Categories: Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- Chicken:
- 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breasts
- 1 medium celery stalk
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup Frank's RedHot Original hot sauce
- Blue Cheese Dressing:
- 6 tbsp. buttermilk
- 1/4 cup mayo
- 5 tbsp. crumbled blue cheese
- 2 tbsp. chopped scallion, white parts only
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp onion power
- 1/8 tsp dried parsley flakes
- 1/8 tsp kosher salt
- Black pepper
- 12 outer lettuce leaves, such as green or red leaf, or iceberg
- 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- 3/4 cup 2-inch-long celery matchsticks
Directions
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For the chicken: In a slow cooker, arrange the chicken, celery, onion, and garlic. Pour in enough broth to cover the chicken.
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Cover and cook on LOW 4 hours, until the chicken is cooked through.
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Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and discard the liquid and vegetables. Shred the chicken with 2 forks and return it to the slow cooker. Add the hot sauce and cook on HIGH 30 minutes.
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For the blue cheese dressing: In a blender, combine the buttermilk, mayo, 2 tbsp. of the blue cheese, the scallion whites, garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, salt, and pepper to taste. Blend until smooth. Stir in the remaining 3 tbsp. blue cheese.
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To serve, put 2 lettuce leaves on each of 6 plates. Place a generous 1/4 cup chicken on each leaf, top each with 1 tbsp. shredded carrots, 1 tbsp. celery, and 1 tbsp. of the dressing.