Best Buffalo Chicken Chili

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 284.4

Total Fat: 6.3 g
Cholesterol: 52.0 mg
Sodium: 937.1 mg
Total Carbs: 34.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 10.4 g
Protein: 29.0 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Best Buffalo Chicken Chili calories by ingredient

Introduction

Hands-down the best buffalo chicken chili you will ever have. The secret? Grinding your own chicken! Don't be scared! Hands-down the best buffalo chicken chili you will ever have. The secret? Grinding your own chicken! Don't be scared!

Minutes to Prepare: 15

Minutes to Cook: 120

Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 large carrots

3 stalks celery

1 large red pepper

5 cloves garlic

5 tablespoons chili powder

2 tablespoons ground cumin

1 tablespoon paprika

1/2 cup Frank's RedHot Sauce

2 (15 oz) cans no salt added tomato sauce

1 (15 oz) can no salt added diced tomatoes

1 (15 oz) can no salt added black beans, drained

1 (15 oz) can chili beans in sauce (do not drain)

salt and pepper to taste

Tips

If you don't have a food processor, simply chop up the chicken and veggies. I mention to salt at the end, because Frank's hot sauce has enough sodium for me.

Editor's note: To further reduce salt in this recipe, we recommend no salt added beans and tomatoes.

Directions

Heat your slow cooker on high. Add in olive oil. In a food processor, grind up your chicken until it is coarse like ground beef. Add chicken to slow cooker and cook for about 10 minutes. Rinse out the food processor, and add in the carrots, celery and red pepper and process until slightly chunky.

Add to ground chicken. Add remaining ingredients except salt and pepper and cook for 2 hours. Taste and see if it needs salt and pepper.

Serve with cilantro, sour cream, cheddar cheese or tortilla chips on the side.

Serving Size: 10 - 1 cup servings

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Member Ratings For This Recipe

CD12952331

Incredible!

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

My new favorite chili recipe!!!! I cooked it on low for 8 hours today while at work and cut my chicken into small chunks instead of making it ground and it turned out perfect! I'm in love. Nice and spicy. Was great with saltines. Looking forward to making more. - 12/16/13
CD13637546

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

I have this recipe on my tracker for Saturday and it really looks delicious. However the salt content is far too high for me. Here is what I am changing out for Frank's Hot Sauce... (I have to say that one is my favorite too!) I am using Chipotle Powder. It is smoky and just spicy enough. - 12/5/13
SHELLIGIRLYGIRL

Very Good

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

This recipe is wonderful, and pretty easy to make. My DH loved it and was surprised the flavor was so good with it only cooking for 2 hours. My mom, who does not like spicy food, was concerned it'd be too spicy for her, but she enjoyed it too. - 9/6/17
JKNEPFLE

Incredible!

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

This was really good! - 12/5/13
PHATONE2

2 of 4 people found this review helpful

Dumb question......is the chicken already cooked before grinding? - 12/17/13
NONNAOF2

Very Good

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This was delicious, but a bit high with the sodium, I used beans that I cooked with my own sauce, to cut the sodium down. - 4/16/17
KATHYJO56

Very Good

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This is pretty good for chicken in chili. However, I didn't add salt. You don't really need it. - 4/9/17
PLATINUM755

Incredible!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I added onions and more peppers (green and yellow) only because I like a lot of them otherwise good to go! - 3/31/17
CANNINGNANNY

Good

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Way to much salt...suggestion...use plain kidney beans instead of the ones in a sauce...probably the culprit of the excess salt. - 3/28/17
GEORGE815

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Looks delicious, a bit high in sodium. - 3/13/17
DLSANDLIN

Very Good

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Very good and much healthier than our normal chili. I chopped the chicken by hand and it was fine. I would add onion next time. - 1/4/15
BECKY3128

O.K.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Really not a fan of this recipe. Hubby liked it but I found it to be too rich with the 5 tablespoons of chili powder and 30oz of tomato sauce. - 12/9/13
MDOWER1

thanks - 5/16/21
CORVETTECOWBOY

Love chili, thanks for sharing - 4/6/21
JUSTJ2014

Nice spice and flavor - 3/28/21
PIZZA5152

Really good chille - 2/17/21
TRAVELGAL417

Incredible!

