Buffalo chicken has a bold, unique flavor that is both comforting and addicting. It’s spicy, tangy, savory, and so satisfying! The delicious flavor of buffalo wing sauce makes it a crowd favorite, not only on wings, but also in plenty of other dishes. Here are our favorite buffalo chicken recipes that are perfect for game day or family dinner.

 

This list of buffalo chicken ideas features plenty of easy dinner or lunch recipes that will help satisfy your spicy cravings. 

Most of them are made from simple ingredients that you’re likely to have at home already, including hot sauce, cheese, and other common spices.

From the slower cooker to the air fryer or oven, there are so many ways to prepare buffalo chicken. Whether you enjoy it in a sandwich, on a pizza, in a casserole, or elsewhere, homemade buffalo chicken is sure to make your taste buds dance.

Best Recipes With Buffalo Wing Sauce

1. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Bake

Loaded with chicken, pasta, cheese, and delicious buffalo flavor, this pasta casserole is so comforting and great for family dinners.

For best results, let your cream cheese soften at room temperature before mixing it with the other ingredients. This will make it much easier to combine! Top it off with freshly shredded cheese to finish it off.

2. Buffalo Chicken Wraps

This quick and easy recipe can be prepared in just 5 minutes! Not only is it packed with protein and nutrients, but it’s also a simple, filling meal that can be served for lunch or dinner.

Warming up your tortillas first will make them easier to fold and wrap. Load the tortillas with cooked chicken, carrots, lettuce, and cheese, then drizzle on plenty of ranch and buffalo sauce to add some flavor. 

3. Buffalo Chicken Sliders

One of the best buffalo chicken recipes that you can whip up for game day is these sliders! Served on sweet Hawaiian rolls, these sliders are soft, cheesy, and spicy –– thanks to the buffalo hot sauce. 

Best of all, they’re incredibly easy to make. This recipe comes together in under half an hour, and you can use rotisserie chicken to keep the whole process simple.

4. Buffalo Chicken Wings

Our list of easy dinner ideas would be incomplete without classic bone-in wings. The key to perfecting these wings is baking them at a low temperature first to render out the fat. Eventually, turn up the heat and continue baking until they achieve a beautiful golden brown color.

These wings taste best tossed in homemade buffalo sauce and served with a side of blue cheese dressing.

5. Buffalo Chicken Dip

Creamy buffalo dip is an addicting and comforting snack. Start by combining your chicken with buffalo sauce, then add cheddar cheese, sour cream, and softened cream cheese. 

Popping this dip in the oven will take it to the next level. Simply sprinkle on some extra cheddar and bake until the dip is melty, golden, and bubbly.

6. Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Can’t decide between pizza and wings? This recipe brings both together in one incredible combination! Buffalo chicken pizza is a quick, tasty dinner idea that can be made in just over half an hour.

Using store-bought pizza dough and rotisserie chicken will help simplify the process. Garnish with green onions and ranch dressing!

7. Buffalo Chicken Salad

Similar to many chicken salad recipes, buffalo chicken salad is loaded with a variety of veggies that help add texture. What makes this particular chicken salad stand out is the bacon bits, blue cheese crumbles, creamy texture, and spicy flavor. 

This batch will leave you with eight servings that you can use to make sandwiches, wraps, quesadillas, and more!

8. Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

A slow cooker will give you tender, juicy chicken that is great for sandwiches — and that will practically melt in your mouth! Simply toss your chicken, buffalo sauce, and dried ranch seasoning together, and let it cook to perfection. Serve on hamburger buns.

Want to change the spice level in this recipe? Use more or less hot sauce to reach your desired heat level.

9. Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

Made with lean ground chicken, these homemade buffalo chicken meatballs are a healthy appetizer or side dish that will be a hit at parties. Buffalo chicken recipes are often served with celery and carrots, but this recipe incorporates those veggies into the meatballs themselves.

Be sure to use an egg and breadcrumbs to bind your ingredients together. Dipping your meatballs in a homemade blue cheese dressing will take them to the next level.

10. Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls

Think of everything there is to love about buffalo chicken, then imagine it inside a crunchy wrapper! Deliciously creamy and cheesy, these buffalo chicken egg rolls are fried to a golden brown perfection.

This recipe gives instructions for cooking the egg rolls in a skillet, but you can absolutely make them in the oven or air fryer too.

11. Buffalo Chicken Chili

Slower cooker buffalo chicken chili is pure comfort food that will warm you right up. This thick, cheesy chili requires minimal effort to prepare –– only 20 minutes of prep time. The hardest part about this recipe will be waiting 4 hours for it to finish in the slow cooker. 

12. Buffalo Chicken Bites

Boneless buffalo chicken bites are a delicious appetizer or meal that you can easily make in the oven. Breading these chicken bites with almond flour makes them gluten-free, keto, and Whole 30-approved.

What makes this recipe stand out amongst other buffalo chicken recipes is the homemade buffalo sauce which has a tangy and spicy flavor.

13. Shredded Buffalo Chicken

Here’s a spicy chicken recipe that is sure to bring the heat! Shredded buffalo chicken is incredibly easy to make in a slow cooker. After cooking on low for 7 to 8 hours, or on high for 5 to 6, you’ll have tender chicken that is easy to pull apart with a fork.

You can use this buffalo chicken in a number of ways: toss it on a salad, serve on a bun, or enjoy it in a wrap.

