I made a perfect party appetizer, Slow Cooker Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Flautas. It is a friend’s Birthday today, Aubrey from Real Housmoms. A group of us friends are throwing Aubrey a virtual birthday party since we all live so far away. If you scroll past my recipe, you can see what everyone else has made, all of the other party ideas are really awesome!
I made buffalo chicken in the slow cooker. Wrapped it up that buffalo chicken in tortillas with mozzarella cheese, rolled them up, basted them with butter and baked them. These ooey gooey crisp and delicious flautas are really good dipped in ranch or blue cheese dressing. If you are a fan of buffalo sauce, you will love these!
Happy Birthday Aubrey! I hope it’s a great one!
SLOW COOKER CHEESY BUFFALO CHICKEN FLAUTAS
PREP TIME
COOK TIME
TOTAL TIME
Author: Sarah Olson
Serves: 5
INGREDIENTS
- 2 lbs. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 1 cup Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Sauce
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 10 (8-inch) flour tortillas
- 1 (16-oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 Tbsp. melted butter (this is for basting the tortillas)
- Ranch or blue cheese dressing for serving
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place the chicken into a 4-quart or larger slow cooker. In a small bowl, whisk together the buffalo sauce, cornstarch and pepper. Pour this mixture over the chicken. Cut the butter into 2 pieces and place on top of chicken.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
- Shred the chicken with two forks.
- Use tongs to get the chicken out of the slow cooker, tap the tongs on the side of the slow cooker to get the excess sauce off the chicken.
- Place about a ½ cup of chicken into each tortilla and top with a heaping ⅛ cup of cheese.
- Roll up the tortillas around the filling and secure with a toothpick. Note- If your tortillas start to crack while rolling them up. Wrap them in moist paper towels (before filling them) and microwave for 25 seconds.
- Place the flautas onto a baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Baste the flautas with the melted butter.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Cook the flautas for about 7 minutes, flipping once, and cooking for an additional 7 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove toothpicks.
- Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing.
