Slow Cooker Firecracker Chicken

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Slow Cooker Firecracker Chicken

Spicy, saucy Slow Cooker Firecracker Chicken made tender juicy chicken, buffalo sauce and brown sugar for the perfect mix of sweet and spicy.

Prep Time10

Cook Time4

Total Time4 10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: servings

Author: Tiffany Azure

Ingredients

4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch pieces
⅓ cup corn starch
2 tablespoons oil

Sauce* (see note)

⅔ cup Franks buffalo sauce
1 ½ cups brown sugar
¼ cup soy sauce (I use low sodium)
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (may sub white vinegar)
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon corn 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.

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