• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Chef Dennis
  • Recipe Index
  • On the Road
  • About
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipe Index
  • About
  • Contact
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipe Index
    • About
    • Contact
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Recipes » Chicken Recipes

    Buffalo Chicken Tacos Recipe

    Published: Nov 13, 2018 · Modified: Jun 25, 2022 by Chef Dennis Littley

    4.6K shares
    • Facebook4.3K
    • Email
    5 from 12 votes
    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
    pinterest image for buffalo chicken tacos

    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!

    overhead shot of Buffalo Chicken Taco with lime slices

    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!

    overhead shot of two Buffalo Chicken Tacos with lime slices on a white platter

    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!

    side view of Buffalo Chicken Taco with lime slices and part of another taco in the background

    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.

    If you enjoyed this recipe you may also like these:

    • Grilled Shrimp Street Tacos
    • Baja-Style Fish Tacos
    • Blackened Chicken Taco Bar
    • Etoufee Street Tacos

    [full social]

    buffalo chicken taco
    Print Recipe Save Saved!
    5 from 12 votes

    Table of Contents:

    • Buffalo Chicken Tacos with a Bleu Cheese Slaw
      • Ingredients
        • Buffalo Chicken Tacos
        • Buffalo Sauce
        • Blue Cheese Slaw
        • Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
      • Instructions
        • Chicken Thighs
        • Buffalo Sauce
        • Bleu Cheese Dressing
        • Slaw
      • Nutrition

    Buffalo Chicken Tacos with a Bleu Cheese Slaw

    Perfect for game day or an extra delicious taco night, my Buffalo Chicken Tacos will have your family and friends cheering and asking for seconds and thirds!
    Prep Time25 minutes mins
    Cook Time40 minutes mins
    Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
    Course: Entree
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 691kcal
    Author: Chef Dennis Littley

    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
    US Customary – Metric
    Prevent your screen from going dark

    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

    Nutrition

    Calories: 691kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 2140mg | Potassium: 527mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 699IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 238mg | Iron: 3mg
    Tried this Recipe? Pin it for Later!Mention @askChefDennis or tag #askChefDennis!

    More Chicken Recipes

    • Seasoned smoked chicken legs on a white platter.
      Smoked Chicken Legs
    • Chicken schnitzel on a white plate with lemon circles and asparagus.
      Chicken Schnitzel
    • chicken and cheese enchiladas being lifted out of baking dish with spatula.
      Tex-Mex Chicken Enchiladas
    • roasted red pepper soup in a white bowl.
      Roasted Red Pepper Soup

    About Chef Dennis

    Picture of Chef Dennis

    Chef Dennis Littley is a classically trained chef with over 40 years of experience working in the food service industry. In his second career as a food blogger he has made it his mission to demistify cooking by sharing his time-tested recipes, knowledge, and chef tips to help you create easy-to-make restaurant-quality meals in your home kitchen. Let Chef Dennis help you bring the joy of cooking into your home. For more details, check out his About page.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

      Leave a Comment Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




      This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    1. Marcie W.

      November 13, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      5 stars
      What a unique spin on traditional tacos! These would also be great for game day. Yum!

      Reply
    2. Alli Smith

      November 13, 2018 at 1:41 pm

      5 stars
      I’m now craving these tacos. The grilled corn and the homemade bleu cheese dressing for the slaw sound divine! I have to make these soon.

      Reply
    3. Melissa Chapman

      November 13, 2018 at 11:16 am

      Your buffalo chicken tacos do look amazing and everyone loves a good taco. I will reccomend this to anyone for a game day snack or meal.

      Reply
    4. GiGi Eats

      November 13, 2018 at 10:27 am

      5 stars
      Mmmm chicken! Now I am going to want some Mexican FOOD todayyy!

      Reply
    5. Amber Myers

      November 13, 2018 at 10:12 am

      5 stars
      These look like some tasty tacos. I like my food with a kick, so this is perfect for me. I need to make them for dinner.

      Reply
    6. Paula Schuck

      November 13, 2018 at 9:51 am

      5 stars
      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.

      Reply
    7. Melanie

      November 13, 2018 at 9:43 am

      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!

      Reply
    8. Jeanette

      November 13, 2018 at 8:59 am

      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.

      Reply
    9. candy

      November 13, 2018 at 8:52 am

      Tacos overnight not just on Tuesday would be okay with my family. So many ways to make a wonderful taco now.

      Reply
    10. Sarah Bailey

      November 13, 2018 at 8:52 am

      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.

      Reply
    11. Karen

      November 13, 2018 at 8:47 am

      5 stars
      That is the tastiest – and fanciest – looking taco I’ve ever seen. All those flavors sound so wonderful together.

