Crockpot Buffalo Chicken

It's a pretty sure bet when we order bar food that I'm going to order wings to go with my cold beer and the better half is going to opt for a burger. After several years together I noticed he never orders wings, so I asked him why he didn't like wings when I know he loves chicken. His response made sense but it also made me laugh. "They're too messy and it's just too much for work for such a small amount of chicken".  I was in the mood for a very casual dinner this evening and was craving wings but I know his idea of a very casual meal is a sandwich.  Then I remembered I had a recipe for Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches.  Giving the recipe a once over before running out to grab the 3 necessary ingredients, it really seemed too simple to be true! Yesterday was a very busy day so simple actually sounded just about perfect about right now, so I gave it a go!

Ingredients:

3 – 5 lbs frozen skinless, boneless chicken breasts
12oz bottle of your favorite buffalo sauce (I used Franks Medium)
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix,

Yep, just 3 ingredients. And I love the fact that you can just put your chicken breasts in frozen and not have to panic when you realize you forgot to put them out to thaw!

Directions:

1.  Place frozen chicken breasts into crockpot, pour buffalo sauce over chicken.  Sprinkle ranch mix over top.  Cover with lid and cook on low for about 5 hours.

2.  Remove chicken to a cutting board.  Do not discard sauce!  Shred the chicken with two forks. The chicken should just fall apart.  Place shredded chicken back into sauce still in crockpot.  Stir to coat chicken.

3.  Continue cooking shredded buffalo chicken in crockpot on low for about another hour or until chicken absorbs most of the sauce.  

Simple cooking and SIMPLY AMAZING! He liked them and I liked how easy it was. I'm also putting this in my file for party food!