Recipe

Pulled Chicken Sliders with Mango Barbecue Sauce and Pepper Jicama Slaw

Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Serves: 4

Get your bibs out! These sweet and spicy sliders may be a little messy but the flavour combinations will keep you coming back for more.

Ingredients

Pulled Chicken Sliders with Mango Barbecue Sauce and Pepper Jicama Slaw:

4 cups (1 L) store bought rotisserie chicken, shredded
12 slider rolls
12 dinner rolls

Mango Barbecue Sauce:

1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 onion, small, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp (5 mL) ginger, minced
3/4 cups (175 mL) tomato purée
1 tbsp (15 mL) Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp (15 mL) brown sugar
1/4 cup (60 mL) orange juice
6 tbsp (90 mL) apple cider vinegar
2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard
1 mango, pitted, peeled and diced
1 tbsp (15 mL) cilantro, chopped
3/4 tsp (4 mL) salt

Slaw:

1/2 jicama, large
1/2 red pepper, chopped
1/2 yellow pepper, chopped
1/2 jalapeño pepper, chopped
1 tsp (5 mL) cilantro, chopped
2 tbsp (30 mL) apple cider vinegar
1 tsp (5 mL) lime juice
2 tbsp (30 mL) olive oil
1 tsp (5 mL) sugar
1 pinch kosher salt

Instructions

Pulled Chicken Sliders with Mango Barbecue Sauce and Pepper Jicama Slaw

1 Make slaw by shredding jicama in a food processor fitted with the shredding blade. Place in bowl. To jicama, add red and yellow pepper. Toss vegetables with cilantro, vinegar, lime juice, olive oil, sugar, and salt. Reserve.
2 In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook for 5 minutes or until onion is softened. Add tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, orange juice, cider vinegar, salt and Dijon mustard. Stir to combine and heat for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3 Add diced mango, stir to combine, and remove from heat.
4 Pour into the bowl of food processor and puree until smooth. Return to saucepan and add cilantro.
5 Stir in chicken and heat through, about 4-5 minutes. Serve on small slider rolls. Slaw may be served on top of chicken or on side.