Come home to a warm and delicious dinner for family - these chicken sandwiches are made easily in a slow cooker.
Slow-Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 7 hr 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 package (3.35 lb) boneless skinless chicken thighs (about 14 thighs)
- 1 3/4 cups Frank's™ RedHot™ Buffalo Wings Sauce
- 1 English (seedless) cucumber
- 12 large sandwich buns, split
- 3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
Instructions
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Step1Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place chicken in cooker. Pour 1 cup of the Buffalo wing sauce over chicken. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
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Step2Remove chicken from cooker; place in medium bowl. Place strainer over another medium bowl. Strain juices from cooker; skim fat from juices. Reserve 1 1/2 cups juices. Stir chicken to separate into pieces. Return chicken to cooker; stir in reserved juices. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook about 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
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Step3Meanwhile, cut cucumber in half crosswise. With vegetable peeler, cut 1 strip of peel lengthwise from 1 cucumber half; discard strip that is mostly peel. Continue cutting thin strips lengthwise from cucumber, making about 18 strips. Repeat with other half of cucumber. Set strips aside.
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Step4Fill each bun with 1/2 cup chicken mixture, about 3 strips of cucumber, 1 tablespoon of the remaining wing sauce and 1 tablespoon blue cheese.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
FreeCarbohydrate Choice
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