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Slow-Cooker Buffalo Chicken

Deborah
Beautifully tender chicken, slow-cooked in stock and then coated in buffalo wing sauce...an absolute winner!!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 38 minutes
Slow-Cooker on Low: 7 hours
Total Time 10 hours 53 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine American
Servings 3 to 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 tsp vegetable oil
  • 500g skinless boneless chicken thighs or breasts cut in halves
  • 200ml chicken stock (made using a stock cube or pot)
  • 50g celery sliced
  • 100ml buffalo wing sauce such as Frank's Red Hot

For the blue cheese dressing:

  • 125ml sour cream
  • 60ml mayonnaise
  • 75g blue cheese crumbled
  • 1.5 tsp white wine vinegar
  • juice of 0.5 lemon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve (optional):

  • carrot and/or celery sticks

Instructions
 

  • In a large frying pan or skillet heat the oil over a medium high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 8 minutes, or until browned, turning once.
  • Place the chicken in the slow cooker. Add the stock and sliced celery. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours or on high for 3 to 3.5 hours.
  • To make the blue cheese dressing - combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, blue cheese, white wine vinegar and lemon juice in a small bowl. Season to taste and set aside until ready to serve with the chicken.
  • Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred using two forks. Pour the cooking liquid into a bowl. Return the chicken to the slow cooker. Stir in the buffalo wing sauce and, if needed, enough of the cooking liquid to moisten the chicken.
  • The chicken can be kept warm for up to 2 hours, on low or the ‘keep warm’ setting if you have it.
  • When ready to eat, use a slotted spoon to fill buns or top chips with the chicken mixture. Serve with the blue cheese dressing and carrot and/or celery sticks, if you like.

Notes

  • Make ahead - the chicken can be slow-cooked up to 2 hours ahead - see Step 5.
  • This slow-cooker buffalo chicken recipe can easily be adapted if you're cooking for less or more people.

 

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