YUM - 2/15/21
SHERYE

Delish recipe for Chili so yummy - 1/15/21
SRIVERS1

Incredible!

This was really good. The family really loved it. - 1/5/21
BONNIE1552

Might have to try this. - 12/31/20
PATRICIAAK

:) - 11/16/20
TERMITEMOM

Sodium bomb... - 11/8/20
EOWYN2424

Incredible!

yum
- 10/9/20
JIACOLO

I do enjoy making chili. I don't use the hot sauce though and put it on the side for people to add however much they want. - 9/4/20
2DAWN4

I used faked chicken. It was very good! - 5/23/20
PRSPLACE

Very Good

Put this in the crock pot for 6 hrs today and had it for dindin. I only had canned chicken so I used that. It was yummy! Had it over baked sweet potatoes. Will def make again! - 4/8/20
FEDEXLADY47

Worth a try - 3/31/20
MMASAGCA

S - 2/14/20
NEPTUNE1939

Very Good

TASTY - 12/28/19
MUGABI123

Fabulous football dish, gunna give it a try - 12/8/19
ALEPEQUIJADA

Great! - 10/14/19
KITT52

O.K.

the hot sauce was to much for us...I love spicy foods but that hot sauce seems to fake flavor, like chemical.. I use real hot chili peppers... - 10/13/19
CECTARR

Thanks - 10/4/19
JAMER123

This sounds good. I will be leaving out the peppers and using a mild sauce to give it a try. Thanks for sharing. - 7/22/19
DEE107

looks good - 7/2/19
1RETSGM

Very Good

Outstanding! - 6/22/19
MNABOY

Good

tasty and healthy - 5/20/19
KITTYHAWK1949

good but only added half hot sauce as didn't want too spicy - 5/20/19
DJ4HEALTH

very good - 5/13/19
RO2BENT

Trim the chicken lean and enjoy! - 5/8/19
HOTPINKCAMARO49

Awesome! - 5/3/19
BIKE4HEALTH

Looks great - 3/14/19
USMAWIFE

Very Good

good - 3/7/19
SUNSHINE99999

Yummy with a kick - 2/10/19
AZMOMXTWO

thank you - 1/10/19
MBPP50

Great - 1/8/19
EVIE4NOW

I do not understand how, when using no salt veggies, you can still end up with such a high sodium count. It's too high for us. - 12/9/18
EO4WELLNESS

looks great - 12/3/18
CD4114015

Great - 10/20/18
LIBR@RYL@DY

Incredible!

YUMMY - 8/28/18
ROSSYFLOSSY

Very Good

My boys love this chili! - 7/20/18
CD6913562

Easy to make and very tasty. - 6/21/18
PLCHAPPELL

I toned down the spices. - 6/21/18
WHITEANGEL4

Really gppd/ a stand by for us - 6/6/18
REDROBIN47

This looks tasty but hubby & I are both on low sodium diets. I will rework it to get the sodium content lower. - 5/24/18
CD1987279

great chili fan - 5/14/18
BARCELONAME

great - 5/10/18
KACEYSW

Good

This is good, but too high in sodium for me. I make it without the beans and use Sriracha sauce instead to drop the sodium significantly. - 5/3/18
REGILIEH

Incredible!

