Buffalo Soup Recipe

Jason here. A week or so ago, I did a random experiment with our slow cooker, and buffalo wings. One of the cooking techniques I learned from my mother, was how to cook wings. In essence, first batter them and fry them up, and then let them sit in a slow cooker filled with hot sauce.

Well, I decided to cook up some boneless wings myself. However, what I ended up with was more of a buffalo soup. Delicious delicious buffalo soup.

Buffalo Soup

Ingredients:

1 Cup of Garbanzo Flour

4 Eggs

6 Chicken Breasts

2 23oz Bottles of Franks Hot Sauce

1.       Mix the egg and garbanzo flour into a batter.

2.       Slice the chicken into bite size pieces.

3.       Dip the chicken into the batter until all are coated. You may find yourself with extra, or not enough batter depending on the size of your chicken breasts. Make more as necessary.

4.       Pour half of the hot sauce into a slow cooker.

5.       Add the chicken into the slow cooker.

6.       Pour the rest of the hot sauce on top of the chicken until fully covered.

7.       Cook in the slower cooker for 4-6 hours, until chicken is fully cooked, and can easily be pulled apart with a fork

This creates a wonderfully thick buffalo soup. The batter doesn’t stick well to the chicken so it mixes with the surrounding hot sauce creating the final thicker texture. I suggest eating it with some celery, carrots, and blue cheese dip. Be warned, while not overly spicy, it can take its toll on a stomach. As such, I would also recommend having a glass of milk to drink.

The recipe itself makes enough for about 6 meals. It reheats perfectly, so I took some in to work to have for lunch.

I really did stumble on this recipe by accident. My original plan was to make some good old fashioned boneless wings. However without thinking, I mixed the flour and eggs into a batter. Then I decided I did not want to deal with the mess frying can make, so I thought what the heck let’s just cook them in the slow cooker.

In the end this surprise of a recipe, just turned out to be a new staple lunch for me. Hope someone out there that loves buffalo wings as much as me gets to try this delicious treat to curb that craving at lunch on a long work day.

Kayleigh here. The super-saucy dish really reminded me of the main ingredient in Jason’s favorite sub- the buffalo chicken cheesesteak. I have never seen it outside of the Philadelphia area, so for those not in the know, it is simply pulled chicken, drown in buffalo sauce, and placed on a sub roll with provolone cheese and a layer of blue cheese dressing. It was a great way to change it up if you have been eating the soup straight for the last couple of days.

Sorry, no pictures for this post right now. But we’ll definitely take some glamour shots next time we are craving  something simple, saucy, and spicy!