Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

Name: Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 Oz. boneless chicken meat, 1/2" dice (up to 8 ounces extra would work without changing the marinade and cornstarch mixture; Marinade; 3 ounces buttermilk; 3 ounces crystal hot sauce; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 ounce lemon juice; Corn starch mixture; 1 cup corn starch; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 tablespoon white pepper or black is fine; 1 teaspoon cayenne; 2 cups oil- vegetable oil is fine; 3 ounces crystal hot sauce (See note below.. Hot Sauce Matters); 3 ounces mayonnaise; 3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled; 8 ounces- dry bow tie pasta- cooked per the box instructions; 1/2 small red bell pepper or red onion, diced; 1 green onion chopped; 1 stalk celery 1 inch julienne cut; 2 tablespoon parsley,finely chopped

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Falls Church

Great Super Bowl Dish.....This is one of my favorite recipes of all time. Thanks to Chef George and Chef John from the Riverside Hearth at Lansdowne circa 1993.

@chefcraig @chefcraigswoodcrafts

Falls Church

Great Super Bowl Dish.....This is one of my favorite recipes of all time. Thanks to Chef George and Chef John from the Riverside Hearth at Lansdowne circa 1993.

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Ingredients

8 servings

8 Oz.boneless chicken meat, 1/2" dice (up to 8 ounces extra would work without changing the marinade and cornstarch mixture
Marinade
3 ouncesbuttermilk
3 ouncescrystal hot sauce
2 tablespoonsbrown sugar
1 ouncelemon juice
Corn starch mixture
1 cupcorn starch
1 tablespoonsalt
1 tablespoonwhite pepper or black is fine
1 teaspooncayenne
2 cupsoil- vegetable oil is fine
3 ouncescrystal hot sauce (See note below.. Hot Sauce Matters)
3 ouncesmayonnaise
3 ouncesblue cheese, crumbled
8ounces- dry bow tie pasta- cooked per the box instructions
1/2small red bell pepper or red onion, diced
1green onion chopped
1 stalkcelery 1 inch julienne cut
2 tablespoonparsley,finely chopped

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Steps

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Mix the buttermilk, hot sauce, brown sugar and lemon juice together until the brown sugar is dissolve then add the diced chicken with the mixture in a zip-lock bag. Marinate chicken for several hours or overnight.
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(In class we marinate for 45 minutes the longer the better)
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Remove chicken from marinade - drain well
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Mix the cornstarch,salt,white pepper and cayenne. Dredge chicken with seasoned cornstarch mixture and shake off the excess coating.
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In a deep skillet, heat about two cups of oil(depending on the pan size) over medium-high heat until hot. Test the temperature by dropping a pinch of flour into the hot oil. If it bubbles right away without smoking, it's ready.
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Fry at 350 F. until golden brown and cooked through. (I check the biggest piece) let cool before adding to the salad.
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Mix all pasta with the chicken, blue cheese, mayonnaise, hot sauce, red bell pepper or red onion, celery,green onion and parsley.
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You can garnish with extra blue cheese crumbles, and chopped parsley.
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Note #1.. Hot sauces very greatly Crystal Hot Sauce and Franks Hot Sauce work well... they are a sweet heat. Tabasco will ruin this recipe. It is just to hot...Great on Oysters not on this Recipe:)
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Note #2 If you do not want to fry, you can buy popcorn chicken at a grocery store or, KFC, or Popeyes and skip steps 1,2,3,4,5 :p