Love Buffalo Chicken Wings? Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Breasts simmer in Franks Red Hot Sauce to easily transform meals into salads, sandwiches, wraps, pizza, and dips! Pair it with blue cheese or ranch and you can eat this juicy chicken alone, it’s so good!
Chicken Breasts are so flavorful with Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, it’s no wonder a Buffalo Chicken Dip is favored by many! Frank’s Red Hot Sauce works as a fabulous meat tenderizer so you don’t even need the extra butter or spices! Not a fan? Try our Teriyaki Chicken Wings instead or hide it under cheese over a pizza crust! It’s not overly spicy and is so flavorful!
Buffalo Chicken
So why the love for Buffalo Chicken? Frankly, it’s one of the easiest chicken breast recipes you can make and super flavorful! This 2-ingredient chicken breast recipe can be a base for a dip, Buffalo pizza, lettuce wraps, mac and cheese, Buffalo Chicken salad, and juicy sandwiches. Not to mention what an incredible marinade and meat tenderizer Frank’s Hot Sauce is! It’s so versatile who wouldn’t want to own a crockpot for such an easy recipe?! And even if you don’t own a slow cooker it can easily be baked, grilled, or cooked over the stovetop!
Buffalo Chicken is also the perfect meal prep idea for busy schedules so you can easily double the recipe for many meals to come! Plus, it falls into the healthy category so folks on a Whole30, Paleo, and Keto diet can enjoy!
Ideally, Chicken breasts are used but chicken thighs would be a great alternative! I prefer chunky meat hence the 2-hour slow cooker instructions, but if you like shredded chicken cook an extra 2 hours for pull-apart consistency that you can shred with two forks. The possibilities are many! However, if your a Buffalo Chicken gal this Slow Cooker Buffalo chicken idea might be a new wing craving you’ve been missing out on!
How to Make Buffalo Chicken:
I used my 2-quart slow cooker for this recipe. If you have an electric pressure cooker like an Instant Pot, select the slow cooker button and follow the recipe instructions.
Q&A
What is Franks Red Hot Sauce?
Frank’s Red Hot Sauce is a flavored cayenne pepper sauce. Seasoned with spices like paprika, garlic powder, and salt this sauce is more flavorful than Tabasco, making it the key ingredient to Buffalo Wings!
How To Serve Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken?
There are so many ways to serve buffalo chicken, whether it’s cooked longer for shredded chicken or is at its peak of 2 hours for sliced chicken, there is a recipe for you!
- Lettuce Wraps
- quesadillas
- Tacos
- Wraps
- egg rolls
- party dip with cream cheese
- Mac and Cheese
- Bun Sandwiches
- Salads with crumbled blue cheese and Ranch Dressing!
Add Buffalo Chicken to any recipe when craving extra heat! It adds flavor!
Can I use Chicken Thighs?
This recipe calls for chicken breast and can easily be interchanged with chicken thighs.
What Size Crockpot?
I used a 2-quart slow cooker which can easily fit 2-3 chicken breasts. To exceed any more chicken breasts, look for a 5-quart slow cooker.
How to Make Buffalo Chicken 4 ways?
A Slow Cooker isn’t the only way to cook chicken breasts with Red Hot Sauce! You can bake it in the oven, stovetop, or even grill it!
Slow Cooker Instructions: place chicken breasts and hot sauce into a 2-quart slow cooker. Cook over high for 2 hours or for shredded chicken cook over low for 4-6 hours.
Stovetop Instructions: marinade in the hot sauce then discard and sear in a skillet on both sides until cooked through. Can also simmer with some marinade at the end until tender.
Oven Instructions: place chicken breasts into a baking dish and pour hot sauce over the top. Cover and bake 25 minutes. Rest for 5 minutes.
Instant Pot Instructions: place chicken breast and Frank’s Red hot sauce into an Instant Pot and select the slow cooker button. Follow the recipe time as a guide for the cooking time. Note: if cooking with pressure, add 1/2 cup more of hot sauce to prevent the burn signal to come on.
Can I use a different Hot Sauce?
Frank’s Red Hot Sauce has only been tested with this recipe. However, sauces like Cholula, Tabasco, Crystals, and Sriracha can be other hot sauces to consider. Go for a Louisiana-style hot sauce mainly produced by cayenne peppers for a flavorful sauce.
Tips for Buffalo Chicken:
- Cook chicken for 2 hours in the slow cooker for slices of meat.
- For fall-apart chicken, cook longer and shred with forks.
- Double recipe and use for meal prep.
- Use cooked Buffalo Chicken for dips, salads, sandwiches, and wraps!
Buffalo Chicken
Equipment
- Slow cooker
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken:
- 1 lb chicken breasts (1 large)
- 1/2 cup Franks Hot Sauce
Instructions
How to Make Buffalo Chicken:
- Place chicken breast into the slow cooker. Pour hot sauce over the top and cook HIGH for 2 hours.
- Slice chicken breast in the juices and drain before serving (stays super juicy!)
Notes
- Shredded Chicken: cook an additional 2 hours over HIGH or cook 4-6 hours over LOW.
- Meal Prep: Drain and divide into portioned containers for salads or wraps.
- Stovetop instructions: marinade in the hot sauce then discard and sear in a skillet on both sides until cooked through. Can also simmer with some marinade at the end until tender.
- Baked instructions: place chicken breasts into a baking dish and pour hot sauce over the top. Cover and bake 25 minutes. Rest for 5 minutes.
