Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner 🐔

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Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner features shredded chicken in a creamy orange sauce, being lifted from a slow cooker with a red spatula, with more saucy chicken visible inside the cooker.

Summary

Do you love buffalo chicken dip? Do you love buffalo chicken wings? Well have no fear you’re going to absolutely love my crockpot buffalo chicken dinner! Made with chicken breast, hot sauce, seasonings, cream cheese, and a few more simple ingredients all made in the crockpot! I made this and served it on sandwiches, but if you want to make this recipe low carb or keto you can serve it on a low carb tortilla, a bell pepper, or wrap it in lettuce. No matter how you serve it, the whole family is going to love it! Make it!!

Ingredients for Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner in a slow cooker, including hot sauce, cream cheese, ranch dressing, butter, and chopped green onions, before being mixed together.

This is why I love a crockpot recipe, put all your ingredients in the pot and forget it. Let the crockpot do the magic while you go about your day. Easy, convenient and so delicious.

A close-up of Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner shows shredded chicken in a rich, red sauce inside a slow cooker, with a hand using red-handled tongs to lift a flavorful portion.

This is a game-changer in the flavor department! Look how the chicken breasts just falls apart and soaked up every bit of the seasoning, butter, hot sauce, cream cheese and ranch dressing. The flavor is going to have you coming back for more.

Two open-faced sandwiches on toasted whole wheat buns topped with Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner, sliced pickles, and chopped green onions, arranged on a foil-lined baking sheet.
A close-up of a Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner sandwich on a seeded bun, filled with shredded chicken, melted cheese, and pickles, served on a white plate in a kitchen setting.

I am making these sandwiches with two different cheese options. Not everyone is a fan of blue cheese, even though that is my favorite. I used shredded Colby Jack cheese for this crockpot chicken buffalo sandwich for it’s smooth mild flavor, this one is my son’s favorite.

A person holding a pulled chicken sandwich split in half, revealing Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner filling and sauce inside a toasted bun, with a plate catching drips below and another sandwich in the background.

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👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store in an air tight container for 3-5 days.

🤔 Common Questions

How can I fix this recipe if it turns out too spicy?

You can mix in a little cream cheese to mellow out the heat.

Can I make this ahead of time and freeze for later?

Yes, let it completely cool and store in an air-tight container or freezer back for up to 3 months in the freezer.

A close-up of Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner shows shredded chicken in a rich, red sauce inside a slow cooker, with a hand using red-handled tongs to lift a flavorful portion.

Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dinner 🐔

Do you love buffalo chicken dip? Do you love buffalo chicken wings? Well have no fear you're going to absolutely love my buffalo chicken dinner! Made with chicken breast, hot sauce, seasonings, cream cheese, and a few more simple ingredients all made in the crockpot! I made this and served it on sandwiches, but if you want to make this recipe low carb or keto you can serve it on a low carb tortilla, a bell pepper, or wrap it in lettuce. No matter how you serve it, the whole family is going to love it! Make it!!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 8 minutes
Course Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people
Calories 319 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ½ cup marie’s ranch dressings
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 2/3 cup frank’s redhot sauce
  • 2 tsp tony’s creole seasoning
  • ½ a packet hidden valley ranch seasoning
  • ¼ cup whites of green onions chopped
  • 4-6 brioche buns
  • Softened butter
  • Garlic salt
  • Green onions
  • Dill pickle chips
  • Crumbled blue cheese
  • Shredded colby jack

Instructions
 

  • To the crockpot add in chicken breasts, tony’s creole seasoning, ranch seasoning, cream cheese, franks hot sauce, ranch dressing, butter, and the green onion whites.
  • Pop the lid on and set the crockpot to high for 3-4 hours. Once the chicken is done shred it up.
  • On a baking sheet with a rack take the brioche buns and spread about a tbsp of softened butter and a sprinkle of garlic salt on each roll.
  • Bake the buns at 425°F until they get toasty.
  • Set the top buns to the side and place the shredded buffalo chicken on the bottom buns. Top the chicken with green onions, pickle chips, and either blue cheese crumbles or shredded colby jack. Place that back in the oven at 425°F just until the cheese gets melty.
  • Once the cheese is melty, take them out of the oven and top the sandwiches with the top bun.

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Nutrition

Calories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 18gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 1244mgPotassium: 229mgSugar: 1gVitamin A: 655IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Chicken, crockpot, easy, family dinner
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