Food and Recipes Recipes Slow-Cooker Chicken Lettuce Cups Be the first to rate & review! These cups pair the freshness of a salad with the heartiness of a taco. By Southern Living Test Kitchen Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on January 4, 2018 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Alison Miksch; Styling: Caroline M. Cunningham Hands On Time: 20 mins Total Time: 5 hrs 30 mins Yield: 4 to 6 servings Ingredients 1 yellow onion, cut into wedges 1 Granny Smith apple, cut into wedges 6 garlic cloves, smashed 4 uncooked thick bacon slices, chopped 1 (4-lb.) whole chicken 1/3 cup plus 1 1/2 tsp. apple cider vinegar, divided Kosher salt Black pepper 2/3 cup mayonnaise 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper 12 Bibb lettuce or radicchio leaves Toppings: green onion slices, sweet mini pepper slices, spicy pickles Garnish: dried crushed red pepper Directions Place first 4 ingredients in a 7-qt. slow cooker. Add chicken, 1/3 cup vinegar, and 1/2 cup water. Sprinkle chicken with salt and black pepper. Cover and cook on LOW 5 to 6 hours or until meat easily pulls from bone. Remove meat from bones; discard skin and bones. Shred meat. Pour cooking liquid through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a measuring cup; discard solids. Let cooking liquid stand 10 minutes. Skim fat, and reserve 1/3 cup cooking liquid. Toss remaining cooking liquid with chicken. Whisk together mayonnaise, red pepper, reserved 1/3 cup cooking liquid, and remaining 1 1/2 tsp. vinegar; season with salt and pepper. Spoon chicken into lettuce leaves; drizzle with sauce. Add toppings. Serve immediately. Rate it Print