Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Chicken Sliders

• servings: 7 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 4 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

2 lb / 1 kg chicken breast (, boneless skinless, 3 large or 4 small)

4 tbsp butter

3/4 cup hot sauce of choice (Note 2)

1/4 cup + 2 tbsp 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

Black pepper

1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch / corn flour

7 rolls

Lettuce of choice (optional)

Blue Cheese Sauce (optional - see recipe below)

Directions

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 4 hours. (Note 2)

Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred roughly with too 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 per Note 1.

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!

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 265 g
• Calories: 518 kcal
• Total Fat: 15.2 g
• Saturated Fat: 4.3 g
• Cholesterol: 122 mg
• Sodium: 1232 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 51.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.5 g
• Total Sugars: 11.2 g
• Protein: 43.6 g