Buffalo Chicken and Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

• 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Chicken

• 12 chicken tenders (about 12 ounces)
• 1/2 cup louisiana hot sauce
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 stalks celery, cut into 3 inch lengths

Directions

1. 1

   Dipping Sauce: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl, mixing well.

2. 2

   With the back of the mixing spoon, mash the blue cheese into the sour cream until almost all of the lumps are gone.

3. 3

   Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.

4. 4

   Chicken: Soak the chicken in the hot sauce in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

5. 5

   Put the flour in a pie tin and season with salt and Cajun seasoning.

6. 6

   Remove chicken from hot sauce, shake off excess, and dredge chicken in the flour.

7. 7

   Set on a baking rack.

8. 8

   Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

9. 9

   When the butter has stopped bubbling, add the chicken tenders and cook until golden and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.

10. 10

    Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels.

11. 11

    Serve warm with blue cheese dipping sauce and celery pieces.