Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Chicken Sliders
Effortless slow-cooked chicken in a sweet and spicy honey buffalo sauce, piled into slider rolls — perfect for feeding a crowd.
Ingredients
- 2 lb / 1 kg chicken breast (boneless skinless)
- 4 tbsp butter
- ¾ cup hot sauce
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp salt
- Black pepper to taste
- 1½ tbsp cornstarch
- 7 slider rolls
- Lettuce (optional)
Original recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-cooker-honey-buffalo-chicken-sliders/
Method
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Place chicken in a single layer in the slow cooker; sprinkle with garlic powder, paprika, thyme, salt, and pepper. Add remaining sauce ingredients around the chicken (not on top). Cook on LOW for 4 hours.
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Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred roughly with two forks.
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Mix cornstarch with 2 tbsp water and stir into the sauce in the slow cooker. Simmer on sauté/high setting for 5 minutes until thickened to a syrup consistency.
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Return shredded chicken to the sauce and toss to coat; keep warm.
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Split rolls in half and toast if desired.
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Layer lettuce on the bottom half of each roll and top generously with chicken. Serve warm.