Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches

This is a super easy dinner. I made it for Super Bowl Sunday. It takes little time or effort.

Ingredients

4 Chicken Breasts, boneless, skinless
1 bottle Buffalo Sauce
1 Tbsp Butter, melted
Buns
Ranch or Blue Cheese (optional)

Instructions

1. Combine Butter and Buffalo Sauce until well blended.
2. Pour 1/4 into Slow Cooker.
3. Add Chicken and cover with remaining sauce.
4. Cook on low for for 4 hours.
5. Shred Chicken and put back in slow cooker. Stir. Cook for an additional 30 minutes.
6. Serve on a Bun with Ranch or Blue Cheese Crumbles if desired.

Buffalo Chicken Mac N Cheese

Yes, I am making something with a Buffalo chicken theme again. I can't resist. Plus this one is a tasty twist on an old classic.

Ingredients
1 package Elbow Macaroni
2 Tbsp. Butter
1/4 cup Flour
1 Tsp Garlic, minced
2 cups Milk
1 (8oz package) Shredded Cheddar

2 Chicken Breasts, cooked, diced

3 Celery Stalks, chopped
1/4 cup Buffalo Sauce- I used Frank's Buffalo.

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Cook Elbow Macaroni according to package instructions. Drain.
3. Meanwhile, Melt Butter in large sauce pan. Stir in Flour and Garlic until well blended.
4. Stir in Milk. Bring to a boil. Allow to boil for 1 minute.
5. Remove from heat. Stir in Cheese.
6. Mix Cheese mixture with Pasta. Add Chicken, Celery, and Buffalo Sauce.Stir until well blended and spoon into 13x9 baking dish, sprayed with cooking spray.
7. Cover with foil and bake for 25-30 minutes.

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Buffalo Chicken Bites

I made these for a friend's birthday this past weekend. They were gone very quickly. I hadn't really decided how I wanted to roll them yet  but the party was starting so they all look pretty different in my picture. No one seemed to mind :)

Ingredients

1 cup cooked Chicken, cut into bite size cubes
1/4 cup Buffalo Sauce (I used Frank's buffalo)
4 ox Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup Blue Cheese Crumbles
1 can Pizza Dough
Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing for dipping


Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 F. 
2. Mix Chicken with Buffalo Sauce and Cream Cheese until well coated. Stir in Blue Cheese. 
3. Roll out Pizza Dough. 
4. Cut into squares about two inches wide.  
4. Top each square with rounded teaspoon of Chicken mixture in the center. Fold up the sides and seal the edges.
5. Place seam side down about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. 
6. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. 
7. Serve with Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing for dipping.