Buffalo Chicken Strips With Blue Cheese Salad`

Posted by Deb Puchalla

I'm unashamed to admit I love buffalo chicken in any form.  Buffalo wings, with their sticky, buttery hot sauce, have been around since the '60s -- thanks, Buffalo, New York -- but I came to love them at my college watering hole, after Terps football games.

Using strips instead of wings and including a salad instead of veggie sticks, this recipe is slightly more grown-up and easy to make at home, and might be my favorite.

It packs a punch but uses boneless, skinless chicken and is easy to make into a twofer for my kids, who find the sauce too spicy. Instead of using pricey cutlets or tenders, you cut breasts into strips -- I buy 2 pounds instead of 1 1/2 and leave some sauceless for Will and Joe.

The boys stick with the classic accompaniment (celery sticks), but I prefer our blue cheese salad, with plenty of greens. End with a big cookie. Touchdown!

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes

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Comments

[Loretta Armstrong]

I read you article about Buffalo Chicken wings from Up State New York. I was born an raised in Buffalo. It is not in Up State New York. It is considered by residents as Western New York, that is where Buffalo Chicken Wings originated. Up Stae New York is any location North of Albany and the Catskills. Buffalo where chicken wings originated is in Western New York not upstate New York, It is the western part of the state.

[Deb Puchalla]

Loretta, Yikes! Thanks for pointing this out; I'm sorry to show my geographic shortcomings, but I've fixed it. Do you at least like buffalo chicken, she asks, with hope? :)

[Charity]

Love this idea. I too am a huge fan of buffalo chicken, but I have to admit that I'd never had a wing until I was at least 25! Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, it just didn't come up. (Not saying that there are no wings, I just didn't go to a lot of bars or pubs so maybe I missed them...?) Anyway, now that I've lived in NYC for a number of years, I'm happy to have found these tasty treats.

I've also tried making buffalo chicken calazones, using pizza dough from a local restaurant and filling with lots of cheese, chicken, red onions and of course that buttery hot sauce. Delicious!

[EJ]

Thanks for this flavor inspiration! I'm from the South, where we call them "hot wings" instead of "Buffalo wings," but the sauce is the same. I'd never thought to put them on a salad. Delish!

I admit to cheating - I used frozen, baked chicken nuggets, then coated them with the sauce. It made for a great flavorful-but-light 4th of July dinner.

I admit to going overboard, though. I mixed a few tablespoons of the Buffalo sauce into my french onion dip - a new crowd favorite. Thanks again!

[Rebecca (Foodie With Family)]

Hi! As another Western New Yorker, I'd like to throw my Buffalo nickel's worth into the conversation.

Most of the folks I know refer to "Buffalo wings" simply as "wings". In my opinion, wing sauce is one of the best flavor combinations ever concocted. ...And without blue cheese? Forgetaboutit. The wings need the blue cheese...

And may I offer you a suggestion about pleasing the kids? Simply mix less potent sauce for their chicken. You make the hot sauce for yourselves, toss it with your wings, add a large amount of more melted butter to the remaining sauce and then toss it with the kids wings. Problem solved and everyone gets the flavor!