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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

August 14, 2015 by GG 6 Comments

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken is a four ingredient easy recipe that cooks itself in the slow cooker. Turn it into sliders, tacos or serve as a bowl over rice or quinoa! chicken shredded chicken | hot sauce | Ranch salad dressing mix | #swirlsofflavor | dinner | party recipe

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken is a four ingredient easy crockpot recipe that cooks itself in the slow cooker. Turn shredded buffalo chicken into sliders, tacos or serve as a bowl over rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice! 

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Recipe

When it’s too hot outside to fire up the grill…..it’s time for the slow cooker to do the job! Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken will cook in just 3-4 hours on high or set on low before going to work in the morning for 7-8 hours.

First Published: August 2, 2015… Last Updated: October 15, 2019

A versatile recipe, our slow cooker shredded buffalo chicken can be transformed into several types of dinners. You can make buffalo chicken sliders and serve this crockpot chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese.

This recipe makes 5 cups of shredded chicken.

  • If you’re serving on slider rolls, place 1/4 cup shredded chicken on each roll and make 20 sliders.
  • If you’re serving on full size hamburger rolls, place 1/2 cup shredded chicken on each roll and make 10 sandwiches.

Serve it in taco shells with lettuce, chopped celery, crumbled blue cheese and sour cream and call it a buffalo chicken taco.

Prefer a bowl?  Then let’s make it a trendy “bowl” dinner and serve this spicy chicken over hot cooked rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice topped with chopped celery, crumbled blue cheese and chopped cilantro, for dinner, at your next party or for game day eating.  

Either way and anytime, our slow cooker buffalo chicken sandwiches or bowls are guaranteed to be a hit! 

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Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

  • boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • hot sauce
  • Ranch Seasoning & Salad Dressing Mix
  • butter

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken is a four ingredient easy recipe that cooks itself in the slow cooker. Turn it into sliders, tacos or serve as a bowl over rice or quinoa!
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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 10 mins
 

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken is a four ingredient easy recipe that cooks itself in the slow cooker. Turn shredded buffalo chicken into sliders, tacos or serve as a bowl over rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice!  

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: buffalo chicken, shredded buffalo chicken
Servings: 10
Author: Gwynn Galvin
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 (12 ounces) bottle hot sauce , such as Frank's Red Hot
  • 1 (1.0 ounce) envelope Ranch Seasoning & Salad Dressing Mix
  • 3 Tbs. butter , at room temperature
Instructions
  1. Arrange chicken breasts in bottom of slow cooker.

  2. Combine hot sauce, Ranch mix and butter until blended. Pour over chicken.
  3. Cook on high 3-4 hours or on low 7-8 hours, until chicken is cooked through.
  4. Remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to crock pot and stir into sauce.
Recipe Notes

Makes 5 cups shredded buffalo chicken.
If serving on slider rolls, place 1/4 cup shredded chicken on each roll. Makes 20 sliders.
If serving on full size hamburger rolls, place 1/2 cup shredded chicken on each roll. Makes 10 sandwiches.
Make it a bowl and top hot cooked rice or quinoa with shredded chicken, chopped celery, crumbled blue cheese and sprinkle with chopped cilantro!

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Filed Under: 4th of July, Appetizer, Brunch, Entertaining, Father's Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, New Year's, Poultry, Slow Cooker, Sunday Supper, Super Bowl, Weeknight Dinner Tagged With: Buffalo, Buffalo chicken, chicken, shredded chicken, slow cooker

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  1. Slow Cooker Cherry Cola Garlic Chicken - Swirls of Flavor says:
    June 11, 2018 at 11:14 am

    […] sweet and tangy sauce and you’ll definitely be coming back for seconds!  Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese, or make it a trendy “bowl” and […]

  2. Slow Cooker Chicken Chili - Swirls of Flavor says:
    June 11, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    […] sweet and tangy sauce and you’ll definitely be coming back for seconds!  Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese, or make it a trendy “bowl” and […]

  3. Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Thai Chicken - Swirls of Flavor says:
    June 11, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    […] sweet and tangy sauce and you’ll definitely be coming back for seconds!  Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese, or make it a trendy “bowl” and […]

  4. Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken - Swirls of Flavor says:
    November 6, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    […] Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese, or make it a trendy “bowl” and serve over hot cooked rice or quinoa topped with chopped celery, crumbled blue cheese and chopped cilantro, and spice up dinner or your next get together. […]

  5. Slow Cooker Pineapple Chili Chicken - Swirls of Flavor says:
    March 3, 2019 at 10:41 am

    […] Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on slider rolls with cole slaw and crumbled blue cheese, or make it a trendy “bowl” and serve over hot cooked rice or quinoa topped with chopped celery, crumbled blue cheese and chopped cilantro, and spice up dinner or your next get together.  […]

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