Dinner
Crockpot Hot Honey Chicken Sandwiches
Shredded hot honey chicken piled onto toasted brioche with cold, crunchy slaw and sharp pickles. Messy in exactly the right way — keep napkins and extra honey close.
- Time
- 20 min + 4–6 hours
- Course
- Dinner
- Pour
- Wildflower
How
- 1
Make the Crockpot Hot Honey Chicken: thighs, honey, hot sauce, smoked paprika and garlic on LOW 4–6 hours, then shred into the sauce.
- 2
Toss 3 cups finely shredded cabbage with 1 tbsp cider vinegar, 1 tsp honey and a pinch of salt. Chill while you toast the buns.
- 3
Butter and toast brioche buns cut-side down in a hot pan until golden.
- 4
Pile the chicken onto the bottom buns, top with slaw and pickles, and finish with a thin drizzle of honey.
- 5
Close, press gently, and eat right away.
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