Buffalo Chicken Tacos would be a delicious menu item for your next family night dinner or game day gathering. Just add your favorite toppings and let everyone build their own tacos. Just don’t forget the napkins!
One of my favorite meals growing up was tacos, not only did tacos remind me of Texas but they were a lot of fun to eat and I have to admit they still are fun to eat! Over the years the lowly taco has gone through many culinary changes with the hard shell crunch taco giving way to the soft flour tortilla version that you find on most restaurant menus.
But the changes didn’t stop with the outside of the taco, no that was just the beginning. Culinarians around the world began experimenting and adding nontraditional fillings to these little bundles of deliciousness creating a never ending assortment of choices with what has long been regarded as peasant food.
They’ve come a long way since my days in Texas, and I for one am very happy to see the changes!
It’s no secret that I absolutely love Buffalo Chicken and its found its way into many different dishes that I’ve made. So when I started thinking about tacos, it just seemed natural to use it as a filling.
As I thought about the filling I knew I wanted to use bleu cheese with it but took it a little outside the box by adding my bleu cheese dressing to cabbage creating a tangy version of a traditional cole slaw. Many times my additions are also for color and texture and roasted corn fell into that category very easily, and the results were amazingly delicious!
So much so that Lisa, who has refused to even touch a taco in all the years I’ve known her devoured one and asked for more. Now that’s when I know I have a winner, and I hope you enjoy these as much as we did!
These little beauties will make a great addition to a family taco night or when friends come over to watch the big game.
Set up a do it yourself taco bar with all your favorite toppings and let your guests do the rest, just don’t forget the napkins because you’ll find everyone reverting to their childhood as they enjoy their creations, eating with wild abandon and making a little bit of a mess.
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Buffalo Chicken Tacos with a Bleu Cheese Slaw
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken Tacos
- 24 6 inch flour tortillas
- 2 lb chicken thighs cooked and pulled
- 2 cups roasted or grilled corn fresh or frozen
Buffalo Sauce
- 12 oz Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce or hot sauce of your choice
- 2 oz unsalted butter ½ stick
- 3 oz honey
Blue Cheese Slaw
- 1 small head of cabbage – cored and sliced very thinly or pre cut slaw mix
- ½ small red pepper or carrot sliced thinly and chopped
- ½ cups blue cheese dressing homemade or your favorite brand
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper or to taste
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
- 8 oz Bleu Cheese
- 1 cup sour cream or Greek Yogurt
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- ¼ cup milk or buttermilk
- ¼ teaspoon granulated onion
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Chicken Thighs
- Lightly coat the chicken thighs with olive oil and season with sea salt and black pepper. Place the chicken on a sheet pan in 350 degree oven and cook for 25 minutes or until they have reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Allow chicken thighs to cool for 5 minutes, then using two forks start pulling the meat off the thigh. Set aside till needed**You can also pull the meat apart by hand then use a mixer to shred the meat. A stand or hand mixer will work, just don't try to do too much at one time.
Buffalo Sauce
- In a saucepan melt the butter then add the honey and turn off the heat
- Add in hot sauce and using a wire whip blend until fully incorporated into the butter/honey mixture.
- You can heat this sauce if you want it hotter, but at this temperature the sauce will cling really well to the chicken. If you let the sauce get to hot it will break and separate into an oily mess!
- Set aside sauce until ready to coat the chicken
Bleu Cheese Dressing
- In a food processor, add the sour cream or Greek yogurt, the milk and half of your bleu cheese.
- Pulse the mixture until all of the bleu cheese has been blended in.
- Add this mixture to the mayonnaise with the remaining bleu cheese crumbles and seasonings. (The seasonings are just a guide, season it to your taste)
- You should make this dressing at least one day ahead of time, to let the flavors build, it will taste the best after 48 hours.
Slaw
- Mix blue cheese dressing, vinegar, sea salt and black pepper in a small bowl, blending the ingredients completely.
- Blend cabbage mixture, and bleu cheese dressing, mix well and let sit for 4-6 hours.
- Refrigerate until ready to use
Paula Schuck
OMG Dennis! Do you have any idea how much I love buffalo chicken? It is a favourite here. Grabs recipe and runs to grocery store to get all the things to make these right away. YUM.
Melanie
My husband likes buffalo chicken tacos. I’ve never made them at home, though. I will have to try out your recipe for him soon!
Jeanette
Oh my gosh is this look so good! Today is Tuesday and because of that we like to do tacos and I think these are what I’m going to make.
candy
Tacos overnight not just on Tuesday would be okay with my family. So many ways to make a wonderful taco now.
Sarah Bailey
Now, this sounds like a delicious slaw to go with your tacos! I 100% admit that I will try anything with cheese in as well – that always catches my eye.
Karen
That is the tastiest – and fanciest – looking taco I’ve ever seen. All those flavors sound so wonderful together.
robin rue
Those tacos sound really tasty. Since we have tacos, or some form of Mexican food, every tuesday – I am always looking to change it up.
Mary Pisarkiewicz
Oh this looks absolutely faboulous!
Chef Dennis Littley
thank you Mary, they really were delicious!
Carolyn @ Cabot Cheese
Great idea for Taco Tuesday tonight!~Carolyn @ Cabot Creamery
Chef Dennis Littley
Thanks Carolyn!
David @ CookingChat
We often do “Taco Tuesdays” here, might need to try this for one of those. Looks tasty as usual!
Chef Dennis Littley
Thanks David! Its a nice change of pace for taco night
Muna Kenny
I couldn’t stop staring at the pictures, it looks sooo delicious Chef! A great and flavorful meal indeed.
Chef Dennis Littley
Thank you! they were very tasty!
Swathi
Delicious tacos, love that dressing a lot, I will try it.
minnie@thelady8home
Lovely idea Chef. I do a lot of tacos, and this is a great take.
Chef Dennis Littley
Thanks Minnie, Happy to hear that you liked my take on tacos!
Laura @Travelocafe
Great recipe, and everything so wonderfully explained. I will have to try it.
Chef Dennis Littley
thank Laura, they were a nice change to our menu!
Christine at Cook the Story
What a fun twist on Buffalo chicken!
Chef Dennis Littley
it seemed like a good idea to me Christine and proved to be oh so delicious!