Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili with Blue Cheese Sour Cream

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili with Blue Cheese Sour Cream is perfect Super Bowl chili fare. All of the buffalo flavor, in chili form. No orange faces to be found!

It’s Super Bowl week! That means we are all planning our game day grub. For me, the Super Bowl means chili, and I have 3 great chili recipes for you this week. I make a lot of soups, stews, and chilis in the winter. I like to start them in the morning and simmer them or have them working in the slow cooker all day long. The house smells amazing and when dinnertime rolls around, everything is ready. I sometimes add a salad and maybe a roll or a biscuit. Other times, I think that the chili is just enough.

Why You Will LOVE This Recipe

• You can make it the day before and reheat it before serving. I like to have the flavors develop because, in most cases, soups and stews taste better the next day.
• You have the freedom to make this as spicy or as mild as you like. The recipe makes a mildly spiced chili (I had the kids in mind) but some people like theirs to be really spicy. I have lots of different kinds of hot sauce and this is a great opportunity to sample them all.
• The blue cheese sour cream helps cool down the chili and you can’t have chicken wings without blue cheese in my humble opinion.
• It’s everything you love about chicken wings, in chili form.

Is There A Vegetarian Option?

You can make some changes to the recipe and make what is essentially a vegetarian chili (with blue cheese dressing). For starters, out goes the chicken. It can be replaced with more of the veggies already included in the recipe, or you can use legumes like black beans and/or chickpeas and use that as a substitute. If you’re looking for a protein replacement, give tempeh, tofu, or seitan a go. And don’t forget to switch up the chicken stock for a vegetable broth.

Ingredients

• 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp chipotle powder or chili powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 (14.5 oz.) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
• 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup hot sauce
• 2 cups chicken stock

Blue Cheese Sour Cream

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles
• 2 green onions, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

How To – The Steps

Step 1: Add all ingredients to the insert of the slow cooker.

Step 2: Cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours, or on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.

Step 3: Use two forks to shred the chicken into small pieces. Check for seasoning and add more salt, pepper, and hot sauce as needed.

Step 4: You can add more heat as you can tolerate. When feeding kids, err on the side of mild and serve with extra hot sauce on the side.

Step 5: To make the topping, mix ingredients in a small bowl.

Step 6: Ladle chili into bowls and top with Blue Cheese Sour Cream.

Can I use a different dressing?

Of course! The idea is to mimic the taste of chicken wings in chili form. So go with whichever dipping sauce you would normally eat with wings!

How To Store Buffalo Chicken Chili

This chili can be stored in either the fridge or the freezer. If in the fridge, it will last four days in an airtight container. To reheat, cook it on the stove over medium heat. You can also freeze it for up to three months. Before eating, let it thaw overnight in the fridge then follow the instructions for how to reheat.

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili with Blue Cheese Sour Cream

Bree Hester

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 hours hrs

Total Time 4 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 6 Servings

Calories 164 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 large onion diced
• 3 carrots diced
• 3 stalks celery diced
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon chipotle powder or chili powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 14.5 oz. can fired roasted diced tomatoes
• 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup hot sauce
• 2 cups chicken stock

Blue Cheese Sour Cream

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles
• 2 green onions chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Add all ingredients to the insert of the slow cooker.
• Cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours, or on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
• Use two forks to shred the chicken into small pieces. Check for seasoning and add more salt, pepper, and hot sauce as needed.
• You can add more heat as you can tolerate. When feeding kids, err on the side of mild and serve with extra hot sauce on the side.
• To make the topping, mix ingredients in a small bowl.
• Ladle chili into bowls and top with Blue Cheese Sour Cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 164kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 6gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 1548mgFiber: 2g

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