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Slow cooker buffalo chicken on a bun with chips tin a grey plate

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

By: Deborah
Beautifully tender chicken, slow-cooked in stock and then coated in buffalo wing sauce...an absolute winner!!
PREP: 15 minutes
COOK: 3 hours 38 minutes
Slow Cooker on Low: 7 hours
TOTAL: 10 hours 53 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: American
Servings: 3 people
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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1.5 tsp vegetable oil
  • 500 g (1.1 lb) skinless boneless chicken thighs or breasts cut in halves
  • 200 ml (⅞ cup) chicken stock (made using a stock cube or pot)
  • 50 g (1.8 oz) celery sliced
  • 100 ml (½ cup) buffalo wing sauce such as Frank's Red Hot

For the blue cheese dressing:

  • 125 ml (½ cup) sour cream
  • 60 ml (2 oz) mayonnaise
  • 75 g (2.6 oz) 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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Nutrition

Calories: 544kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 211mg | Sodium: 1729mg | Potassium: 650mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 573IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 199mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS blue cheese dressing, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, Frank's RedHot Wings Buffalo Sauce, shredded chicken, slow cooker
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