Grilled Buffalo Chicken with Crunchy Celery Salad

By Valarie

Ingredients

• 1 whole Chicken (cut in 8 pieces)
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
• 1 cup Hot Sauce + 1 Cup Hot Sauce
• 1/2 cup Butter
• Salad
• 6 Ribs Celery (leaves included
• thinly sliced)
• 1 Cucumber (sliced)
• 1 Red Onion (thinly sliced)
• 3 ounces Maytag Blue Cheese (crumbled)
• Red Wine Vinegar
• Olive Oil

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 120mins
Adapted from abc.go.com

Preparation

Step 1

1

1 whole Chicken (cut in 8 pieces)
1 cup Hot Sauce

Combine 1 cup Hot Sauce and the Chicken in a zip top bag. Evenly coat the pieces, and marinate for 1 hour.

2

Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.

3

1 Cup Hot Sauce
1/2 cup Butter

In a sauce pot, combine the Hot Sauce and Butter over medium heat. Stir together until completely combined. Pour half of the Hot Sauce into a large bowl.

4

Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper

Remove the Chicken from the Hot Sauce, and season on both sides with Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper.

5

Arrange the Chicken on the grill, and cook for 15 minutes per side, or until cooked through. Once the Chicken has been flipped, begin to baste with the Buffalo Sauce. Remove Chicken pieces to the large bowl with sauce as they finish cooking. Once all of the Chicken is finished, toss the Chicken pieces in the sauce.

6

6 Ribs Celery (leaves included, thinly sliced)
1 Cucumber (sliced)
1 Red Onion (thinly sliced)
3 ounces Maytag Blue Cheese (crumbled)
Red Wine Vinegar
Olive Oil

Combine the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle with Olive Oil and Red Wine Vinegar to taste, and season with Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper. Add the Blue Cheese and toss.

7

Serve Chicken accompanied by the Crunchy Celery Salad.

Helpful Tips:
1. Can be cooked on the grill in the backyard or on a grill pan in the house.
2. The recipe is not restricted to buffalo sauce. Any desired hot sauce can be used.
3. For the Crunchy Celery Salad
- Very simple salad
- 2 parts oil to however much vinegar is put in for the vinaigrette.
- Save the celery leaves, they are great to incorporate into for the salad.