4-Ingredient Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato (Gluten Free)

This slow cooker buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe is beyond easy to make! This sweet potato recipe is a low-calorie, low-maintenance weeknight meal! Its made with only 4 main ingredients! Honestly, it doesn’t get much easier than that!

If you’re like me and traditional buffalo wings are normally your comfort food, then this buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe is going to be your new favorite comfort food dinner recipe! I love the slow baked sweet potato mixed with the spicy buffalo chicken to give me that sweet and spicy flavor pairing in a light, fresh recipe! This recipe is naturally gluten free and easy to make dairy free by using dairy free toppings!

If you love my 4-Ingredient Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato, you’ll also love my buffalo ranch meatballs, my buffalo caesar salad, my buffalo chicken stromboli and my buffalo chicken air fryer tacos.

why you’ll love this gluten free recipe

• These buffalo chicken sweet potato are easy to make for a crowd, party or get together! I love bringing this to a potluck because no one ever knows it is actually gluten free and I get to safely enjoy it!
• This sweet potato recipe is big on flavor, low on effort and makes for the perfect weeknught dinner the whole family will love.
• The best part about this recipe is that it is a one pan meal…which means only one pan to make it and only one pan to clean up! My ideal situation since I hate doing dishes.
• This buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potato recipe is allergy friendly. It is a naturally gluten free recipe so no swaps to make! You can use dairy free cheese or dairy free ranch for an easy dairy free recipe!
• This stuffed sweet potato recipe is an easy freezer friendly meal, which means it is a great option for a meal prep lunches or dinners! I love to have a stuffed sweet potato ready to go when I need to just pull a dinner out of the freezer and heat it up quick.

ingredients & substitutions for the Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato

Chicken breasts: I always use skinless, boneless chicken breasts. You can also use skinless, boneless chicken tenders as well. If you are feeling a little lazy, you can always use a rotisserie chicken instead! Sometimes, I even meal prep the shredded chicken and keep it in baggies in the freezer so when I need an individual portion I can just pull one out and defrost it for this buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe!

Buffalo sauce: You can make your own buffalo sauce at home for this stuffed sweet potato by combining hot sauce and butter or vegan butter in a pan until it is mixed together, smooth and warm. Or, you can use your favorite store bought buffalo sauce! My favorite buffalo sauces are Franks Red Hot Wing Sauce and Primal Kitchen Buffalo Sauce!

Sweet potatoes: I love a good mashed sweet potato. If you don’t, I’m not here to judge you, and a white potato would work great here as well. Easy swap!

Toppings: I like to top my buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potatoes with fresh parsley, green onions, ranch dressing or dairy free ranch and feta cheese or dairy free feta. You can use any toppings you would put on a buffalo chicken salad or a buffalo chicken sandwich!

directions

Step 1

Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Place in a slow cooker and cover with buffalo sauce. Cook on high for 2-4 hours, or until cooked through and easily shredded. Shred the chicken with a fork. Chicken should be tender and falling apart.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C). Next, Prepare the Sweet Potatoes.Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 45 minutes, or until soft. Let cool for 5 minutes. Slice cooked sweet potatoes in half lengthwise.

Step 3

Mash the insides with a fork. Season the sweet potato with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, mix the chicken with buffalo sauce, fresh chopped parsley and chopped green onions. Stuff each sweet potato with the buffalo chicken mixture.

Step 5

Return each stuffed sweet potato back to the oven for 10 minutes, just until warmed through. Remove the buffalo chicken sweet potatoes and top with fresh green onions, ranch dressing, and feta cheese.

expert tips & tricks

This buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe uses a crock pot to make the shredded buffalo chicken. But, if you’re feeling lazy like I do sometimes, you can use a rotisserie chicken instead and skip steps 1-4.

If you don’t want to turn on the oven, I like to bake your sweet potatoes in the air fryer! It saves time because it heats up faster! I use the roast or bake setting, not the air fryer setting.

You can use any toppings you like to use on buffalo wings, a buffalo chicken salad or a buffalo chicken sandwich, such as blue cheese, ranch, feta, green onions, chives or greens!

serving, storing and meal prepping the Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato

This buffalo chicken sweet potato can be served by itself or with a side salad. I like to serve it hot right out of the oven for the freshest taste.

To store, I let the buffalo chicken sweet potato cool completely before refrigerating in an airtight container for up to four days.

For longer storage, I love to portion into freezer-safe containers and freeze for up to 2 months.

To meal prep each buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potato into individual portions, divide into separate containers. These individual portions are my favorite for great grab-and-go lunches or quick dinners during the week.

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