Post by Rinconrolla on Dec 29, 2011 15:04:32 GMT -5
Spice up your life with these tasty little buffalo wings. With ingredients like paprika, hot pepper sauce, butter, and cayenne pepper, you can't go wrong with these bite-sized snacks. Dip these hot wings in a creamy, delicious blue cheese dip to cool things down a bit. Perfect for a party appetizer or afternoon snack.
Top ideas for dinner tonight:
•30-minute (or less) spring dinners
•Quick and easy chicken dishes
•Garden-fresh entrée salads
ingredients
12 chicken wings (about 2 pounds)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
3 tablespoons bottled hot pepper sauce
2 teaspoons paprika
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 recipe Blue Cheese Dip or Low-Fat Blue Cheese Dip
Celery sticks (optional)
directions
1.Cut off and discard tips of chicken wings. Cut wings at joints to form 24 pieces. Place chicken wing pieces in a resealable plastic bag set in a shallow dish.
2.For marinade, stir together melted butter, hot pepper sauce, paprika, salt, and cayenne pepper. Pour over chicken wings; seal bag. Marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes. Drain; discard marinade.
3.Place the chicken wing pieces on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Turn chicken wings. Broil for 10 to 15 minutes more or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Serve with Blue Cheese Dip and, if desired, celery sticks.
4.Makes 12 appetizer servings
5.Blue Cheese Dip: In a blender or food processor combine 1/2 cup dairy sour cream,1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing, 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese,1 tablespoon white wine vinegar or white vinegar, and 1 clove garlic, minced. Cover and blend or process until smooth. Cover and chill for up to 1 week. If desired, top with additional crumbled blue cheese before serving. Makes 1-1/4 cups.
6.Low-Fat Blue Cheese Dip: Prepare as above, except substitute fat-free dairy sour cream and fat-free mayonnaise dressing or salad dressing for the regular sour cream and mayonnaise. Nutrition Facts per serving: 149 cal., 10 g total fat (4 g sat. fat), 38 mg chol., 283 mg sodium, 3 g carbo., 0 g fiber, 11 g pro. Daily Values: 11% vit. A, 1% vit. C, 5% calcium, 3% iron Exchanges: 1 1/2 Lean Meat, 1 1/2 Fat
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