Description
These Buffalo Chicken Celery Sticks are a delicious and healthy appetizer perfect for game days or casual gatherings. Tender shredded chicken is coated in a creamy, tangy buffalo sauce mixture, then chilled and served atop crisp celery sticks, garnished with blue cheese crumbles and fresh green onions for added flavor and crunch.
Ingredients
Scale
Buffalo Chicken Salad
- ½ cup Buffalo wing sauce
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
Assembly
- 12 celery sticks, washed and trimmed
- ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles
- 3–4 green onions, diced
Instructions
- Make Buffalo Chicken Sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the buffalo wing sauce, garlic powder, and onion powder. Stir and heat until the mixture begins to bubble gently.
- Add Cream Cheese: Stir in the softened cream cheese until completely melted and smooth, creating a creamy buffalo sauce base.
- Mix in Chicken: Remove the sauce from heat and fold in the shredded cooked chicken until all pieces are well coated with the buffalo cream cheese sauce.
- Chill the Mixture: Transfer the buffalo chicken mixture to a container and refrigerate for 1 hour to allow the flavors to meld and the mixture to firm up slightly.
- Prepare Celery Sticks: While the chicken mixture chills, wash and trim the celery sticks to serve as the crisp base for the buffalo chicken topping.
- Assemble the Appetizers: After chilling, spread a generous amount of the buffalo chicken salad onto each celery stick.
- Garnish and Serve: Sprinkle blue cheese crumbles and diced green onions on top of the filled celery sticks for added texture and flavor. Serve immediately.
Notes
- The cooking of the chicken is assumed prior; leftover rotisserie or cooked chicken works well.
- Adjust the buffalo sauce amount depending on your preferred spice level.
- For a milder version, substitute buffalo sauce with a mild hot sauce or wing sauce.
- Can be prepared a few hours in advance and kept chilled before serving.
- Pair with ranch or additional blue cheese dressing for dipping.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
