These slow cooker buffalo chicken sandwiches take about a minute to prepare, then slow cook to perfection. Serve on buns and drizzle with ranch or blue cheese dressing!
If you like buffalo chicken you'll also love our buffalo chicken dip or buffalo chicken wraps!
Watch our step by step video!
I'm working on compiling a cookbook of easy slow cooker recipes as a graduation gift for the high school seniors that I work with in our church's youth group. These buffalo chicken sandwiches went to the top of my list of recipes to include! An oldie, but goodie. One of the easiest sandwiches to make on a busy day!
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
I love the simplicity of these buffalo chicken sandwiches. Spicy, delicious and oh so easy to make. Drizzle your sandwich with extra ranch dressing before devouring. Trust me!
Ingredients
- boneless chicken breasts
- wing sauce
- ranch seasoning mix
- butter
- buns
- ranch or blue cheese dressing
Best Wing Sauce
There are several brands of wing sauce that's we've tried over the years. Our favorite is Texas Pete. Just remember that wing sauce and hot sauce are two completely different things. You'll want to pick up a bottle of WING SAUCE for this recipe. Wing sauce is smoother, with butter, while hot sauce is basically just hot peppers, vinegar and salt.
How To Make Slow Cooker Shredded Buffalo Chicken
Add everything into your slow cooker and cook on LOW for 5-6 hours. When I'm making recipes using bbq sauce or wing sauce, I prefer to cook on low the entire time to avoid changing the flavor of the sauce.
Shred chicken after 5 hours and place back into the slow cooker to soak up all of the delicious juices. Add more sauce to taste then pile chicken onto buns, drizzle in ranch dressing and serve!
Homemade Bun Recipes
You can serve these on hoagie buns, hamburger buns or make sliders using our pretzel roll recipe! These are always a hit with our kids and taste just like pretzel bites! Don't forget to brush with butter and sprinkle with kosher salt. YUM.
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches Recipe
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts
- 1 (12 oz.) buffalo wing sauce divided
- ½ pkg. dry ranch dressing mix
- 3 Tbsp. butter
Instructions
- Combine chicken breasts, HALF of the bottle of wing sauce, dry ranch mix and butter in a slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 5-6 hours.
- Remove chicken breasts, shred.
- Add shredded chicken back into the crockpot. Give it a taste. If you'd like more spice, add more wing sauce and stir.
- Serve on buns or rolls. Drizzle with ranch or blue cheese dressing, if desired.
Brandy says
Hi everyone! Brandy here, and these sandwiches are so easy and yummy. I like slow cooker sandwich recipes, quick to prepare, and makes great leftovers all week!
Kassi @ Truly Lovely says
This sounds delicious!! I also shared a chicken recipe at the CSI project this week! 🙂 Great minds think alike... haha!
Julie Anne says
yum!! I love all things Buffalo Chicken!! 🙂
visiting from CSI!!
Jill says
Brandy I can't wait to make these! Do you just get your sauce in the grocery store or do you have to order it special?
~ Jill
Julie says
This sounds so good and easy! Might use it for an upcoming potluck 🙂
Maggie says
Thanks for the awesome recipes!! I cannot wait to try to the Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches. Your blog is awesome...Thanks for sharing, Maggie
..SOCIAL BUTTERFLY.. says
MMM-MMM! Looks like thats whats for dinner at our house as well!!
{p.s. I have a lil something waiting for you at my blog!}
Sugar Bananas says
Thanks for the idea. We LOVE buffalo sauce - we'll be trying this soon!
Crystal Hendrix says
Oh that looks so good!!!
Bonnie @ House of Grace says
Thanks for sharing!!!! I was telling my sister that I needed more crock pot ideas!
Bonnie
Sarah says
Yummy! I have a little linky party on Thurs-Sat to share recipes. I'd love it if you linked up to it.
Blessings-
Sarah
http://harriganhowdy.blogspot.com/2010/03/recipe-share-party_17.html
Brandy says
Sounds delicious...I will be saving this recipe for future use.