Low-Fat Buffalo Chicken Bites
With less than a week to go until the Super Bowl, I thought I would share a couple of recipes this week that you can make for your parties! Now, I have to admit that I could give two craps about the Super Bowl. Just not into it. But, any excuse to get together with friends and eat a bunch of food sounds good to me! And hey, at least the commercials are fun! You’ve heard me say before that my darling husband is a buffalo chicken fanatic. I have a few buffalo chicken recipes in my arsenal, but I wanted to make something new that was more of an appetizer. These buffalo chicken bites did the trick! They were tasty, easy to make, and low in fat! You should totally add these to your Super Bowl menu!!
Low-Fat Buffalo Chicken Bites
Low-Fat Buffalo Chicken Bites - Simple baked buffalo chicken bites that are perfect for parties or for a fun snack for the kiddos!
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked chicken, shredded (I used rotisserie chicken)
- 3 ounces fat-free or reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce (depending on how much buffalo flavor you want)
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 cups panko bread crumbs
- Optional: 1/4 cup green onion, sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a large baking sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and the buffalo sauce (and onion, if using).
- Add the flour, eggs, and panko to three shallow bowls. Take the chicken mixture and roll into 1 1/2-2 inch balls (I made mine way too big, they were more like 3 bites!). Roll each ball in the flour, then the egg, and then the panko. Place on a baking sheet and spray around each ball with olive oil spray (this helps brown the panko crumbs) and bake for about 15 minutes, then turn the balls over and bake for another 5 or 10 minutes until they are golden brown. Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping!!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
20Serving Size:
1 biteAmount Per Serving: Calories: 172Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 227mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 10g
34 Comments on “Low-Fat Buffalo Chicken Bites”
The blend of flavor ingredients does make my mouth water and that picture has a great influence also! Definitely worth trying, especially since they do not have all the fat like most appetizers.
Superbowl to me is not all that either, but I am sure friends and great food can really make it fun. Happy Monday!
Thank you, Tina! I think good food and friends can make any night fun!
Wow.. this is a keeper!!! Really fun recipe. When I first saw the title and picture I thought they were like chicken nuggets and then when you said use shredded chicken… I got it. It’s like a buffalo chicken dip in a crispy nugget. Brilliant!! Have a great week! ~ Ramona
Thanks, Ramona! I never even thought about calling them nuggets, but they are very similar!
The inside of those bites has me drooling. Chicken and cheese! YUM!
Thanks, Kristin! I love the creamy and cheesy filling too!
I keep getting more and more good ideas for the Super Bowl. I actually have to travel during the game for work but I plan on having all of the good eats on Saturday!
That stinks you have to travel, but at least you’ll get to enjoy the good eats on Saturday!
What a perfect game day recipe!! The inside of these bites look SO GOOD!!
Thank you, Liz!!
What a great idea! It is kind of like a crab cake, only with chicken and buffalo! How fun, and anything with buffalo sauce is great for game day!
Thanks, Erin! You’re totally right, they are sort of like a crab cake!!
These are wonderful! You can’t go wrong with LOW FAT buffalo chicken bites! Great recipe!
Thank you so much! :)
I’m on board with anything buffalo. These look PERFECT!
Thanks, Cassie! I’m happy to share buffalo chicken recipes with other buffalo fanatics! :)
These looked really, REALLY good…and then you cracked one open and I started drooling – WOW! That’s one heck of an appetizer! BRAVO!
Haha! Thanks, Ann! :)
Low fat and buffalo chicken?! I love everything about this!
Thanks, Sarah!
Stephanie….these look awesome! My younger son is huge ‘buffalo anything’ fan. So these sound perfect. And while I love buffalo wings….I’m happy to do without the bones! I’m not a football fan at all. But my boys are….so I think I will give these a try next weekend! : )
I’m not a fan of the bones either! Let me know if you make them!
Oh man, these look fantastic, especially with a cool dip! :) Wonderful recipe, and hard to believe they’re lightened up!
Thanks, Kiri! I figured we’d better have some lighter recipes amongst all the other crap! :P
Mmmm, yum! These look amazing. I love buffalo chicken anything but love the fact that these are a little less guilt inducing. Pinned it!
What a great idea! I’m not into the Super Bowl either and the only reason it matters to me is for the same reason you said, it’s an excuse to get together with friends and eat for a few hours. I love these bites, but I would probably eat them all by myself, which would defeat the low-fat part :)
Wow – so many delicious buffalo chicken recipes on different blogs. These look amazing and I like that they are baked!
They look just as good as the fried version, and I love that you’ve posted a healthy Super Bowl recipe. Buzzed!
Hi! quick questions for you- how many individual bites/balls does this recipe make? Thanks!
Hey Katie, if you make each bite about 1 1/2 inches, you will get around 45 pieces. If you make them a little bigger, you may get closer to 30. Hope that helps!
Thanks!! Super helpful!
I’ve had this marked to read for what seems like forever to me…. They look amazing, & I cannot wait to make them for my next girl’s night! They remind me of a certain appetizer from Chzcake Factory that we always get, It’s called buffalo something, and they’re are pure evil. These look like a much better alternative, thanks Steph!
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