March 2015 – Recipe ReDux Theme
Two for One
We’re all about cooking once and eating twice. In short, double dinners are better. Show us how you take a favorite recipe already on your blog – and ReDux the leftovers into a new dish. Or, whip up a new healthy recipe and give suggestions on how to make it a second meal. For example, slow cooker pot roast could become shredded beef tacos; or grilled chicken breasts might morph into chicken salad.
For this months Recipe Redux challenge I chose to whip up a new recipe, as it finally gave me a chance to recreate a chicken salad recipe I’ve been wanting to do for some time now. One of my favorite lunch spots here in Charlotte is a local place called Mayobird that serves around 15 different types of chicken salad. One of mine and my husbands favorite flavor is the Buffalo, made with buffalo wing sauce. After planning out this months redux challenge I knew this Crock-Pot Shredded buffalo chicken would make the perfect base for my chicken salad.
This Crock-Pot Shredded Buffalo Chicken is so simple to put together and it makes enough food for two different meal options, possibly more depending on the size of your family. All it takes is five minutes of prep work and a couple of hours in the crock pot for this goodness to come about.
- 4 chicken breast
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ¾ Cup Franks hot sauce
- In crock pot combine chicken and the broth. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours
- Remove chicken from pot, reserving ½ cup of the broth and discard the rest. Shred the chicken (using two forks is easiest). Place chicken back into the crock pot with ½ cup of broth and the hot sauce. Turn heat down to low and cook an additional 30 minutes to an hour.
Meal #1
Shredded Buffalo Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
– 2 cups crock-pot shredded buffalo chicken
– 1-2 celery stalks, diced
– 1/3 cup Plain non fat Greek Yogurt
Directions:
1. In a medium-sized bowl add the shredded chicken, celery and Greek Yogurt and mix well.
Meal #2
Sweet Potato Nachos are the second meal that comes from the beloved crock-pot shredded buffalo chicken. This can easily be served as a main dish, which is how we eat them, but they would also make a great appetizer, especially for game days. Unlike the typical calorie laden nachos you order at restaurants these sweet potato nachos are nutritious and full of veggies. Instead of chips, roasted sweet potatoes are used in it’s place. I chose to forgo the cheese sauce and just add blue cheese crumbles since a little goes a long way. Not to mention buffalo sauce and blue cheese is pretty much a match made in heaven. We eat sweet potato nachos often in our house but this was the first time adding meat over top and it was most definitely the right thing to do. These nachos are healthy, filling and delicious.
Sweet Potato Nachos With Shredded Buffalo Chicken
(Serves 3-4 as a meal)
Ingredients:
– 3 Sweet Potatoes, washed a sliced into 1/2″ rounds
– 1 cup black beans, drained
-1 cup blue cheese crumbles
-2 cups crock-pot shredded buffalo chicken
Optional Ingredients for toppings:
– Jalapeno Pepper
– Greek yogurt
– Avocado
Directions:
1. Using a mandolin slicer (or knife) cut the sweet potatoes into rounds. Place sweet potatoes on a large baking sheet, spreading them out (You may need two pans for this). Toss with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake on 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Flip the rounds over and bake an additional 10 minutes or until crisp. 2. Spread cooked sweet potatoes in a single layer on the baking sheet. Top with the shredded chicken, black beans and blue cheese crumbles.
3. Bake 400 degrees 5-7 minutes or till cheese is melted.
4. Top with additional toppings. Serve immediately.

This looks so good! I love a good crockpot recipe, it just makes life easier!
WOW I Love making sweet potatoe nachos! But putting this buffalo chicken on top is a game changer. This looks delicious!
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
This looks amazing – I’d take it either way and be in heaven!!!
Thank you. This is now my new favorite way to eat SP nachos
Thanks. I agree. I use my crock-pot all year long
What a fun way to spice up chicken! And I love your suggestions for ways to use it.
I love everything you’ve done here but those sweet potato nachos…wow, amazing!!
What a great and simple recipe! Can’t wait to try this – pinned 🙂
I love all of your ideas for shredded Buffalo chicken! These would all be a big hit in my house!!
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks. They really are amazing
Thanks. We do a lot of chicken so it’s always nice to change things up a bit
I love all things buffalo AND crock pot related. Two of my favorites all in one! 🙂
Loving the sweet potato nachos!!!
I love sweet potatoes as a base in this recipe! Sounds so good together!