Buffalo chicken doesn’t need a block of cream cheese and a pile of shredded cheddar to be good! These crockpot buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potatoes skip both. Chicken and buffalo sauce slow cook for the afternoon, then a dollop of greek yogurt gets stirred in to mellow the sharp sauce into something creamy. Pile it onto a roasted sweet potato, add ranch and green onions, and that’s dinner!

Baked sweet potato topped with creamy shredded chicken and chopped green onions on a patterned plate.

My husband's favorite meal

If you love buffalo chicken but not all the cream cheese and sour cream that usually comes with it, this one’s for you! Even better, the chicken cooks basically hands-off in the crockpot with a bottle of buffalo sauce, so it’s super easy.

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My husband (like many) is a huge buffalo chicken fan, and I wanted a way to eat it as an actual dinner, not just a dip. Enter buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potatoes! I used the viral sweet potato roasting method, which gets you caramelized halves that are the perfect vessel for buffalo chicken.

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Crock-tober is still going! If the crockpot’s already on the counter, my crockpot honey garlic chicken and rice and shortcut crockpot birria tacos are up next. And the cold, salad version of this dinner is my buffalo chicken salad.

Ingredients & Notes

Chicken breast - About 4 breasts, straight into the crockpot raw. You’ll pull it apart right in the pot!
Buffalo sauce - I used Primal Kitchen. This is where all the heat comes from.
White onion - Diced and cooked with the chicken.
Greek yogurt - Use plain, 5%. It mellows the sharp buffalo sauce so the chicken is creamy instead of just hot.
Sweet potatoes - Medium ones are best. Cut them in half lengthwise and roasted cut side down so the flat side caramelizes.
Ranch and green onions. For the top. My ranch was Primal Kitchen too.

How to Make Crockpot Buffalo Chicken

Raw chicken breasts coated in orange sauce inside a slow cooker. — **Step 1** : Cook the chicken and onions in a crockpot with buffalo sauce.

Shredded chicken in a creamy orange sauce inside a slow cooker with metal tongs. — **Step 2** : Pull the chicken and mix with green yogurt.

A metal spatula lifting a slice of roasted sweet potato from a baking sheet with other roasted sweet potatoes. — **Step 3** : Bake the sweet potatoes.

A baked sweet potato topped with creamy shredded chicken and chopped green onions on a patterned plate. — **Step 4** : Top with buffalo chicken, ranch, and green onions.

Ansley's Tips

Dig the well. Before you add the chicken, use a fork to dig a little well in each sweet potato half. It’s the small step that mattered most, because it gives the chicken somewhere to sit.
Don’t drain the crockpot. All that liquid gets mixed right into the pulled chicken.
Crockpot off, then mix in yogurt. Switch it to OFF before the greek yogurt goes in.
Want less heat? Go lighter on the buffalo sauce.
Roast if you can. You can bake or microwave the sweet potatoes instead, but roasting is what gets you the caramelization.

Serving Suggestions

Something cold and crisp on the side, like my cucumber salad with Greek yogurt. If you’d rather make your own ranch, there’s a yogurt ranch in my sweet potato fry dipping sauces.

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