These Buffalo Chicken Recipes Are Loaded With Hot and Spicy Flavor (2024)

Wings, dips, sliders, and all your favorite game day eats!

By Kara Zauberman and Georgia Goode
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Things are about to get saucy, spicy, and messy—in the best way possible! That's because we've rounded up our favorite buffalo chicken recipes. And we're not just talking about chicken wings either. Sure, we've got Ree Drummond's game day wings that are the epitome of football season, but we've also included fun ways to use that buffalo chicken flavor in so many other dishes, like stuffed peppers or mac and cheese. Of course, there are plenty of ideas for Super Bowl snacks like bubbly buffalo chicken dip, cheesy pull-apart sliders, and buffalo chicken nachos that are perfect for the big game.

If you're looking for a recipe to bring to your next weekend tailgate, try the buffalo chicken sloppy joes for a spin on the nostalgic comfort food dish. The filling can even be made ahead of time and warmed back up in a slow cooker. And, if you love the flavor of buffalo sauce but want to skip the meat, the crispy fried buffalo cauliflower sandwiches are for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike while the buffalo shrimp will remind you of your favorite wings. Grab the homemade ranch or blue cheese dressing and get cooking!

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Air Fryer Wings

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These wings are just as crispy as the traditional method, but without all the mess of heating up a pot of oil. Once the wings cook up in the air fryer, you can toss them with your favorite brand of buffalo sauce.

Get the Air Fryer Wings recipe.

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Crock-Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

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This buffalo chicken dip earns points for being saucy, creamy, and so easy to prep. Just toss everything into the slow cooker and go watch the game on TV!

Get the Crock-Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

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These spicy, tangy chicken meatballs are just as delicious for dinner as they are for a game day snack. The cucumber salad tossed in homemade ranch dressing is a cool and crunchy balance to the fiery buffalo sauce.

Get Ree's Buffalo Chicken Meatballs recipe.

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Pull-Apart Buffalo Chicken Sliders

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These hearty sliders will feed a crowd: Each bite-sized sandwich is filled with saucy ground chicken, monterey jack, and tangy blue cheese.

Get Ree's Pull-Apart Buffalo Chicken Sliders recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken Wrap

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This quick and easy wrap is perfect for lunch, dinner, or even a post-football-practice snack. You'll love the addition of crunchy veggies, like shredded carrots and thinly sliced celery.

Get Ree's Buffalo Chicken Wrap recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes

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One taste of these messy sandwiches, and you'll never make sloppy joes any other way! The best part is you can make the filling ahead of time and reheat it in a slow cooker.

Get the Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes recipe.

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Buffalo Cauliflower Sandwiches

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Guess what? There's no actual chicken on this sandwich. Instead, it's made with cauliflower! Fried and doused in buffalo sauce, this scrumptious cauliflower will surely win you over.

Get Ree's Buffalo Cauliflower Sandwiches recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese Salad

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Using skin-on, bone-in chicken pieces give this weeknight dinner a ton of flavor. If you happen to have leftover chicken, just shred it to use as a fun salad topping for lunch the next day.

Get Ree's Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese Salad recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken French Bread Pizza

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This creative mash-up combines two tailgate favorites: pizza and buffalo chicken! It's fun to eat while watching the big game.

Get Ree's Buffalo Chicken French Bread Pizza recipe.

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Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip

All the spicy flavor of buffalo chicken in one creamy, cheesy dip. It's an appetizer that will disappear as soon as it hits the table.

Get the Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe.

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Homemade Chicken Burgers

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These juicy, full-of-flavor chicken burgers are a nice departure from regular beef burgers. Feel free to pile on the toppings like buffalo sauce and blue cheese crumbles for an extra boost of spice and tang.

Get the Homemade Chicken Burgers recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken Baked Potatoes

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Using a rotisserie chicken makes this weeknight meal even easier. Simply shred the chicken, mix it with the sauce, and stuff the potatoes. Dinner is served!

Get Ree's Buffalo Chicken Baked Potatoes recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken Sliders

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To assemble these sliders, the mini rolls are layered with lettuce, tomato, and boneless buffalo chicken tenders. Of course, there's a good helping of Ranch on there too.

Get the Buffalo Chicken Sliders recipe.

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Buffalo Wings

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We told you there'd be at least one wing recipe in this round-up, and it's Ree's! Whatever you do, don't buy "wing sauce" for these chicken wings—the homemade buffalo sauce is so much better.

Get Ree's Buffalo Wings recipe.

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Buffalo Chicken Salad

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"This salad is so good, I wept," Ree says. Not to sound dramatic but the combination of saucy chicken and cool, crisp greens really is that good!

Get Ree's Buffalo Chicken Salad recipe.

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Air-Fried Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

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While not technically a chicken recipe, this vegetarian version of "wings" has all the same great flavor. And it's easy to make thanks to the air fryer.

Get the Air-Fried Buffalo Cauliflower Bites recipe.

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Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

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This crowd-pleasing appetizer takes cheesy buffalo chicken filling that's rolled up in flour tortillas and bakes them until crispy. To take things one step further, they're even served up with a quick and easy buffalo ranch dipping sauce.

Get the Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos recipe.

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Crispy Baked Buffalo Chicken Breasts

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These breaded chicken cutlets are marinaded in classic buffalo hot sauce, then dipped in butter and covered with crispy panko breadcrumbs. Since the chicken is pounded thin, they only take 10 minutes to bake!

Get the Crispy Baked Buffalo Chicken Breasts recipe at Foodie Crush.

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Buffalo Shrimp

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Made with a delicious spicy breading and a homemade buffalo sauce, these little shrimp are big on flavor. You can eat them just like you eat wings—with carrots, celery, and blue cheese dressing.

Get the Buffalo Shrimp recipe at Little Sunny Kitchen.

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Buffalo Brussels Sprouts

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This is a great way to get your kids to eat their Brussels sprouts—and you'll just so happen to love them, too! The crispy, roasted veggies get a spicy kick from the buffalo sauce and a nice cool finish from the diced avocado.

Get the Buffalo Brussels Sprouts recipe at Cookie and Kate.

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