Spicy, saucy Slow Cooker Firecracker Chicken made tender juicy chicken, buffalo sauce and brown sugar for the perfect mix of sweet and spicy.
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 4 hourshours
0 minutesminutes
Total Time: 4 hourshours10 minutesminutes
Servings:4servings
Ingredients
4large boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces
⅓cupcorn starch
2tablespoonsoil
Sauce* (see note)
⅔cupFranks buffalo sauce
1 ½cupsbrown sugar
¼cupsoy sauce , (I use low sodium)
3tablespoonsapple cider vinegar , (may sub white vinegar)
½teaspoongarlic powder
1tablespooncorn starch
Instructions
Drizzle a large skillet with oil and preheat to medium-high. Add chicken pieces and 1/3 cup corn starch to a large resealable bag. Seal and shake to coat chicken. Add chicken to pan and saute 1-2 minutes, just long enough to brown the very outside of the chicken, it won't be fully cooked at this point.
Grease the inside of your slow cooker with cooking spray. Add chicken.
In a medium bowl whisk together all sauce ingredients. Pour over chicken and stir to distribute. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours. Serve with cooked rice. For extra heat, sprinkle with crushed red pepper flakes if desired.
Notes
You can half the sauce for a little bit healthier version. If you do this, be sure to check on the chicken around 3 hours. This sauce is fairly spicy, if you want to tone down the heat a bit you can reduce the amount of buffalo sauce.