      Reply
    12. robin rue

      November 13, 2018 at 8:39 am

      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.

      Reply
    13. Mary Pisarkiewicz

      September 06, 2016 at 10:34 am

      Oh this looks absolutely faboulous!

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        September 07, 2016 at 4:30 pm

        thank you Mary, they really were delicious!

        Reply
    14. Carolyn @ Cabot Cheese

      September 06, 2016 at 6:47 am

      Great idea for Taco Tuesday tonight!~Carolyn @ Cabot Creamery

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        September 06, 2016 at 7:43 am

        Thanks Carolyn!

        Reply
    15. David @ CookingChat

      August 02, 2014 at 6:16 am

      We often do “Taco Tuesdays” here, might need to try this for one of those. Looks tasty as usual!

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        August 02, 2014 at 8:22 am

        Thanks David! Its a nice change of pace for taco night

        Reply
    16. Muna Kenny

      July 26, 2014 at 7:19 am

      5 stars
      I couldn’t stop staring at the pictures, it looks sooo delicious Chef! A great and flavorful meal indeed.

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        July 26, 2014 at 9:19 am

        Thank you! they were very tasty!

        Reply
    17. Swathi

      July 18, 2014 at 1:45 pm

      Delicious tacos, love that dressing a lot, I will try it.

      Reply
    18. minnie@thelady8home

      July 17, 2014 at 12:45 pm

      Lovely idea Chef. I do a lot of tacos, and this is a great take.

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        July 17, 2014 at 4:33 pm

        Thanks Minnie, Happy to hear that you liked my take on tacos!

        Reply
    19. Laura @Travelocafe

      July 17, 2014 at 11:12 am

      5 stars
      Great recipe, and everything so wonderfully explained. I will have to try it.

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        July 17, 2014 at 4:33 pm

        thank Laura, they were a nice change to our menu!

        Reply
    20. Christine at Cook the Story

      July 17, 2014 at 9:02 am

      What a fun twist on Buffalo chicken!

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        July 18, 2014 at 8:12 am

        it seemed like a good idea to me Christine and proved to be oh so delicious!

        Reply
    Newer Comments »

    Primary Sidebar

    pinterest image for buffalo chicken tacos


    My name is Dennis Littley or “Chef Dennis” as I’m known both at work and across the blogosphere. As a classically trained chef with 40+ years of experience in the kitchen, I share my time-tested recipes, knowledge, and chef tips to help you create easy-to-make restaurant-quality meals in your home kitchen.

    More about me →

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

    Fan Favorites

    • loaf of homemade artisan bread on a wooden cutting board
      Almost No-Knead Artisan Bread Recipe
    • 2 Maryland crab cakes on a white plate
      Baked Maryland Crab Cakes Recipe
    • chicken parm with pasta on a white plate
      Chicken Parmesan Recipe
    • seasoned crispy chicken legs on a foil wrapped tray
      Best Baked Chicken Legs {Drumsticks}
    • side view of slice of bee sting cake being taken out of full cake
      German Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich) Recipe
    • Tiramisu with a fork on a white plate
      Best Tiramisu Recipe {step by step}
    • overhead view of barbecued half racks of baby back ribs on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs
    • overhead view of veal parm and linguine on a white plate
      Restaurant Style Veal Parm Recipe

    Featured In

    logos of all the places chef dennis has been featured

    Popular Posts

    • crispy seasoned chicken leg quarters on a white platter
      Best Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
    • cropped-Gunniess-Beef-Stew-13.jpg
      Authentic Guinness Beef Stew Recipe
    • overhead shot of baked crab imperial on a white plate with sauteed greens and roasted potatoes
      Maryland Style Jumbo Lump Crab Imperial
    • close up of half a chicken salad sandwich on a white plate
      Best Chicken Salad – Deli Style
    • oysters rockefeller with a slice of lemon on a bed of rock salt on a white platter
      How to Make Restaurant Style Oysters Rockefeller
    • sliced dry rub roasted brisket with cilantro and tomatoes on on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Beef Brisket Recipe
    • rack of pork with end cut off
      Oven Roasted Rack of Pork {Pork Rib Roast}
    • sliced meatloaf with the rest of meatloaf on a white platter
      Classic Meatloaf Recipe with Zesty Glaze

    Footer

    pinterest image for buffalo chicken tacos

    ↑ back to top

    INFO

    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Accessibility Policy

    SUBSCRIBE

    Sign Up Today and start getting my easy-to-make restaurant-quality recipes!

    CONTACT

    • About
    • Contact
    © 2009-2023 · Ask Chef Dennis ·

    Proud Member of:
    Mediavine Publisher Network
    4.6K shares
    • 4.3K