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Spicy Buffalo Chicken, 2 Ways

2/25/2016

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 Even though I've enjoyed loved buffalo chicken for many years, I've never taken the initiative to make it myself. Until I researched recipes and different sauces, I thought that all buffalo sauces were full of junk and could never be healthy. The truth is that you can make buffalo chicken in your crock pot with only three ingredients and very minimal labor. 

All you need is Frank's Red Hot Sauce (no weird ingredients), chicken breast, and butter. That's it. Add the chicken breasts to the crock pot, pour the bottle of hot sauce over it, and cook it. When it's done, the meat will fall apart. 
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It will shred apart easily with a fork. 
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Once the chicken is shredded, add everything back to the crock pot, add your butter, and mix. 
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Pulled chicken is popular in between two pieces of bread, but I chose to make a salad and tacos. The picture below doesn't look very appetizing (it really tasted good!), but I made a great salad on my first night. I put the chicken on a bed of mixed greens and added fresh cubed mozzarella cheese, grape tomatoes (halved), and half of an avocado. No dressing needed. 
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I had the same salad for leftovers the next day and then made tacos for dinner. I used corn tortillas (the El Milagro brand with no preservatives) and topped with the buffalo chicken, black beans, corn, mixed greens, and shredded pepper jack cheese. 
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I put it in the microwave for 90 seconds and then topped them with half of an avocado, plain Greek yogurt (sour cream works too), and a slight sprinkling of chili powder. 
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In true form, I had the tacos again for lunch. It turns out that three chicken breasts can get you a lot of buffalo chicken. I recommend trying this recipe and getting creative with your lunches and dinners!

Crock Pot Spicy Buffalo Chicken (serves 6+)

Ingredients:
  • 3 large chicken breasts, boneless, skinless (or 4 small)
  • 1 12-oz bottle of Frank's Red Hot Sauce
  • 1-2 T butter
Directions:
  1. Trim excess fat from chicken breasts and place into crock pot.
  2. Pour entire bottle of Frank's Red Hot Sauce over chicken.
  3. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours
  4. When done, remove chicken breasts from crock pot and place on cutting board. Pull chicken apart using fork and knife until all of the chicken breasts are shredded. Put shredded chicken back into crock pot, into the sauce. 
  5. Add 1-2 T butter and mix well. 
  6. The chicken is done! Make sandwiches, salads, tacos, pizza, or whatever else seems like a good idea to you!


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    ABOUT jennifer Martin, MS, RD, LDN

    I am  a Chicago-based Registered Dietitian working primarily in Acute Clinical Care. I started this blog in 2010, before I even knew that I wanted to be an RD! Now, as an active dietitian, this blog will become part of my life again. Read about my current healthy habits, but please peruse my old posts (from 2014 and before) to read about life as an RD student and my previous years in Australia!


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