What's football without the appetizers. These potato skins are stuffed with shredded buffalo chicken breast made in the crock pot, then topped with melted cheese, blue cheese dressing, carrots and celery – they are seriously delicious!
Remember these crock pot buffalo chicken lettuce wraps? Same chicken, only this time I stuffed them in potato skins and topped them with cheese. So good!
You can make the chicken, blue cheese dressing and potatoes ahead, then when you're ready to serve your guests assemble them and pop them in the oven! Double or triple it for more servings.
They even make a great meal, I had 3 for lunch and it totaled 7 points plus and I was a happy camper. Enjoy!
Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins
Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 12 • Size: 1 potato skin, loaded • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 2 pt
Calories: 82 • Fat: 2 g • Carb: 7 g • Fiber: 1 g • Protein: 8 g • Sugar: 0.5 g
Sodium: 110 mg
Ingredients:
- 6 medium Idaho or Russet potatoes*
- cooking spray (I use my Misto
)
For the chicken:
- 12 oz boneless skinless chicken breast (or tenderloins)
- 1 celery stalk
- 1/2 onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 16 oz fat free low sodium chicken broth
- 1/3 cup hot cayenne pepper sauce (I used Frank's)
For the toppings:
- 12 tbsp reduced fat shredded cheese
- 1/2 cup carrots, cut into 2-inch matchsticks
- 1 large celery stalks, cut into 2-inch matchsticks
- 1/4 cup Skinny Blue Cheese Dressing
Directions:
In a crock pot, combine chicken, onions, celery stalk, garlic and broth (enough to cover your chicken, use water if the can of broth isn't enough). Cover and cook on HIGH 4 hours or LOW 6 hours.
Remove the chicken from pot, reserve 1/2 cup broth and discard the rest (or save for other recipes). Shred the chicken with two forks, return to the slow cooker with the 1/2 cup of the broth and the hot sauce; Cook on HIGH for an additional 30 minutes. Makes 1 1/2 cups chicken.
Meanwhile, pierce potato with a fork a few times all around. Place in microwave and cook on high about 5 minutes per potato; set aside to cool. Cut potatoes in half horizontally. Scoop out potatoes (I save the extra potato to make skinny garlic mashed potatoes the next day) leaving about 1/4 inch thick wall, skins will weigh about 1 oz each.
Heat oven to 450°. Lightly spray potato skins on both sides with oil and place a foil lined baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper and bake 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven, add 2 tablespoons of chicken meat filling into each potato skin, top with 1 tbsp shredded cheese and bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Top each with 1 tsp blue cheese dressing, shredded carrots and celery and start eating!
*Nutritional info based on 12 oz potato with skin on.






















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Looks absolutely amazing!! I was planning to make your Buffalo Chicken Dip next week, I may have to switch it up!!
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I love your buffalo chicken; however, I have 2 family members who won't do blue cheese. What could I substitute? Would feta work?
ReplyDeleteYum.. Yes.. I think that would be wonderful.. Feta Cheese..I bet that would be a good match..
DeleteYou can use ranch dressing instead.
DeleteI wouldn't do feta. Definitely ranch.
DeleteNo feta. Ranch or Bleu
DeleteI don't like blue cheese but her recipe is yummy!
DeleteAnother tasty and skinny recipe ! Thank you for sharing it :)
ReplyDeleteMisty from Belgium
How would I make this on the stove? I gave away my crock pot :(
ReplyDeleteYou can poach the chicken 15 minutes, then shred. Add the sauce then simmer 10 minutes.
DeleteLove the recipe!! I just love anything that is Buffalo wing style!!!
ReplyDeleteThese look so tasty!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! I am going to make the buffalo chicken lettuce wraps from your site and make these the next day!
ReplyDeleteHow many points w/o the blue cheese??
ReplyDeleteYum!
ReplyDeleteThis looks good!
that's awesome! I have some leftover buffalo chicken in my freezer!
ReplyDeleteHow can I make the chicken without a crock pot?
ReplyDeleteYou can poach the chicken 15 minutes, then shred. Add the sauce then simmer 10 minutes.
Deletewhat can I sub for the cayenne pepper sauce my daughter cannot stand anyting remotely spicey but I would still like to try this
ReplyDeleteSet some chicken aside before adding the cayenne pepper and serve hers plain.
DeleteDo you think that these can be frozen and then thrown in the oven?
ReplyDeleteI think that would work out fine!
DeleteWould this taste with sweet potatoes?
ReplyDeleteThat's not a bad idea, but maybe try BBQ sauce instead of buffalo. Gina's got a great Kansas City bbq sauce recipe on here that I use all the time now.
DeleteOMG these look soooooooo good! Can't wait to pass these along to our members just in time for this weekend's games.
ReplyDeleteI made these this past Sunday they were a HUGE hit. I love your site. You are helping me change the way my entire family eats.
ReplyDeleteIn the recipe you say "12 tbsp reduced fat shredded cheese"---is this just any type of cheese? What did you use?
ReplyDeleteAlso I don't have a slow cooker yet (just registered for one for my wedding!). Is there any way to make these without one? This looks like an awesome game day meal.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know this also, but doesn't look like she reads reviews anymore.
DeleteI read more reviews and she already addressed this issue.
DeleteThis was so good! My brother ate 3 of them and I only made 6 because I was keeping them for my lunch for the week!!
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ReplyDeleteI want to try these but my young kids don't like anything spicy. My mom and sister did try it and said it was amazing! They loved the chicken by itself and will cook chicken that way for other recipes.
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Sounds awesome! My taste buds are already giving each other high fives! :D
ReplyDeleteThese look delish!! Anything with buffalo and I'm game. So does the points count for the 1 oz of potato with skins and the meat? I was a little confused by the 12 oz of potato at the end statement. Thanks. :-)
ReplyDeleteOne of my girlfriends made this for my Christmas party this year and they were delicious!
ReplyDeleteDo you put the celery stalk, onion, and garlic in the crock pot without chopping? Going to try this week!
ReplyDeleteGina, Gina, Gina. How I love you! These. Are. FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC! Granted, I did not add the dressing (as I do not care for blue cheese). I added another drop or 2 of franks. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! I made them a week ago and have been SALIVATING ever since! I just want to make a ton so I can eat them for lunch EVER DAY! Thanks for all the awesome recipes. I am really enjoying your site!
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ReplyDeleteI made these buffalo chicken potato skins on Super Bowl Sunday and they were FANTASTIC!! And to think that each serving is only 2 points!!! YUMMMM.
Thank you, thank you!
Angie
Did these for the super bowl! Awesome....instead of hot sauce and bleu cheese, I used some bbq and fat free ranch....terrific! My husband was ecstatic to have leftovers too!
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My husband and I loved them, but my friend thought the potato was dried out. But he dipped it in ranch and said it was great. A good substitute for blue cheese is ranch. Also I dont eat cheese and I liked it with just hte potato and chicken. Yummo!
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