Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins
- 8 ounces, weight Sour Cream
- 4 ounces, weight Blue Cheese, Crumbled
- 1/2 whole Lemon, Zested
- 1/2 teaspoons Garlic Salt
- 1 pinch Cracked Black Pepper
- 1/4 cups Milk (optional)
- 6 whole Russet Potatoes, Cleaned
- 1 cup All-purpose Flour
- 3 whole Eggs
- 1 cup Yellow Corn Meal
- 5 whole Chicken Tenders
- 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- 1- 1/2 cup Canola Oil
- 1/2 Tablespoons Salt
- 1/2 cups Franks RedHot Sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- 1 whole Rib Of Celery, Sliced Thinly
- Begin by preheating your oven to 400 F. Poke the top of each potato with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
- Cook in the oven for 1 hour.
- Once cooked, remove from the baking sheet, and place on a plate to let them cool for about 15 minutes.
- Once your potatoes are cooled, use a sharp bread knife and cut lengthwise, into three segments for each potato.
- So you are making three long slices.
- Each potato will yield two skins, right?
- Discard the middle slice or use it for breakfast the following morning.
- Or heck for that matter, add some butter, salt, and cream, and make some rustic mashed potatoes.
- So in the end you will have 12 potato skins plus that middle section that you are going to use for something else!
- Set the skins aside.
- Make the blue cheese sauce.
- Now this sauce makes quiet a bit, so if you do not want to make this much, feel free to cut the recipe in half.
- Otherwise, make it and use it as a spread for sandwiches or crackers.
- Combine the sour cream, blue cheese, lemon zest, garlic salt, black pepper, and milk in a mixing bowl.
- Mix the ingredients with a fork, crumbling the blue cheese as you go.
- Mix it into a nice sauce.
- Cover, and store in the refrigerator.
- This sauce can be made the day before as well.
- Next, make the chicken.
- Add the flour to a plate.
- Add the eggs into a bowl and beat them.
- Add the cornmeal onto another plate.
- Take a chicken tender and roll it in the flour.
- Shake off any excess flour, then roll it in the egg mixture.
- Then roll it in the cornmeal and set it on a plate.
- Repeat with remaining chicken tenders.
- Next, melt 4 tablespoons of butter in the microwave, heating for 30-60 seconds or until melted.
- Get your broiler heated to high.
- Brush the butter on the inside and outside of each potato skin and place them back onto the baking sheet.
- Season the inside of each skin with salt and pepper.
- Place the skins under the broiler for 8-10 minutes or until the insides get a bit crispy from the melted butter.
- Remove them from the oven and prepare everything for the next step.
- Turn the oven down to 400 F when you pull the skins out of the oven.
- Next, add the canola oil into a large, non stick skillet and bring it up to a medium high heat until it reaches about 350 F.
- Add in the breaded chicken strips and cook for about 4 minutes per side.
- Once cooked remove them from the oil and place on a paper lined plate to drain any excess oil.
- Add the Franks Red Hot sauce and 2 tablespoons butter to a saucepan and bring that up to medium heat and cook until the butter is melted.
- Give that a good stir then remove from heat.
- Chop up the chicken and add this to a bowl.
- Add in the Franks Red Hot sauce and give that a good stir.
- Add the chicken to the top of the potato skins, and place back into a 400 F oven for about 5 minutes to heat everything through.
- Remove the skins from the oven, and finish assembling them.
- Drizzle a generous amount of the blue cheese dressing on top of the chicken, and garnish with the thinly sliced celery.
- Feel free to drizzle any remaining Franks Red Hot sauce over the top, and dig in.
- The end result is everything you would expect with great Buffalo chicken, except it is nestled into a potato skin.
- Its the best of both worlds.
- These potato skins were awesome.
- The spice along with the blue cheese sauce, well, lets just say youll love them.
- I hope you enjoy!
cream, cheese, lemon, garlic, pepper, milk, potatoes, allpurpose, eggs, chicken tenders, butter, canola oil, salt, butter, rib of celery
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/buffalo-chicken-potato-skins-2/ (may not work)