4-Ingredient Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato (Gluten Free)

This slow cooker buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe is beyond easy to make! This sweet potato recipe is a low-calorie, low-maintenance weeknight meal! Its made with only 4 main ingredients! Honestly, it doesn’t get much easier than that!

If you’re like me and traditional buffalo wings are normally your comfort food, then this buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe is going to be your new favorite comfort food dinner recipe! I love the slow baked sweet potato mixed with the spicy buffalo chicken to give me that sweet and spicy flavor pairing in a light, fresh recipe! This recipe is naturally gluten free and easy to make dairy free by using dairy free toppings!

If you love my 4-Ingredient Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato, you’ll also love my buffalo ranch meatballs, my buffalo caesar salad, my buffalo chicken stromboli and my buffalo chicken air fryer tacos.

4-Ingredient Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato (Gluten Free)

Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken breasts or save time by using a rotisserie chicken!

• Salt and pepper to taste

• 1 cup buffalo sauce

• 4 large sweet potatoes

• 2 tbsp Olive oil

Optional Toppings:

• 2 tbsp Fresh parsley chopped

• 4 tbsp Green onions chopped

• 4 tbsp Ranch dressing

• 4 tbsp Feta cheese crumbled

Instructions

1. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.

2. Place in a slow cooker and cover with buffalo sauce.

3. Cook on high for 2-4 hours, or until cooked through and easily shredded.

4. Shred the chicken with a fork. Chicken should be tender and falling apart.

5. Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).

6. Next, Prepare the Sweet Potatoes.Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork. Drizzle with olive oil.

7. Bake for 45 minutes, or until soft. Let cool for 5 minutes.

8. Slice cooked sweet potatoes in half lengthwise.

9. Mash the insides with a fork.

10. Season the sweet potato with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.

11. In a separate bowl, mix the chicken with buffalo sauce, fresh chopped parsley and chopped green onions.

12. Stuff each sweet potato with the buffalo chicken mixture.

13. Return the stuffed sweet potatoes back to the oven for 10 minutes, just until warmed through.

14. Remove and top with fresh green onions, ranch dressing, and feta cheese.

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