14. Buffalo Chicken Fries

Ready in only 30 minutes, buffalo chicken french fries are just as easy to enjoy as they are to make! Topped with tender chicken, gooey cheese, and spicy buffalo sauce, these fries have flavor and crunch in every bite. 

Garnish with green onions to add a splash of color, as well as blue cheese crumbles to add another dimension of flavor.

15. Buffalo Chicken Nachos

There’s nothing quite as satisfying as a fresh batch of nachos! Your friends and family won’t be able to resist these game-day nachos. Tortilla chips are loaded with chicken, cheese, and hot sauce.

Once served, they’ll be sure to disappear quickly. Each bite is flavorful, spicy, and will keep you coming back for more.

16. Buffalo Chicken Flat Bread

Buffalo chicken flatbread brings all of the richness of buffalo chicken to a crispy pizza crust. Topped with blue cheese and tender chicken, this recipe is an easy dinner that takes only 10 minutes to bake in the oven.

17. Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas

Spice up your traditional chicken enchiladas with buffalo chicken! This recipe has plenty of flavor, thanks to the buffalo sauce and the addition of green chilies. 

For recipes with buffalo sauce, you can control the heat levels by choosing a sauce that’s mild, medium, or hot. To make the preparation easy, you’ll want to microwave your tortillas in batches until they are soft and foldable.

18. Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti squash is a low-carb, healthy alternative to pasta. This baked buffalo chicken spaghetti squash casserole is tender, creamy, cheesy, and packed with nutrients.

For extra tangy flavor, be sure to include blue cheese dressing. You can mix it in and also drizzle it on top of the finished dish!

19. Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese

Grilled cheese is comforting, tasty, and easy to make in just 20 minutes. Elevate your favorite grilled cheese recipe by adding a creamy, flavorful buffalo chicken mixture.

Although it’s tempting to want to add as much buffalo chicken as possible, be careful not to overfill the sandwich, or else it may get soggy. You can whip up a large batch of this chicken with buffalo sauce and use it for multiple sandwiches over a few days!

20. Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Satisfy your spicy craving with these buffalo chicken lettuce wraps. This meal is a great healthy option that’s both keto-friendly and gluten-free. Best of all, the buffalo chicken filling is loaded with flavor and is easy to make in advance and reheat.

Butter lettuce will be the best option for these wraps because of its size, flavor, and crunch factor.

21. Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells

Swap the traditional Italian ingredients with buffalo chicken in this delicious variation of stuffed shells. These jumbo shells are filled with a mixture of shredded chicken, cottage cheese, and hot sauce. Not a fan of cottage cheese? You can swap out this ingredient with ricotta if you prefer. 

22. Buffalo Chicken Tater Tot Casserole

Crispy tater tots and tangy buffalo chicken are a match made in heaven. With layers of creamy shredded buffalo chicken, gooey cheese, and golden tater tots, this savory casserole will practically melt in your mouth.

This casserole only takes 20 minutes to prepare before popping it in the oven, making it a great easy dinner when you don’t have much time on your hands.

23. Buffalo Chicken Tenders

No need to swing by the frozen section at the store when you can make your own buffalo chicken tenders at home! These juicy pieces of breaded chicken are fried to an amazing crispy texture and smothered in a zesty buffalo wing sauce.

This is one of the best buffalo chicken ideas for game day or family gatherings because it’s so easy to make in a large batch.

24. Buffalo Chicken Mac And Cheese

One of our absolute favorite buffalo chicken recipes is this hearty macaroni and cheese. Ready in about 45 minutes, this comforting recipe will be a crowd-pleaser on any occasion. 

Enjoy creamy, cheesy goodness with the added heat of buffalo wing sauce. The breaded popcorn chicken adds even more flavor and texture to the dish.

25. Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas

Quesadillas are one of the best and easiest ways to put leftover chicken to good use. Buffalo flavor will take your typical chicken quesadilla to the next level! 

Heat your creation on the stove until your cheese is melted and the tortilla begins to crisp up. If you’re not a fan of ranch, you can omit it from your chicken mixture and stir in blue cheese dressing instead.

26. Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels

With chicken and cheese wrapped in a tortilla, these pinwheel sandwiches are quite literally a tasty twist on buffalo chicken wings. Grab your favorite wing sauce and assemble these sandwiches in just 10 minutes!

This recipe is great to prepare in advance since you can make it a day ahead and store it in the fridge until ready to serve.

27. Buffalo Chicken Bowls

Here’s a healthy buffalo chicken recipe that’s easy to make and great for meal prep! Choose your grain of choice for the base like quinoa, rice, barley, and couscous all make great options. 

These chicken and veggie bowls are packed with plenty of protein and nutrients to keep your stomach full and your taste buds happy. Top it off with blue cheese crumbles and ranch dressing.

28. Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers

Bell peppers are stuffed with flavorful chicken and topped with melted cheese. You can use mini peppers or regular peppers to prepare this easy meal or appetizer.

29. Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

Only a few ingredients are needed to make this taquito recipe. Buffalo chicken, cream cheese, and blue cheese rolled up into flour tortillas. Try dipping them in ranch or this easy blue cheese dip. Serve these for dinner or an appetizer.

30. Buffalo Chicken Tacos

Your family will love these crispy tacos! Chicken and cheese are cooked inside tortillas that are crisped up in a pan. Try serving with a jalapeno sauce, ranch, or even salsa.

31. Buffalo Chicken Lasagna

Looking for an easy, delicious casserole? This twist on lasagna is a must try. Layers of lasagna noodles, chicken, and cheese. A recipe you will want to keep.

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