
This is buffalo pulled chicken with a cucumber ranch sauce. I got the recipe from Pillsbury's 45th Contest Bake-Off 100 winning recipes cook book. I used my own buffalo pulled chicken which I made in the crock pot with celery, onion, garlic, chicken breast, and Frank's buffalo hot sauce. I slow cooked the chicken for 4 hours and then pulled it with a fork after letting it rest for 10 minutes. I am not normally a fan of ranch dressing, but I bought light ranch from the store just for this recipe. It was definitely worth it! I diced some celery with the thinly sliced cucumbers and added some dill weed. I didn't really like the Pillsbury crusty french loaf that the recipe called for. I would put it on sandwich thins the next time I try it. Here's the recipe.
Ingredients:
1 can Pillsbury refrigerated crusty French loaf
1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
3 cups shredded chicken
1/4 teaspoon glarlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 ground black pepper
1/2 cup hot red pepper sauce
1/4 cup butter (salted or unsalted)
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups cucumber
1/4 cup diced celery
1/3 cup blue cheese dressing
1/2 teaspoon dill weed
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Carefully unroll loaf of dough: press into 15x9 inch rectangle. Cut in half lengthwise: cut crosswise into thirds, forming 6 pieces. Brush each piece with olive oil. To make rolls, fold each piece of dough almost in half crosswise, bringing top end of dough to within 1/4 inch of botton end (oiled surfaces will be touching). Place on cookie sheet. In small bowl, beat egg and water with fork; brush on tops of rolls.
*I found the crusty French loaf difficult to deal with. It did not unroll very well and it was not evenly spread on the cookie sheet. This is why I suggest using bread, buns, or sandwich thins.
2. Bake 12 to 20 minutes or until rolls are golden brown. Cool 5 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in large bowl, stir together chicken, garlic powder, salt and pepper; mix well. In small microwaveable bowl, microwave pepper sauce, butter, and honey on high 15-30 seconds or until butter is melted; stir. Add to chicken mixture; mix well. In another medium bowl, add cucumber, celery, dressing and dill; toss to combine.
4. To serve, gently open sandwich rolls. Fill each with about 1/3 cup chicken mixture; top with scant 1/4 cup of the cucumber mixture. Serve with any remaining cucumber mixture.
You have a lot of great recipes! Their traditional enough for picky eaters and interesting enough for adventurous eaters. Go you!
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