Bringing together everything you love about Buffalo chicken wings, this easy slow-cooker dish delivers a creamy pasta that’s just as perfect for the family dinner table as it is for a game-day gathering.
Slow-Cooker Buffalo Chicken Rigatoni
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/3 cup Buffalo wing sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened and cubed
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (6 oz)
- 12 oz rigatoni, cooked and drained as directed on package
- 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
Instructions
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Step1Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Sprinkle chicken with celery salt, salt and pepper; arrange in slow cooker. Pour Buffalo sauce over chicken; stir in garlic. Cover; cook on High heat setting about 2 hours or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut (at least 165°F). Remove chicken and, using two forks, shred into bite-size pieces.
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Step2Add cream cheese and Cheddar cheese to slow cooker; stir to combine. Cover; cook 15 minutes. Beat with whisk until cheeses have melted into sauce. Add rigatoni and shredded chicken; stir to combine. Cover; cook about 5 minutes or until hot. Garnish with blue cheese and green onions.
Nutrition
690
Calories
33g
Total Fat
46g
Protein
52g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 690
- Calories from Fat
- 300
- Total Fat
- 33g
- 52%
- Saturated Fat
- 17g
- 83%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 200mg
- 66%
- Sodium
- 1130mg
- 47%
- Potassium
- 410mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 52g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 12%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 46g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 30%
- 30%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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