Variety Of The Flying Mammal Type

I'm sure the title has you all sorts of confused. I'm actually talking about some Buffalo Chicken recipes. One of my biggest cravings (during and before pregnancy) is wing sauce. I love it, and can never seem to get enough of it. There are many ways to enjoy that spicy poultry that I love. Today, some of the recipes we're going to touch base on are Buffalo Chicken Skewers, Buffalo Chicken Pizza, and Buffalo Chicken Dip. I know these aren't your standard family dinners but with it being football season and the big game day coming up I thought you could use some foods like this. Plus these three seem way less messy, and no one wants to be picking up napkins for days after the wings are gone. Fear not though, should you be craving the classic we have finished out this post with the secret to Hooters hot wings.

Buffalo Chicken Skewers
by MyRecipes


Ingredients
    Dip:

•     3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
•     1/3 cup light mayonnaise
•     4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
•     1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
•     1/4 teaspoon red wine vinegar
•     Salt and pepper

Chicken:

•     4 tablespoons unsalted butter
•     1/2 cup hot wing sauce such as Frank's RedHot
•     1 tablespoon sugar
•     1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
•     1 tablespoon cayenne
•     1/2 cup all-purpose flour
•     1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 40 1-inch cubes
•     1/4 cup vegetable oil
•     Carrot and celery sticks, optional

Preparation
    1. Make dip: Pulse sour cream, mayonnaise, blue cheese, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar in a food processor until mixture has blended into a chunky sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill until ready to use. (Dip can be made up to 2 days ahead.)
    2. Make chicken: Stir butter, hot wing sauce, sugar and vinegar in a pan over medium-low heat until butter has melted. Remove from heat. In a large ziplock bag, mix cayenne, 1 tsp. pepper, 2 tsp. salt and flour. Add half of chicken and toss until well coated.
    3. In a large skillet, warm half of oil over medium-high heat. Remove chicken from bag, shaking off excess coating. Add to skillet and cook, turning on all sides, until chicken is crispy and no longer pink in the middle, about 6 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Wipe out skillet and repeat, tossing remaining chicken in coating and cooking in remaining oil.
    4. Rewarm hot sauce mixture in a pan or microwave. Pour over chicken in a large bowl; toss well to coat. Thread 2 pieces of chicken onto 20 small skewers. Serve with dip and carrots and celery, if desired.

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Buffalo Chicken Pizza
by CopyKat
I haven't tried this pizza, as I'm not a bleu cheese fan, but I felt that some of you may be so it should be represented.

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of chicken breasts boiled and shredded or 2 large cans of chicken, drained
• 1/3 cup Blue cheese salad dressing
• 1/2 cup Blue cheese crumbles
• 3/4 cup Mozzarella
• Wing Sauce
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup red hot sauce (**Frank’s Red Hot Sauce is excellent**)
• 1/4 cup chopped Chives
• Refridgerated pizza dough

DirectionsIn a small bowl, stir chicken together with 1/2 cup of hot sauce and 2 tablespoons of softened butter. Roll out the pizza dough and spread 1/3 cup of blue cheese dressing to cover the dough, leaving the edges uncovered for the crust.

Spread the chicken around evenly on the pizza dough, then top with 1 cup of mozzarella and 1/2 cup of blue cheese crumbles. Bake according to pizza dough directions, or at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes (watch for the crust to get golden brown). Remove the pizza from the oven and top with finely sliced chives.

Set out extra wing sauce & blue cheese dressing for people to dip their pizza in, too!

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Buffalo Chicken Dip

by Taste of Home

Ingredients

•     1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
•     1 can (10 ounces) chunk white chicken, drained
•     1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce
•     1/2 cup ranch salad dressing
•     2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
•     Tortilla chips

Directions
    Spread cream cheese into an ungreased shallow 1-qt. baking dish. Layer with chicken, buffalo wing sauce and ranch dressing. Sprinkle with cheese.
    Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve warm with tortilla chips. Yield: about 2 cups.

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Hooters' Hot Wings

by CopyKat

Yield: 12 servings.

• 2 cups whole-wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2½ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 4½ to 5 pounds chicken wings
• Hooters’ Hot Wing Sauce
• 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks Butter, softened)
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon paprika
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 3/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons chili sauce
Mix all ingredients together. This will store well in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Yield: approximately 2 1/2  cups of hot wing sauce.

In a large mixing bowl, mix the whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper together, and blend well. Cut the chicken wings into drumettes and flappers. Wash and drain the chicken. Coat the chicken in the flour mixture and refrigerate the wings for 90 minutes.

Prepare the Hooters Hot Wing Sauce. When you’re ready to deep-fry the chicken wings, heat the oil
to 375°F in a large pot or deep-fryer. Place the chicken pieces into the hot oil and do not crowd them. Fry the wings until they’re golden brown, then remove them from the oil and drain them on paper towels. When all the wings have been fried, place them in a large bowl.

Add the Hooters’ Hot Wing Sauce and mix completely. Use a fork or tongs to place the chicken pieces on a serving platter. Serve immediately (and with lots of paper towels!).