Baked Buffalo Chicken Bites with Blue Cheese Yogurt Dip

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Baked Buffalo Chicken Bites with Blue Cheese Yogurt Dip

Packed full of spicy flavor, these Baked Buffalo Chicken Bites are a healthy way to celebrate game day. Don’t forget the blue cheese yogurt dip! It’s life-changing. (Inspired by Pennies on a Platter).

Prep Time20

Cook Time30

Total Time50

Course: Appetizers

Cuisine: American

Servings: dinner-sized bites or 30 appetizer-sized

Calories: 170kcal

Author: Cassie Johnston

Ingredients

For the Blue Cheese Yogurt Dip:

1 cup 2% Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons finely-chopped cilantro
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup finely-diced red onion
Salt and pepper

For the Buffalo Chicken Bites:

Cooking spray
3 cups chopped cooked chicken about two large chicken breasts
¼-¾ cup buffalo wing sauce to taste
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 bunch green onions white and pale green parts chopped
4 ounces cream cheese softened
1 cup panko breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper

Instructions

Mix all the dip ingredients together well. Stash in the fridge while you prepare the chicken.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place a baking rack in the middle of a baking sheet, spray with cooking spray and set aside.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine chicken, wing sauce, cheese, green onions, and cream cheese. Pulse until well combined and no large chunks of chicken remain.
Mix panko and a pinch of salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Form chicken mixture into 2 ½″ balls (for dinner-sized) or 1 ½″ balls (for appetizer-sized). Roll the chicken balls in the panko and place in a greased cookie sheet.
Before cooking, spray the tops of the balls with cooking spray. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until tops of bites are brown and crunchy. Serve with celery sticks and the dip.

Notes

If the blue cheese yogurt dip is too thick to dip, just add a little water to thin it out.

Straight out of the oven, these tend to fall apart when dipped, wait 5-10 minutes before serving and they'll solidify nicely.

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