Crock Pot Chicken Wings are simple and stress-free, leaving you with delicious buffalo wings to enjoy. Get ready to learn how to make one of your favorite appetizers at home using your slow cooker. These crockpot wings are the ultimate Super Bowl recipe!
Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Wings
If you love wings and they’re one of your favorite appetizers, you need to know how to make them at home so you can enjoy them more often. Check out this incredible recipe for Crock Pot Buffalo Wings that are out-of-this-world amazing.
Being able to make these easy chicken wings in your slow cooker is a total game changer. You toss everything together and allow the wings to cook in the slow cooker before placing them in the oven to crisp up a bit.
Why You’ll Love this Slow Cooker Chicken Wings Recipe:
- Flavorful Appetizer: These wings are loaded with flavor. You can’t go wrong making them!
- Versatile Dish: They’re perfect to serve as an appetizer. However, you can serve them as an entree with your favorite sides.
- Easy to Make: Using the slow cooker makes the process of cooking these wings that much easier for you.
Thanks to the ease of making these Crock Pot Buffalo Wings, you can also make another appetizer or a side dish for the wings.
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How to Make Crock Pot Chicken Wings
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- Combine your sauce ingredients in a small mixing bowl.
- Toss your chicken wings in your slow cooker along with the sauce.
- Set your slow cooker to cook on low for 3 hours.
- Place the cooked wings on a baking sheet and brush with additional sauce.
- Broil for 4-5 minutes.
- Remove and serve.
Recipe Notes
- These wings will taste great when served with assorted dipping sauces, such as ranch.
- Don’t forget the celery and carrot sticks when serving these buffalo wings as an appetizer.
- If you plan to prepare the Crock Pot Buffalo Wings as an entree, lots of sides will pair well with them, including tater tots, fries, and macaroni and cheese.
- You can add additional seasonings to your chicken wings if you’d like, but it’s optional. The sauce will give them plenty of flavor.
Yes. Be sure to let the frozen chicken wings thaw in the refrigerator overnight to prevent any food-borne illness.
A larger crock pot is good to use when preparing the buffalo wings. Consider using anything that is at least 3 quarts, if not larger.
Yes, you can easily make these in the Air Fryer. You can also make Buffalo Wings in the Instant Pot or on the stove.
While you can bake the wings, it would take longer to get them to that crispy consistency that we all know and love. So, be sure to broil them for a few minutes to complete the process a bit faster.
Serving Suggestions
These wings are a great addition to any appetizer platter. You can have them at a holiday party or share them while watching a sporting event.
Tips!
- Use this homemade buffalo sauce, or your favorite brand, for this recipe.
- If you want to reduce the heat, add a bit of ranch into the mixture with the buffalo sauce before cooking.
- Serve immediately after broiling to enjoy these wings when they taste their absolute best.
Crock Pot Buffalo Wings are incredibly tasty and everyone loves them. Best of all, you don’t need a lot of time or ingredients to make them. Using your slow cooker makes preparing this wings so simple.
What Buffalo sauce is best for chicken wings?
There are plenty of great buffalo sauce options available. Feel free to use your favorite buffalo sauce. If you’re not sure which one to use, consider Sweet Baby Ray’s Buffalo Sauce because it’s full of flavor and offers that perfect kick.
Are these Crockpot Buffalo wings gluten free?
Yes, chicken wings are naturally gluten free. Make sure to check your sauce to ensure that it is gluten free as well.
What other sauces can I use?
If you don’t want to use buffalo sauce, you have plenty of other options. Some of these options include BBQ sauce, honey mustard sauce, and even teriyaki sauce.
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Slow cooker buffalo wings are a great appetizer or main dish to serve to family or friends. Using your slow cooker frees up your oven and allows you to easily prepare delicious wings.
More Chicken Wing Recipes to Try:
- Baked Chicken Wings
- Pepper Jelly Chicken Wings
- Dry Rub Chicken Wings
- Thai Chicken Wings with Spicy Peanut Sauce
- Chicken Tikka Masala Baked Wings
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Crockpot Wings Recipe (Buffalo Style)
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups Buffalo sauce store-bought or homemade, plus more for brushing
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted (½ stick)
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken wings fresh or frozen
- Carrot and celery sticks for serving
- Ranch or blue cheese dressing for serving
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine Buffalo sauce, melted butter, and garlic.1½ cups Buffalo sauce, ¼ cup unsalted butter, 4 cloves garlic
- Place the chicken wings in a 6qt slow cooker. Cover the chicken wings with the sauce mixture, tossing to combine.4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken wings
- Cook the wings on low heat for 3 hours.
- Line a baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil with olive oil spray (or brush with a thin layer of olive oil).
- Once the wings have reached 165°F, remove from the slow cooker and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Preheat the broiler to high heat. Brush the wings with additional Buffalo sauce and broil for 4-5 minutes, until they’re lightly browned. Flip and brush the other side, then broil for another 4-5 minutes.
- Serve wings with celery, carrots, extra buffalo sauce, and your favorite dressing.Carrot and celery sticks, Ranch or blue cheese dressing
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Nutrition Information
I decided to make your Buffalo sauce but realized for 1 1/2 cups of it I had to double the Buffalo sauce recipe. Am I correct in thinking for 4 lbs of wings im using 12 tbsp butter total?
The Buffalo sauce recipe makes just about 1 cup of sauce, so if doubling, you’ll need 12 tablespoons total!
Thanks :0)
For 4 lbs of wings you say to use 1 1/2 cups of Buffalo sauce..your Buffalo sauce only makes a cup soooo for 4 lbs no choice but to double the Buffalo sauce recipe? The sauce was a nice flavour however I wasn’t a fan of all the sauce left in crockpot…I would t make it this way again.
You can multiply the recipe by 1.5 for a more accurate measurement!