Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken 5-Ingredient

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken 5-Ingredient… This easy slow cooker buffalo chicken uses raw chicken breasts, buffalo sauce, butter, broth, and garlic powder. No frying needed! Get tender, spicy meat with big flavor for busy nights or parties. Shred it for sandwiches, salads, tacos, or potatoes. Family loves this cozy, tangy comfort food. Super simple cleanup too!

Dump raw chicken breasts in the slow cooker with 4 more things. Get creamy, tasty food my family calls the best comfort ever!

Buffalo chicken comes from fun bar snacks in Buffalo, New York, back in the 1960s. That’s when hot sauce with butter met crunchy chicken wings. This slow cooker way keeps that spicy kick but makes it easy for weeknights. Use chicken breasts and orange buffalo sauce for soft meat that pulls apart. No frying or watching the stove. Just five things total—great for quick days, game parties, or making food ahead with lots of taste and little work.

This buffalo chicken works many ways. Put it on soft buns or hard rolls with crunchy slaw. For light eats, spoon over cut lettuce, cucumbers, and celery sticks. Add ranch or blue cheese on top. Stuff in warm tortillas with lettuce and avocado. Or top baked sweet potatoes for sweet and spicy mix. Add carrot and celery sticks, green salad, or baked potatoes as sides. Leftovers shine in bowls with rice or quinoa and fresh veggies.

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken 5-Ingredient
Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 to 3 pounds chicken breasts without skin or bone

• 1 cup orange buffalo sauce (any brand you like or make your own)

• 2 tablespoons butter without salt, cut into small pieces

• 1/2 cup low-salt chicken broth (or water)

• 1 teaspoon garlic powder (or 2 chopped garlic cloves)

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken: Directions

1. Get slow cooker ready: Spray inside lightly with no-stick spray or wipe with a bit of oil. This stops sticking and cleans up easy.

2. Add chicken: Lay chicken breasts flat on the bottom. A little overlap is okay, but don’t pile high so they cook the same and shred nice.

3. Mix sauce: In a small bowl or cup, stir buffalo sauce, chicken broth, and garlic powder together until mixed. Broth makes sauce thinner to keep chicken wet.

4. Put in butter and sauce: Drop butter pieces on chicken. Pour sauce mix over top. Use tongs to turn chicken so all sides get coated.

5. Cook slow: Put lid on. Cook it on LOW heat for 4 to 5 hrs, or HIGH heat for 2 1/2 to 3 hrs. Chicken soft and shreds easy with forks. Time changes with your cooker and chicken size.

6. Shred chicken: Move cooked chicken to a board or big bowl. Pull into small bites with two forks. Scoop off extra fat from sauce in cooker if you want.

7. Mix back: Put shredded chicken in cooker. Stir to cover in orange buffalo sauce. For more sauce taste, set on WARM 10 to 15 minutes. Stir a couple times.

8. Taste and eat: Try it. Add more buffalo sauce if you want extra spice. Serve warm on buns, wraps, salads, or any buffalo chicken way you love.