Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Rigatoni Food

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN RIGATONI

Steps:

• Spray 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.
• Add 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.

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• For serving: steamed rice, celery leaves, crumbled blue cheese, shredded Cheddar, hot sauce, chopped fresh cilantro and cornbread
• In a slow cooker insert, combine the chicken broth, beans, chiles, wing sauce, salt, pepper, garlic, celery, bay leaf, shredded chicken, jalapeno and onion and mix. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.
• Serve over white rice with desired toppings: celery leaves, blue cheese, Cheddar, hot sauce, cilantro and cornbread.

LIGHTENED-UP SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN BUFFALO DIP

Steps:

• Put the cream cheese, chicken, Cheddar, buttermilk, hot sauce, flour, Worcestershire, cayenne, garlic powder and onion powder in a slow cooker, and stir to roughly combine.
• Cover, and cook on high for 2 hours; the mixture should be bubbling and the Cheddar melted. Stir until smooth and combined. Sprinkle with the parsley and blue cheese, reduce the heat to warm and serve with celery and carrot sticks.

SLOW COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place the chicken breasts into a slow cooker, and pour in 3/4 of the wing sauce and the ranch dressing mix. Cover, and cook on Low for 6 to 7 hours.
• Once the chicken has cooked, add the butter, and shred the meat finely with two forks. Pile the meat onto the hoagie rolls, and splash with the remaining buffalo wing sauce to serve.

BUFFALO CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Season chicken with ranch dressing mix, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, combine Neufchatel cheese, sour cream, and Buffalo wing sauce in a large saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until well combined, about 3 minutes. Add Cheddar cheese and stir well until melted. Add pasta and chicken and continue cooking until well incorporated and heated through.

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Place chicken in a 1-1/2- or 3-qt. slow cooker. Top with wing sauce, butter and ranch dressing mix. Cook, covered, on low until thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, 2-1/2 to 3 hours. , Remove chicken; shred with 2 forks. Reserve 1/3 cup cooking juices; discard remaining juices. Return chicken and reserved juices to slow cooker; heat through., Add romaine salad mix to a serving dish. Top with shredded chicken, carrots, avocado and blue cheese; drizzle with blue cheese dressing. Serve immediately.

SLOW COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Use at least a 5-quart slow cooker, or cut back on the amount of ingredients.
• In a large glass bowl, combine cooked and chopped chicken breasts, the pasta sauce, and 1 cup of buffalo wing sauce.
• Ladle a big spoonful of the sauce into the bottom of your crockpot. Cover with a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles. You'll have to break them to get a proper fit.
• Add a smear of ricotta cheese to the top of the noodles. Add a layer of chopped bell peppers. Sprinkle on a handful of shredded cheese.
• Repeat layers until you run out of ingredients.
• Add the bleu cheese crumbles, if desired. Put the ¼ cup of water into your empty pasta sauce jar and shake. Pour the liquid over the top of the entire lasagna.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours. When cooking time is complete, unplug and take off the lid of the crock. Let it sit for 20 minutes before cutting into it, or it will fall apart.

CROCK POT BUFFALO CHICKEN PASTA (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Season chicken salt and pepper and put it in the crock.
• Add the chicken soup and hot sauce and stir.
• Cook on low 4-6 hours or high 2-3.
• Stir in cheeses and sour cream and turn off the crock pot.
• Boil pasta according to package instructions, drain well and add to the chicken/sauce mixture.
• Stir well and serve!

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook chicken in oil over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in wing sauce and spaghetti sauce. In a small bowl, mix ricotta and mozzarella cheeses., Spread 1 cup sauce onto the bottom of an oval 6-qt. slow cooker. Layer with three noodles (breaking noodles to fit), 1 cup sauce, a third of the peppers and a third of the cheese mixture. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining sauce; sprinkle with blue cheese., Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until noodles are tender. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Top with celery and additional blue cheese if desired.

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Whisk flour and dressing in large bowl until blended. Add chicken; toss to evenly coat. Place in slow cooker. Add tomatoes, onions and broth; cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 5 to 6 hours (or on HIGH 3 to 4 hours), adding beans, celery and wing sauce for the last 30 min.
• Serve topped with cheese.