Buffalo chicken chili is a fun twist on classic chili. This easy Instant Pot dinner combines ground chicken, buffalo sauce and some pantry staples to make one delicious meal. The best part? It’s all make in the Instant Pot and ready in 25 minutes! Let me show you how to make this easy Instant Pot buffalo chicken chili.

What is Buffalo Chicken Chili?

Buffalo Chicken Chili is a white chili. Like wine, we have white and red chili. This recipe is a creamy, delicious white.

What’s the Difference?

White chili and red chili are total opposites of each other.

Red chili is the classic chili most of us know. It is rich and meaty with crushed tomatoes, dark red kidney beans, and typically ground beef with warm spices.

White, on the other hand, is made with chicken instead of ground beef and without tomatoes. However, it still has beans!

Although they are total opposites, they are both an exceptional dish for Sunday dinner and game nights! Additionally, this Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Chili is perfect for potlucks.

Instant Pot Buffalo Chili Ingredients

• 1 pound Ground chicken
• 1 cup of pre-diced Onion, celery, and carrot soup starter
• 15 oz canned White navy beans (drained and rinsed)
• 14.5 oz can Fire roasted tomatoes
• 2 cups Chicken broth
• 1/4 cup Buffalo wing sauce
• 1 tbsp. Minced garlic
• 1 can Corn kernels
• 1/2 tsp. Smoked paprika
• ½ tsp. Cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp. Onion powder
• 1/2 tsp. Garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• Green onions to garnish

Ground chicken – You can normally find ground chicken in the meat department in the chicken section. If you can find ground chicken you can use leftover chicken, rotisserie chicken or even shredded chicken breasts.

Pre-diced soup starter – This can be found in either in the produce section in the freezer section. Some stores have it fresh, but frozen works too. If you can’t find it, you can dice you own carrots, onion and celery.

Canned goods – You can find the majority of the ingredients for this chili in the canned good aisle. Grab your favorite corn kernels, diced tomatoes, and beans. You also need buffalo wing sauce (mine was on the bottom shelf) and chicken broth.

Spices – I used fresh garlic, smoked paprika, cayenne, onion and garlic powder plus salt. Feel free to customize the spices to your liking!

How to make Buffalo Chili in the Instant Pot

This recipe is super easy to make. It serves up to 6 people and is completely ready in 25-minutes. Follow the steps below to have dinner on the table in less than an hour.

Step 1 Sauté the Chicken: Push the sauce button and let your Instant Pot heat up. Then, add the ground chicken and sauté (use butter or oil to sauté). Stir often to break apart the meat.

Step 2 Sauté the Veggies: Next, add the garlic, onion, carrots, and celery to your Instant Pot. Continue to sauté until tender.

Step 3 – Add the Rest: Turn off the sauté function. Add the beans, corn, tomatoes, broth, sauces and seasonings to the Instant Pot.

Step 4 – Cook on Manual Pressure: Then, place your lid on your Instant Pot, press manual or pressure cook button and set for 10-minutes.

Step 5 – Naturally Release: Let your chili naturally release pressure for 5-minutes. After 5-minutes, you can do a quick release for the rest of the steam.

Step 6- Garnish and serve!

How to Make in the Crock Pot

If you like the aroma of a slow cooked chili throughout the day, you can cook this chili in a crock pot as well. The great thing about your Instant Pot is that it can be used as a slow cooker as well. This is a great option if you know what you are making for dinner, but want it to be done at a certain time.

Step 1 – Brown the chicken: To make your Buffalo Chili in a slow cooker, you will begin with cooking the ground chicken. Brown the chicken until it is fully cooked.

Step 2 – Add remaining ingredients: After browning your chicken, add all your ingredients into the slow cooker and give it a good stir.

Step 3 – Cook: Cook your chili on high for 4 to 5 hours or on low for 8 hours.

Note *If you are using your Instant Pot as a slow cooker, you may need to add an additional 30 to 50 minutes to the cook time as it doesn’t work quite as well as the crock pot.*

How to Store Leftovers

One of the things I love about chili is that you plop it in the fridge and when you warm it up, it tastes just as good as it did the day you made it. In fact, sometimes it tastes better because the beans had a lot of time to really absorb the seasoning.

You can easily store this chili in a storage container in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.

How to Freeze Chili

Another way to store your chili is to freeze it. This is a great option if you don’t want your husband to eat beans for 3 days in a row. We all know how smelly that can get…

The bad thing about chili is that if you freeze it for longer than 2-months, it has a freezer burn flavor when you eat it.

To freeze your chili, you want to put it in a ziplock freezer bag or an airtight container and into the freezer the same day you make it. Be sure to only keep it for 2-months.

Other Buffalo Chicken Recipes

If you love the Buffalo Chicken flavor, there are a variety of other recipes you can try. Here are just a few to check out:

• Buffalo Chicken Wrap
• Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Sliders
• Buffalo Chicken Tacos
• Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip

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