Healthy Buffalo Chicken Bites with Homemade Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 111.4
- Total Fat: 5.7 g
- Cholesterol: 39.4 mg
- Sodium: 362.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 1.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
- Protein: 14.1 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Healthy Buffalo Chicken Bites with Homemade Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce calories by ingredient
Introduction
A Super Bowl Finger-Food FavoriteTackling a Super Bowl party this year? No problem! We’ve given a South Beach Diet-friendly twist to this traditional game-watching favorite to help you stick to your healthy eating plan. These Buffalo Chicken Bites can be prepared ahead of time, so you won’t have to miss a touchdown — or a good commercial!
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hDietTMNewsletter_20110206 A Super Bowl Finger-Food Favorite
Tackling a Super Bowl party this year? No problem! We’ve given a South Beach Diet-friendly twist to this traditional game-watching favorite to help you stick to your healthy eating plan. These Buffalo Chicken Bites can be prepared ahead of time, so you won’t have to miss a touchdown — or a good commercial!
http://www.southbeachdi
et.com/sbd/publicsite/super-bowl-finge
r-food-recipe.aspx?xid=nl_TheSouthBeac
hDietTMNewsletter_20110206
Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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Ingredients
3 tablespoons trans-fat-free margarine
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce, or more to taste
1 teaspoon canola oil
3 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 24 (1") cubes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 celery stalks, cut into 24 (1") pieces
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce (see directions below)
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce (Phase 1)
Makes 1/2 cup
Make-Ahead: Dip can be made up to 1 day ahead; refrigerate in a covered container and serve chilled or at room temperature.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
Hot pepper sauce
Makes 8 (3 Skewer) Servings
Directions
Instructions
Melt margarine in a medium nonstick saucepan. Whisk in hot pepper sauce and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until slightly thickened; set aside.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, add to pan, and cook, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes. Add margarine mixture to pan and gently toss chicken until well coated, 1 to 2 minutes.
Remove chicken from pan and skewer each cube with a toothpick. Skewer 1 piece of celery at the base of each. Arrange on a platter and serve with dip.
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce (Phase 1)
Instructions
Mash blue cheese in a medium bowl, leaving some small lumps. Whisk in the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce to taste. Transfer to a small bowl and serve with the chicken.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DAVEBOGUE.
Melt margarine in a medium nonstick saucepan. Whisk in hot pepper sauce and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until slightly thickened; set aside.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, add to pan, and cook, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes. Add margarine mixture to pan and gently toss chicken until well coated, 1 to 2 minutes.
Remove chicken from pan and skewer each cube with a toothpick. Skewer 1 piece of celery at the base of each. Arrange on a platter and serve with dip.
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce (Phase 1)
Instructions
Mash blue cheese in a medium bowl, leaving some small lumps. Whisk in the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce to taste. Transfer to a small bowl and serve with the chicken.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DAVEBOGUE.