Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Pulled Chicken

7/26/17

Tomato Basil Pulled Chicken is an easy slow cooker chicken dinner. With just five ingredients plus salt and pepper, you can come home to a fresh and flavorful meal. You can make it a hearty comfort food meal by serving it over pasta or keep it light, healthy, and low carb with cauliflower rice. It’s a great back to school crock pot recipe, too!

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How to Make This Tomato Basil Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Recipe

Stewing this crock pot pulled chicken in balsamic vinegar infused it with moisture and sweet, pungent flavor, and the addition of the tomatoes plus a sprinkling of basil just before serving brought a freshness and lightness to this comforting meal. Then, just for a little more punch, I drizzled it with some syrupy reduced balsamic at the end.

I thought today was a good time for a little update. A while back, I showed you how I “roast” an entire chicken in my crock pot, when I shared this Lemon Herb Slow Cooker Roast Chicken recipe, and at the same time, I told you about the garden that The Bug wants to plant. With my history of, well, killing plants, I was fearful things would not turn out well, even though I was not the one responsible for the plants.

I was totally wrong.

Our three tomato plants, each in their own giant pot, went craaaaaaayyyyzy! It was like a tomato plant jungle. As in, I think I could have lost my kids in them. Three plants, people, three plants, one of which we thought wasn’t going to survive past the first week. Well, the beefsteaks weren’t so prolific. I mean, the plants were, but we had a relatively mild summer, and without those hot, humid nights, we had quite a number of green ‘maters that never turned red. And sadly I’m not much of a fried green tomato gal. But the ones that did ripen were amazing.

Then we had cherry tomatoes and little pear shaped ones. These plants grew so tall with so many branches, filled with so many tomatoes, that The Hubby pretty much had to rig up scaffolding using a couple of tomato cages, a few stakes we had around, and twist ties. Day after day I could fill larger and larger bowls. I was putting them on salads, the little guy was shoveling fistfuls into his mouth. I roasted big batches with oregano, basil, onion, red wine, and balsamic vinegar, then blended it down to make sauce, of which I still have containers in my freezer. And this was just tons and tons of wee little tomatoes from two plants! I have to be honest, I’m glad we didn’t plant any more.

Total tomato success! Now if only I could get The Bug to eat them.  Despite seeding us with the idea to grow tomatoes and taking part in the planting, watering, and picking, the Bug still won’t eat a tomato. Oh well, his loss. And the reason I keep reading him this book.

One day, when I pulled another big bowl of those tomatoes off of the bushes and snipped some basil, I made this tomato basil pulled chicken…

Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Pulled Chicken is a fabulous way to use up garden tomatoes.

We enjoyed this pulled chicken crock pot recipe over some polenta, but it would be equally tasty over pasta or rice. Or for a low carb option, serve it over cauliflower rice or alongside Greek Zoodles Salad.

I love making chicken in my slow cooker…

• Orange Saffron Slow Cooker Roast Chicken
• Lightened Up Slow Cooker Indian Butter Chicken
• Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken & Black Beans

And so do my friends. It’s Indian food made easy with Slow Cooker Chicken Curry from Well Plated. Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken from Family Food on the Table has intoxicating sweet-savory flavors and aromas. And if you start Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken from The Cookie Rookie in the morning, you won’t have to wait for takeout at dinnertime.

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Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Pulled Chicken

A simple, flavorful, and fresh chicken dinner recipe from your crockpot. Serve with pasta, rice, or even cauliflower rice or zoodles for a low carb, paleo, and Whole 30-friendly option.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time6 hrs

Total Time6 hrs 15 mins

Course: Dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crockpot, gluten free, low carb, paleo, slow cooker, slow cooker chicken recipes, summer recipes

Servings: 8

Calories: 269kcal

Author: Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips

Ingredients

• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cloves garlic crushed or finely minced
• 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes left whole
• 1/4 cup basil leaves cut into chiffonade (fine ribbons)
• Homemade or store-bought balsamic reduction if desired.

Instructions

• Coat the bottom of your slow cooker with oil. Add the chicken, salt, pepper, garlic, balsamic vinegar, and tomatoes.
• Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until chicken is cooked through and falls apart easily.
• Gently shred the chicken with two forks, add the basil, and toss together to gently combine the chicken, tomatoes, juices and basil.
• Serve over pasta, polenta, or rice, or alongside roasted vegetables and drizzle with balsamic reduction, if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 6oz | Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 107mg | Sodium: 381mg | Potassium: 751mg | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 7% | Vitamin C: 6.6% | Calcium: 2.1% | Iron: 6.8%

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