Carolina BBQ style Chicken

The first time I went to North Carolina was for work.  Of course we ate BBQ.  Later I went to North Carolina for a good friend's wedding.  Of course we ate BBQ.  A few years later my sister moved to North Carolina, and I have since made several more trips down there and of course since eaten a lot more BBQ.  I love vinegar, so I love Carolina BBQ!

Table
Carolina BBQ chicken sandwiches
Creamy Coleslaw
Cornbread
Plums

We get our meat from a meat co-op, and just didn't have pork left this month, but we did have some chicken, so I decided to make a chicken version of it.  I use this recipe on Allrecipes.com for my BBQ.  I slow cook the meat in apple cider vinegar for around 10 hours on low and it is totally falling off the bone.

Side note - I have read that many people who tube feed use apple cider vinegar to help calm tummies.  I don't personally have direct experience with this for my son, but it certainly doesn't hurt.

We made this a slightly healthier version by using big whole wheat buns for the sandwiches.

Many times I purchase coleslaw from the deli counter and use that to top the meat, but today I decided to make my own and see how that went.  I used this recipe from Allrecipes.com.  It wasn't too hard, and I upped the normal amount of carrots - about a pound of cabbage and a 1/2 pound of carrots.

I made cornbread from a Trader Joe's mix that I had around the house.

Tube
To make the blenderized g-tube version, basically after the basic liquid base, I just threw a serving of all the meal into the blender - everything that is on the plate in the picture.  A bun with 3 oz of meat, 3 - 4 oz of coleslaw, a serving of the cornbread (use an 8x8 pan and cut a tic-tac-toe design into it - one of those squares is a serving).

I did use the fully spicy sauce - with the Trappey's hot sauce and crushed red peppers.  My son hasn't had a problem with spice in his mix, but if you're feeding to someone with spice sensitivities, you could set aside some of the meat right after it's done cooking and before the spicy sauce is added.

If you don't have a Trader Joe's close by for the cornbread, I'm sure you could use any cornbread mix, but might need to add some extra oil to the blenderized version to make up the fat calories if your cornbread mix is a light version... a single serving of this is 290 calories and contains almost a tablespoon of oil.  In fact, if you're trying to add extra calories, you might want to add a pat of butter to the mix - just as someone might add butter to their cornbread!

Here's the tube recipe:

Whole Milk	1 cup
flavored Kefir - 1% milkfat	1/2 cup
apple juice	1/2 cup
wheat bun	1 roll
BBQ chicken	3 oz
creamy cole slaw	1 serving (3-4 oz)
corn bread	1 serving (1/9 of 8x8 pan)
plums	4 small (5 oz)
Children's Multivitamin	1/2 tablet
calcium chews supplement	1/2 chew
Volume (oz)	36
Cal/oz	35.5
Cal/cc	1.2
% Fat	24%
% Carbohydrates	57%
% Protein	19%