Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

January 18, 2013 by

Buffalo Chicken

I’m tossing another Super Bowl dish at ya. Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos. Go long.

I’m so lame.

My darling husband isn’t much for appetizer or snack-type foods. Is he crazy?!! I know a few things that he can’t resist though and one of those things is buffalo chicken. The man loves all things buffalo chicken. Last year, I made these buffalo chicken bites. This year, it’s buffalo chicken taquitos. Because my man also loves taquitos. And well, so do I.

Buffalo Chicken

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Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Yield: About 12 taquitos

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
  • 1/3 cup buffalo sauce (can add more if desired)
  • 1/2 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 2 1/2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (colby and monterey jack cheese also works well)
  • 12 6-inch flour tortillas
  • cooking spray
  • ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, sour cream (for dipping)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.
  2. In a bowl, stir together the cream cheese and buffalo sauce. Then mix in the chicken, garlic and onion powders, and the cheese until everything is well-combined. If it seems dry, you can add in more buffalo sauce if desired.
  3. Place the tortillas on a microwavable plate. Place a damp paper towel on top and microwave for about 20 seconds.
  4. Spoon about 2-3 tablespoons of the chicken mixture down the middle of each tortilla. Roll it up nice and tight and place the on the baking sheet seam-side down. Spray the tops with some cooking spray.
  5. Bake for about 15 minutes. Flip over and spray with a little more of the spray. Bake for another 5 minutes or until golden brown.
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Buffalo Chicken
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Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese

November 11, 2011 by

If you read my blog regularly, you’ve probably heard me say that my husband is a buffalo chicken fanatic. Buffalo chicken sandwiches, buffalo chicken pizzas, and now, buffalo mac and cheese. I made this dish on the fly one night and it was a total hit with the Hubs. He immediately declared it one of his favorite meals that I have ever made. I was really surprised considering I had no recipe when I made this and wasn’t sure how it would turn out.

Now, if you’ve heard me say that my husband is a buffalo chicken fanatic, you’ve also probably heard me say that I am not as big of a fan. It’s not that I hate it, it’s just not my favorite. This mac and cheese was really tasty, but it is rich. Eat this buffalo mac with caution! For those of you who are little more health-conscious, fear not! I actually prepared myself a low-carb and low-fat pumpkin mac and cheese. I will share that recipe with you next week! Until then, have a great weekend everyone!

Oh, and if you have not done so already, please check out my post from earlier this week , The Perfect Tailgate Pasta Salad, I would really appreciate it if you all could check it out as I am trying to help my dear friend raise money by selling awesome pastas for her daughter’s school, The Katzenbach School for the Deaf in New Jersey!

Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese

Serves 4

Ingredients:

– 1/2 lb. pasta (elbow, rotini, shells, or farfalle works!)

– 2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (I used rotisserie chicken)

– 2 tbs. unsalted butter

– 2 tbs. flour

– 2 cups milk

– 2 cups cheddar cheese

– 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese

– 3/4 cup buffalo sauce (I like Frank’s Buffalo sauce)

– 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

– salt and pepper to taste

– 1/2 to 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs

– Optional: blue cheese crumbles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta until it is slightly al dente. While the pasta is cooking, you can start the cheese sauce. In a separate sauce pan, heat the butter on medium heat. Once it is mostly melted, add the flour and stir about 2 minutes. Add the milk and whisk until the flour is broken up. Add the cheddar and mozzarella cheese. Whisk continuously until the cheese is melted. Add 1/2 cup of the buffalo sauce, garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste.

2. Drain the pasta and add to a baking dish. Add the chicken. Pour the cheese over the sauce and mix until it is fully incorporated with the pasta (you may have a little extra left over, which I did, and just didn’t use). Drizzle the remaining 1/4 cup of the buffalo sauce over the pasta (you can use more if you want). Sprinkle the panko evenly over the top. Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until the bread crumbs have browned on top.
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Buffalo Chicken Pizza

May 28, 2011 by

My husband loves buffalo chicken and this is his favorite pizza that I make. I am not usually a fan of buffalo sauce, but I will say that this buffalo chicken pizza is pretty tasty and very easy to make. Unless I already have cooked chicken handy in my fridge, I like to buy a rotisserie chicken from our grocery store so that I can just shred up the meat. I make my own buffalo sauce for this one, but you can certainly just use a bottled buffalo sauce. The trick with this pizza is that since you are already using cooked chicken and you want to avoid drying it out, you have to cook the dough about halfway on its own before adding chicken and the cheese.

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Ingredients:

Serves 4

– 1 lb. chilled pizza dough
– 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded
– 1 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil
– 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
– 1/2 Tbs. unsalted butter
– 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs. Tabasco sauce
– 1 Tbs. garlic, minced
– 1/2 tsp. salt
– 1/2 tsp. black pepper
– 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare pizza stone or pizza pan by brushing a thin layer of extra virgin olive oil onto the stone or pan.

2. Coat dough and hands in the flour so that the dough does not stick to your hands. Roll out the dough until it is approximately 1/2 inch thick.

3. Using a pastry brush, brush the extra virgin olive oil all over the rolled out dough. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for approximately 5-7 minutes or until a very light golden brown. Remove dough from oven.

4. While dough is baking, melt butter in a bowl and mix in Tabasco sauce (by the way, if you don’t like a lot of hot flavor, you might want to do less of the Tabasco sauce), reserve 2 tablespoons of the sauce, toss chicken into the bowl and coat chicken evenly with remaining buffalo sauce.

5. Brush the 2 tbs. of buffalo sauce onto the precooked dough, spread cheese and chicken mixture evenly and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes or until golden brown and the cheese is fully melted.
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