Chicken sliders made in the slow cooker cooked in an awesome sweet and mildly spicy Buffalo sauce! Plus directions to make this on the stove or even in a pressure cooker, and an optional blue cheese sauce. These Honey Buffalo Chicken Sliders are a great way to feed a crowd with minimal effort
| Servings | 4 |
| Preparation time | 30 mins |
| Cooking time | 4 hours |
Ingredients
BUFFALO CHICKEN:
- 1 kg Chicken breast, boneless skinless
- 4 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup hot sauce of choice
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup (or Australian tomato sauce)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder (or onion powder)
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme (or 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
SAUCE:
- 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch / corn flour
TO SERVE:
- 7 rolls 1 Lettuce of choice (optional) 1 Blue Cheese Sauce (optional)
Instructions
BUFFALO CHICKEN:
- Place chicken in one layer in slow cooker and sprinkle with garlic powder, paprika, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Add remaining Buffalo Chicken ingredients, mostly around the chicken rather than on top. Cook on LOW for 4hours.
- Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred roughly with two forks.
- Toss in Sauce and keep warm.
SAUCE:
- Mix cornstarch with 2 tbsp water and add to Sauce (after chicken is removed). Simmer on sauté setting in slow cooker for 5 minutes, or until thickened to a syrup consistency (or transfer to saucepan and do this over medium heat).
- Adjust salt & spiciness to taste.
TO SERVE:
Split rolls in half and toast (if desired). Butter (if desired), then place lettuce on bottom half and top with chicken. Serve warm with Blue Cheese Sauce if you're a fan of blue cheese!
