Keto Pulled Alabama Chicken - Pressure Cooker or Slow Cooker

This Keto Pulled Alabama Chicken is a super simple pressure cooker or slow cooker recipe that tastes delicious! Shredded chicken smothered in a white barbecue sauce that comes together with minimal effort? What is there not love?!

Keto Shredded Chicken

Chicken is a go-to dinner in my household, and one of my favourite ways to prepare it is this keto shredded chicken recipe. All you have to do is set your chicken, thawed or frozen, in your pressure cooker or slow cooker, let it cook in liquid, shred it, and toss it in a delicious Keto White BBQ sauce!

Shredded chicken is great for use as an add-in to recipes of all kinds. It’s delicious with with a side of salad or add it to Zero Carb wraps for a quick taco night. You can also simply dump it on top of salads for a super quick and easy keto lunch or dinner!

You can add as much or as little sauce as you wish to help accommodate your macros. The best part is, that you can make this keto shredded chicken to fit into a PSMF or Carnivore diet as well! (See this post about using fresh or frozen chicken, so you can have it ready with minimal prep.

What makes this Keto White BBQ Chicken so good

There are several reasons that this Keto Pulled Alabama Chicken is one of our favourite go-to recipes in our house!

1. Uber Easy - Whether you choose to make this keto shredded chicken in a slow cooker or pressure cooker, it requires almost zero "hands-on" time.
2. Fast - Keto pressure cooker pulled chicken takes only 14 minutes of cooking time with fresh chicken breasts and only 18 minutes with frozen chicken. Altogether, the total time is about under 30 minutes which makes this a great fast weeknight dinner recipe
3. Delicious - The perfect combination of spicy, sweet, and savoury come together in every mouthful!
4. Carnivore and PSMF Friendly - To keep this recipe Carnivore, use dark chicken meat. If you want this to be a PSMF recipe, use chicken breast and do not sauce your chicken as much. Also, use this PSMF mayo recipe instead of the regular mayo which will make this a VERY PSMF recipe so keep checking back!

What is a PSMF Diet?

A Protein-Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF) is a specialized, medically supervised diet that is designed to promote rapid weight loss in individuals who are significantly overweight or obese. It is a very low-calorie diet that focuses primarily on high-quality protein intake, with minimal consumption of carbohydrates and fats. The goal of a PSMF is to provide essential amino acids to preserve lean muscle mass while inducing a state of ketosis, where the body primarily burns fat for energy.

What is a Carnivore Diet?

The Carnivore Diet is an extreme dietary approach that involves consuming exclusively animal products, primarily meat, fish, and animal fats, while completely excluding plant-based foods. This means individuals following the Carnivore Diet eat meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and animal-derived fats like butter and lard. The diet excludes all forms of plant foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and plant-based oils.

Ingredients for Keto Pulled Alabama Chicken

Here are the main ingredients you will need to make this keto White BBQ chicken recipe along with some substitutions:

• Chicken - I used boneless skinless chicken breasts but you can also use chicken thighs/ The great thing about this recipe is that you can use either thawed or frozen chicken.
• Mayo - This is the key ingredient and difference when it comes to making a white BBQ sauce. I love using my Homemade Mayo but you can use any store-bought mayo instead. You can also make this keto shredded chicken and toss it with some homemade sugar-free BBQ sauce instead.
• Apple Cider Vinegar - this adds some nice "tang" to the sugar-free Alabama sauce
• Banana Peppers - You will need the juice from the jarred banana peppers. This will be used as the liquid component to be added to the pressure cooker as well as some will be added to thin out the White BBQ sauce. The banana peppers themselves are added at the very end to give this keto shredded chicken a little zip! If you do not have enough banana pepper juice, you can replace the 1 cup of banana pepper juice with 1 cup of chicken broth instead.
• Sweetener - Although Alabama sauce is not as sweet as regular BBQ sauce, you will still need to add a little sweetener to help round out the flavour. You can use allulose or any other type of granular or liquid sweetener. Feel free to adjust the level of sweetness to suit your taste.
• Horseradish - This adds a nice little spiciness to the sauce.
• Spices - Salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, and some cayenne also help to give this mayo-based white BBQ sauce an extra little kick.

Keto Pressure Cooker Pulled Chicken Instructions

Making this keto White BBQ chicken recipe is easy! Follow the step-by-step instructions below for the most easy and amazing keto dinner recipe!

Pull the chicken and add as much or as little sauce as you wish to the keto shredded chicken in the pot and stir until the sauce has been heated.

Note: The liquid that remains at the bottom of the pressure cooker can be discarded or you save it and use it as chicken broth.

Substitutions for PSMF and Carnivore Diets

There are only a couple of quick swaps for converting this keto shredded chicken into either a PSMF or Carnivore diet-friendly recipe:

• For PSMF - Use chicken breast meat and not thigh meat, and use my PSMF mayo recipe instead of my Avocado Mayo recipe.
• For Carnivore - Use chicken thigh meat (higher in fat) or chunks of beef and use Carnivore mayo. Also, omit the banana peppers altogether.

Keto Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Instructions

If you do not have a Ninja All-in-One or an Instant Pot, you can also make this with a regular slow cooker or crock pot.

1. Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker submerged in chicken broth.
2. Cook on low for 4-5 hours for thawed chicken and 5-6 hours for frozen chicken, or on high for 2-3 hours for thawed chicken and 3-4 hours for frozen chicken, until the chicken is cooked through and can be easily pulled apart with a fork.
3. Shred using two forks or a mixer.

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Pairing

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