Sweet & spicy chicken strips with blue cheese dipping sauce
4
Points®
Total time: 40 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
You don't need a deep fryer for sweet-and-spicy wings. Instead, wow the crowd with oven baked chicken tenders coated in flour and a tangy sauce made with both barbecue and hot sauce. Serve with a creamy blue cheese dipping sauce and crisp celery sticks and you’ve got the perfect party appetizer that will please a variety of tastes. You can also turn this hearty party fare into a meal by serving the cooked tenders over a garden salad made with mixed greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, and shredded carrots and use the blue cheese mixture as a dressing. If chicken tenderloins aren’t available at your supermarket, use boneless chicken breasts and slice them into thick strips.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour
¼ cup(s)
Table salt
¼ tsp(s)
Black pepper
¼ tsp(s)
Uncooked boneless skinless chicken breast tenderloins
1 pound(s)
Barbecue sauce
½ cup(s)
Hot pepper sauce
2 tbsp(s)
Celery
4 stalk(s), medium, cut into 2-inch sticks
Reduced-fat sour cream
½ cup(s)
Reduced fat crumbled blue cheese
2 tbsp(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
2
Combine flour, salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Mix well with a fork to combine. Add chicken tenders (or breast pieces) and turn to coat.
3
Combine barbecue sauce and hot sauce in a separate shallow dish. Add flour-coated chicken and turn to coat. Transfer chicken to prepared baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Bake 30 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
4
Combine sour cream and cheese and mix well. Serve chicken with dip and celery sticks on side.
5
Yields about 2 chicken tenders and 1 tablespoons dip per serving.
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