Smoked White Sauce Pulled Chicken Sandwiches Recipe :: The Meatwave

Ingredients

• For the Sauce
• 2/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed juice from 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• For the Red Coleslaw
• 1/2 large head red cabbage, finely shredded on a mandoline or by hand
• 3/4 cup red onion, finely minced (about 1/2 a medium onion)
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided, plus more to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
• For the Chicken and Sandwiches
• 1 whole chicken (about 5 pounds), backbone removed and split in half lengthwise
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 fist-size chunk of light smoking wood (such as apple or cherry)
• 6 potato buns
• 12-18 dill pickle slices
• 1 cup potato sticks