Delicious! - 4/21/18
THINCPL2004

Very Good

I switch out the ground chicken for ground venison. Very tasty! - 4/21/18
SUSANBEAMON

Good for a cold night, but I cut back on the hot sauce. Next time I make it I will cut it out completely. Don't care for hot sauce. - 4/7/18
AMBER461

Thanks for sharing this recipe. - 4/5/18
SISTERPRETTY

yummy... - 3/31/18
ELRIDDICK

Very Good

Thanks for sharing - 3/23/18
CAROLYNINJOY1

I can't imagine grinding my own chicken when I can purchase ground turkey at a reasonable price. - 3/17/18
RDCAGAIN10

Incredible!

I like having this recipe for fall - 3/15/18
RYCGIRL

very good - 3/15/18
PICKIE98

Good

I skipped the hot sauce and beans, added pintos and pink beans. Added chile` ancho` for color and smoky flavor. - 3/10/18
AIYANASMAMA

Looks good - 1/17/18
LOSER05

Incredible!

yummy! - 1/15/18
LUETTASMITHCFT

Good

I made this recipe and felt that 1/2 cup of Frank's Hot Sauce was way too much. I love hot food but this amount made the chili unbearable to eat. Next time I will reduce the hot sauce by half or more.
- 1/15/18
SUSANRICHMOND

Incredible!

In the words of my husband: "This is outstanding". And later as leftovers: "Exceptional". I lightly browned chicken (thighs) cut in to small chunks in a separate pan before adding it to all of the ingredients as listed (except the red pepper - not a fan) in the crockpot. 7 hours on low. Tasty! - 1/15/18
MIYAMO

Sounds good. Got to try it. - 1/7/18
EGGBASKET1

Incredible!

Delicious - 1/7/18
ARTJAC

NICE - 1/2/18
MOONDRAGON31

look good to eat! - 1/2/18
ELEANORSUSAN

Incredible!

I cut back the cumin to only 1 tablespoon, and added a tsp brown sugar. Very good healthy chili .... I will make again - 12/21/17
TREVOR-JS

Very Good

Will try soon, looks good:) - 11/28/17
CARIOLA

Very Good

Very tasty! The only thing I didn't like was that the carrots and celery were still crunchy after cooking. Next time I will saute them in a little chicken broth first. - 11/20/17
DOROTHYBERO

I really need to try this. - 11/20/17
LACEYS81

Incredible!

Very good and doesnâ€™t taste too heavy. I cut down the hot sauce as I donâ€™t like a lot of heat. Flavor was good! Added some light sour cream. Easy to make. - 10/31/17
TWINZ_LOCZ

delicious - 10/29/17
BONDMANUS2002

Looks good - 10/29/17
CHERYLHURT

Wonderful - 10/25/17
TOMATOCAFEGAL

Very Good

Yum. Really,like this. - 10/15/17
SKIMBRO

This looks good. - 10/15/17
CD3802882

Incredible!

I made this the other night and it was delicious! It also works with ground chicken breasts or ground turkey breast. - 10/15/17
KADORVINEN

This sounds so good! I will definitely try this! - 10/11/17
CD17951176

Looks delicious! - 9/10/17
NASFKAB

lovely - 9/9/17
CD18045830

Very Good

I have made this chili before and it is very good. - 8/28/17
LESSOFMOORE

Sounds yummy! - 8/19/17
PWILLOW1

I always chop green beans abut 1 inch long and add them to my chili. A good way to get extra veggies and you can barely tell they are in there. The chili taste covers them up almost completely. - 8/19/17
JVANAM

O.K.

The four most important words in any marriage...
"I'll do the dishes."
- Anonymous - 8/19/17
ANAH_ACE

I can't wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing it! :) - 8/19/17
BILLTHOMSON

Incredible!

Very delicious, easy to make. Will be great this winter. - 8/19/17
JENNIFERSANDNER

Very Good

Makes a lot, great for leftovers! - 8/15/17
JANIEWWJD

This will be a good lunch!!! - 8/4/17
DMEYER4

Incredible!

had this for dinner very good - 7/3/17
ROBBIEY

Incredible!

I have made this in the past and loved it. I left out the carrots, Maybe next time I make it, I will add the carrots - 6/11/17