBQ chicken or pork
- 2 tbsp Italian-dressing
- salt, to taste
Sweet Potatoes
- 2 sweet-potatoes peeled and cubed
- 1 tbsp avocado or refined coconut-oil
- dash of cinnamon
- 2 tsp chili-powder
Quick Dill Pickles
- sprig fresh dill
- ¼ cup white or white-wine vinegar
- ¼ english cucumber sliced thin
- 1 clove garlic minced
- pinch yellow-mustard seeds
- ¼ cup water
- ½ tbsp salt
- or ¼ cup sliced cold-dill-pickles
Coleslaw
- 3 tbsp coconut-aminos
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1½ tbsp white-apple cider, or white-wine vinegar
- 1 14 oz bag shredded coleslaw mix
- ¼ tsp kosher-salt
Garnish
- dry BBQ seasoning
- fresh chopped-parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º F.
Make Sweet Sotatoes
- On a baking sheet, toss all ingredients & roast for 20minutes. After 20 minutes, then stir-well and then return to the oven. Bake another for 10-15minutes or till browning on edges but not too crispy.
Make BBQ Chicken
- Combine all ingredients in a instant-pot. Seal & cook on-high pressure about 10minutes. Quick release shred chicken breasts using 2 strands or use a hand mixer on low speed when time is up.
- Turn on Saute-mode and heat for 5minutes till chicken is coated in sauce. If you don't have an instant-pot, see Note for regular shredded chicken or slow-cooker instructions.
Make the Pickles
- While sweet-potatoes roast, mix all pickle ingredients in a small-bowl and then put aside.
Make Coleslaw
- Mix all ingredients aside from coleslaw mixture in a small-bowl. Put coleslaw mixture in a medium-bowl and pour dressing over.
Assemble Bowls
- Split BBQ chicken, sweet-potatoes and coleslaw evenly among 4bowls. Top with a few pickle pieces. Garnish with fresh-chopped-parsley if desired.
Notes
Cooking chicken in a crockpot: Blend all of your BBQ chicken ingredients in the slow-cooker. Cook covered on-high for 3hours or on-low for 5hours.
If you don't have Italian-dressing BBQ-chicken: Substitute 1/2 tbsp white or white wine vinegar,, 1 1/2 tbsp oil and a little pinch of Italian-seasoning.
To make with no slow-cooker or instant-pot: Shred 2 medium boneless, skinless chicken-breasts using 2 forks and then put into a medium saucepan over medium-heat. Cover 3/4 cup of BBQ-sauce and stir till chicken is heated through & sauce has been absorbed. Then add more sauce if desired.
Whole30: Be certain that you are utilizing Whole30-compliant BBQ-sauce.
Use store-bought pickles instead than homemade: Use high quality cold pickles.