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Slow cooker buffalo chicken

Name: Slow cooker buffalo chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200ml hot sauce; 1 tsp garlic granules; 1 tsp onion granules; 1 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs; 2 bay leaves; 25g butter; burger buns salad and/or slaw, to serve

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 3 hrs - 4 hrs

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This slow-cooked, pulled chicken is a lovely blend of sweet and spicy – or ‘swicy’, if you’re following the 2026 trend! It works in a wrap or salad, too

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200ml hot sauce
1 tsp garlic granules
1 tsp onion granules
1 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs
2 bay leaves
25g butter
burger buns

salad and/or slaw, to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal202
fat11g
saturates4g
carbs1g
sugars0.3g
fibre0.1g
protein25g
salt1.15g

Method

step 1

Pour the hot sauce into the slow cooker, then mix in the garlic and onion granules. Nestle the chicken thighs in the sauce, then tuck in the bay leaves and dot over the butter.
step 2

Turn the slow cooker to high and cook for 3-4 hrs until the chicken is tender and cooked through. Remove the thighs to a chopping board and shred the meat using two forks. Return to the sauce and mix well. Remove the bay leaves, then pile the chicken and sauce into burger buns, along with salad and crunchy slaw, if you like.

Recipe tip

If you feel like the sauce is too thin, reduce it on the hob in a pan over a medium heat while you’re shredding the chicken. Bear in mind that some of the sauce will be absorbed by the shredded chicken.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2026

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