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Healthy Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

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  • Author: Bailey Sissom
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 hours
  • Total Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 3 chicken breasts (organic recommended)
  • 1 cup hot sauce (I used Frank's)
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 2 TBS butter (optional)
  • 2 sprigs fresh dill
  • 1 TBS fresh dill, de-stemmed and roughly chopped
  • plain whole-milk organic yogurt (OPTIONAL: I use it to make the buffalo milder for the kids)
  • 1 TBS fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Place quartered onion into the bowl of the crockpot.
  2. Pat chicken breasts dry and season heavily with salt and pepper. Place on top of onions in the crockpot.
  3. In a medium size mixing bowl, combine hot sauce, garlic, onion powder, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine and then pour on top of chicken.
  4. Top chicken with butter (optional) and 2 fresh dill sprigs.
  5. Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
  6. Remove chicken from crockpot and shred with 2 forks. Add more sauce from the crockpot if the chicken is dry. Make sure to taste as you add chicken, the sauce is spicy. Don't over do it. NOTE: If the chicken is too spicy for your kiddos, just mix in a bit of plain yogurt.
  7. Serve on toasted buns, with pita chips, veggies, whatever you like!