I love buffalo wings. When I was pregnant with my son, who is now 7, I couldn't get enough of them. To this day I am still a fan. My husband, however, is not a huge fan. He can take 'em or leave 'em. Imagine my surprise one day last week when he said he had seen a recipe for some buffalo chicken wraps and asked if maybe I would make some buffalo chicken strips. Ummmm...have you not realized my love for buffalo wings, especially when doused in a healthy serving of Ranch dressing? It's just the bones I don't like. At all. So I decided that I would come up with my own concoction. We had some friends coming over, so I figured I'd just test it out on them. My back up plan was ordering pizza, just in case there was a disaster in the kitchen. Unfortunately the pizza delivery guy didn't get our business that night. My husband and his friend inhaled their chicken. They didn't cut it into tiny little bites to savor the flavor. I had taken maybe three bites, and they were helping themselves to another serving. When my husband asked me last night to make that "Buffalo Chicken Stuff" again, and sooner than later, I realized it was a success.
Buffalo Chicken Stuff
4 chicken breasts, pounded thin
2 sticks butter
Louisiana hot sauce, or whatever brand you prefer
2 cups plain bread crumbs
1 package Ranch dressing mix
2 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded - provolone will also work
Melt one stick of butter and mix in 4 tablespoons of hot sauce. You can use more if you like a little more kick. In a large ziploc baggie add the chicken and the butter mixture, coating the chicken. Throw it in the fridge to marinate for an hour or so. Melt the other stick of butter adding several tablespoons of the hot sauce. Place this in a shallow bowl. In another bowl, mix the bread crumbs with the Ranch dressing mix. Grease an 8x8 baking dish. Get out your marinated chicken breasts and prepare to get messy! Place one chicken breast on a plate and add 1/4 cup of the cheese on top of the chicken. Roll up the chicken, then roll the chicken around in the melted butter. Next, coat the chicken with breadcrumbs. Place the chicken seam side down in the baking dish. Repeat with the remaining chicken breasts. Drizzle the rest of the butter over the chicken. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Take out of the oven, top with the rest of the cheese, and bake another 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted. Enjoy!
