Slow Cooker Shredded Buffalo Chicken is one of my favorite easy crockpot dinner recipes! It's perfect for making big batches and using throughout the week or freezing for use later on really busy days!

Shredded buffalo chicken is so versatile- there are so many ways to use it that it never gets boring! Check out my list below for 10 ways to use your delicious slow cooker buffalo chicken.

In addition to this slow cooker buffalo chicken, I make big batches of shredded barbecue chicken in the Instant Pot and a delicious ranch chicken in my crockpot. I make a few simple dinners out of them, then freeze the leftovers. I use the leftovers over the course of a few months when I need to get dinner made fast or just don't want to spend the time cooking!

These 20 dump and go crockpot recipes are more easy ways to get dinner together with barely any effort..

shredded buffalo chicken in hot sauce in a slow cooker

Recipe

Slow Cooker Shredded Buffalo Chicken

Kristina Tipps

4.06 from 17 votes

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Prep Time 2

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 2

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 78 kcal

Equipment

slow cooker

Ingredients

1 lb boneless chicken breasts
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
2 cups buffalo sauce mild, medium, or hot

Instructions

Place the boneless chicken breasts in the slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Pour the buffalo sauce on top.
Cover and set to HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6 hours. When done, remove the chicken breasts and shred with a fork. Put back into the slow cooker, stir well, and cover. Set back to LOW for 1 hour.
Stir the chicken and sauce well. Serve warm on pizza, in sandwiches, as a filling for tacos (see notes for more suggestions).

Notes

Tip 1: Because chicken can dry out easily, it's better to cook it slowly on the low setting. Cooking on high for a shorter amount of time is fine if you're crunched for time, but if you can cook it longer at low there will be less of a chance for the chicken to overcook and dry out.

Tip 2: Use your favorite brand of buffalo sauce in your preferred heat for a flavor you'll love the most!

Nutrition

Serving: 2ozCalories: 78kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 9gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 1733mgPotassium: 101mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 38IUCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg

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How To Use Shredded Buffalo Chicken

Burgers: use inside a homemade hamburger bun or sweet Hawaiian roll. They are delicious with some cheese, tomato, and avocado added in there too!
Buffalo-style nachos: top chips with Mexican cheese, blue cheese, the chicken, sliced sweet peppers, red onion, and cilantro, then drizzle with some ranch dressing.
Tacos: use the chicken in these delicious buffalo tacos.
Buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese: instead of using rotisserie chicken, add this!
Buffalo chicken bites for game days.
Quesadillas: spice up your traditional quesadilla recipe by using the shredded chicken, blue cheese crumbles, mozzarella, red onion, and sweet bell peppers.
Pizza: make a spicy buffalo chicken pizza with mozzarella cheese, buffalo sauce, peppers and onions. This is one of my favorite ways to use it! Use it on tortilla pizzas for a quick 5 minute dinner.
Dip: turn it into a dip by adding cream cheese and mozzarella cheese.
Lettuce wraps or wontons: stuff a leaf of romaine lettuce with the chicken, onions, peppers, and cheese! Or use to make buffalo chicken wontons.
Buffalo chicken salad: with romaine lettuce, chicken, cheese, tomatoes, peppers, and onions for a healthy way to use this recipe.
Taquitos and burritos: replace your traditional stuffing with this buffalo chicken and some cheese.
Stuffed sweet potatoes: stuff a sweet potato (or russet potato) with the chicken and top with some blue cheese, cilantro and ranch dressing for a creative lunch idea.

Ingredients

All you need is:

Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt & pepper
Buffalo sauce: depending on your preference for spiciness, use your favorite brand of mild, medium, hot, or extra hot buffalo sauce. My favorite is Frank's RedHot Buffalo Wings Sauce.

How Can I Make Homemade Buffalo Sauce?

To make homemade buffalo sauce, mix 1 cup of hot cayenne pepper sauce with ½ cup of melted butter. For this recipe, you will need 2 cups of hot sauce mixed with 1 cup of melted butter. You don't have to mix them separately. Just put the chicken into the slow cooker, sprinkle with salt and pepper, pour in the hot sauce and arrange butter slices on top.

Instructions

Making this 3 step recipe is so easy!

Place the chicken breasts in the slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Pour the buffalo sauce on top.
Cover and set to HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6 hours (low is my preferred setting). When done, remove the chicken breasts and shred with a fork. Put back into the slow cooker, stir well, and cover. Set back to LOW for 1 hour.
Stir the chicken and sauce well. Serve warm on pizza, in sandwiches, as a filling for tacos, or one of the suggestions from above.

chicken breasts topped with buffalo sauce in a slow cooker

How To Store

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 7 days or in the freezer sealed in a freezer safe bag for up to 6 months. Defrost overnight in the fridge before reheating.

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