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Grilled Buffalo Chicken Strips

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on November 9, 2011

Time

30 minutes

Yield

Serves 4

Grilled Buffalo Chicken Strips

Ingredients

½ cup crumbled blue cheese 6 tablespoons sour cream ¼ cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon cider vinegar ⅛ teaspoon celery salt ½ cup hot sauce 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted1 ½ pounds chicken tenderloins Salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Combine blue cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, vinegar, and celery salt in bowl. Whisk hot sauce and butter in large bowl and reserve 1/2 cup. Add chicken strips to bowl with remaining hot sauce mixture and toss to coat.
  2. Season chicken with salt and pepper and grill over hot fire until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to platter and brush with reserved hot sauce mixture. Serve with blue cheese sauce.
Grilled Buffalo Chicken Strips

Grilled Buffalo Chicken Strips

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Time

30 minutes

Yield

Serves 4

Ingredients

½ cup crumbled blue cheese
6 tablespoons sour cream
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
⅛ teaspoon celery salt
½ cup hot sauce
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 ½ pounds chicken tenderloins
Salt and pepper

Ingredients

½ cup crumbled blue cheese
6 tablespoons sour cream
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
⅛ teaspoon celery salt
½ cup hot sauce
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 ½ pounds chicken tenderloins
Salt and pepper

Ingredients

½ cup crumbled blue cheese
6 tablespoons sour cream
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
⅛ teaspoon celery salt
½ cup hot sauce
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 ½ pounds chicken tenderloins
Salt and pepper

Why This Recipe Works

Boneless chicken strips can get dry and leathery on the grill. We wanted a Grilled Buffalo Chicken Strips recipe that produced tender, juicy meat, so we quickly grilled our chicken strips over high heat. For extra flavor and heat, we gave the grilled strips a final brush with hot sauce. Making our own chicken strips was easy: We sliced boneless, skinless breasts lengthwise into 3/4-inch strips. Unless you’ve got a high tolerance for heat, be sure to use a relatively mild hot sauce in our Grilled Buffalo Chicken Strips recipe, such as Frank’s Red Hot.

Instructions

  1. Combine blue cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, vinegar, and celery salt in bowl. Whisk hot sauce and butter in large bowl and reserve 1/2 cup. Add chicken strips to bowl with remaining hot sauce mixture and toss to coat.
  2. Season chicken with salt and pepper and grill over hot fire until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to platter and brush with reserved hot sauce mixture. Serve with blue cheese sauce.

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