Fiery Buffalo Chicken Burgers–Yeah, baby
So, um, HIIIIII!!!!! Jeez I’ve missed you guys! :D My parents’ short visit is now over, and it’s time to get back to daily life. We had a great time eating, drinking, swimming and generally playing around for the whole time they were here. I have a couple of new recipes to share…stuff that I made up especially for Mom and Dad, and I can’t wait to share them with you. This is one of those recipes. :) Let’s start with the title: Fiery Buffalo Chicken Burgers….
According to the :
“Fiery: Adjective:
Consisting of or containing fire.
Burning or glowing.
Using or effected with fire.
Easily ignited; flammable.
Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.
Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.”
Buffalo wings are one of our favorite party foods. Hot and spicy, perfect with a beer. Everybody loves Buffalo wings, right? So I got to thinking…We love chicken burgers, why not try to make a Buffalo version? Wonderfully delicious, tangy and spicy, with a little blue cheese and celery to cool it down just a touch…This particular recipe might burn the roof off of your mouth if you’re not that into nuclear holocaust hot, so keep that in mind if you do decide to try these. lol The heat can easily be scaled back by using Frank’s rather than Tabasco, and leaving out the extra cayennes. But why on Earth would you want to do that? ;)
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Ingredients:
2 pounds (1 kilo) ground chicken breast
1 egg
1/3 cup bread crumbs
3-5 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion, minced
salt and pepper to taste
a generous splash of Tabasco sauce
1/2 cup flour (about)
1 cup mayo
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon ranch dressing powder
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter
3-5 cloves garlic, minced
4 fresh cayennes, sliced
2Â bottles Tabasco sauce
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
pepper to taste
8 buns, lightly toasted
celery to garnish
Preparation:
Prepare the burgers first…mix chicken, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, seasonings and Tabasco until thoroughly combined.
Carefully form 8 patties and dredge in flour.
Reserve on a plate.
Prepare the dipping sauce/dressing.
Combine mayo, vinegar, milk, ranch powder, blue cheese and pepper.
Cover and reserve in the refrigerator.
Now prepare the sauce.
Melt butter over medium heat, then add garlic and saute until golden.
Add cayennes and toss around a bit.
Remove from heat and add vinegar and Tabasco and stir to combine.
Reserve.
Heat a bit of olive oil or butter over medium heat and pan grill the patties. Depending on the size and thickness of your burgers, this should take about 5-6 minutes per side.
When burgers are cooked through and golden, add sauce to coat the patties. (You may want to add a little water so that the sauce coats the burgers well–not to cover the burgers, just so that the sauce is evenly distributed, then cook it down a little)
Serve burgers on toasted buns with blue cheese sauce and celery.
Be sure to have plenty of napkins on hand and lots of cool beverages! lol
Nikki, the Buffalo Wing-burger is amazing! The city (Buffalo) is a couple of hours south from us and I can see them diggin’ your 3-alarm blaze of a burger!
Comment by Peter — March 26, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
Oh wow!!! Great idea, Nikki! I’d definitely have to scale the heat back a bit, but the burger looks delicious. Even at 8:30 in the morning, hehe.
Comment by elle — March 26, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
Woah where is the fire extinguisher Nikki…just kidding…but they do have a pleasant kick:D
Comment by Bellini Valli — March 26, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
Welcome back Nikki!
(I absolutely love chicken burgers! I will have mine without the mayo though
Comment by Manggy — March 26, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
that burger is not fooling around.
is it okay if i leave out the ranch dressing mix? ranch dressing mix squicks me out.
Comment by michelle @ the smackdown — March 26, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
holy moly that looks awesome. welcome back chica
Comment by furiousball — March 26, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
Peter! Hi!
If you like numb lips hot? This is deffo the burger for you. 
lol
Elle! Baby!
Yes! Definitely scale back the heat a bit for you guys, but up the garlic! 
I think you guys would totally dig these.
Valli! LOL! The Fire Dept is on it’s way to help. But man, these were good.
Manggy! No mayo, huh? How about just the blue cheese, then? Hmmm? A buffalo has to have it’s side-kick, ya know.
lol
Hi Michelle! No ranch dressing required…I’d sub sour cream for the mayo, though, and add extra garlic powder, and maybe some onion powder as well.
Van! Hi!! Thanks for the welcome back, I was on your site trying to catch up this am…congrats on 2000 posts, buddy! How was the visit?
Comment by nikki — March 26, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
Wowzer! Nikki, what a great idea! I can’t wait to try it!
Comment by ginny — March 26, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
this burger calls for a tall, ice-cold glass of milk! sounds great!
Comment by a. grace — March 26, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Ohhhhh yum. I so want one, right NOW.
Comment by flutter — March 26, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
Oh HELL yeah. I think it calls for a beer though.
Comment by syd — March 26, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
That is one beautiful burger!
Comment by Deborah — March 26, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
That looks so amazing!
Comment by brilynn — March 26, 2008 @ 9:47 pm
These were one of the favorite things we had on our stay. Fabulous! The hotter the better. I was thinking… wouldn`t this recipe make a great buffalo meatball?
Comment by Mom — March 27, 2008 @ 1:39 am
That chicken burger looks nice and moist and tasty!
Comment by Kevin — March 27, 2008 @ 3:45 am
I love spicy food! This makes my mouth water.
Comment by Julie — March 27, 2008 @ 6:26 am
That is indeed a vision of beauty! Yum!
Comment by shelley — March 27, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
Ginny! I was thinking of you when I made these, Besides stating the obvious ways that these could be made gf (gf bread crumbs or leave them out), I’m thinking that rice flour might be a good binder for the burgers (they are a bit flimsy to work with), and then dredge in rice flour for pan grilling…the flour isn’t totally necessary, but it just makes the burgers easier to work with.
a. grace, milk would definitely cut the heat a bit! lol
Flutter, I’d totally make these for you.
Syd, I’m with ya on the beer.
Deborah and Brilynn, thank you both so much!
Mom!
Yes! I can’t wait to try the buffalo meatballs…probably for our next dinner party or bbq. I’m so glad you guys liked them. After all, the invention was for you, baby. 
Thank you Julie and Shelley!
Comment by nikki — March 28, 2008 @ 7:55 am
Gf breadcrumbs, no problemo! And gf blue cheese is easy to find. Now the Ranch dressing powder…I have to put my thinking cap on. LOL I’m willing to go to great lengths though. I’m sold.
I’m even going to make gf rolls for these babies!
Comment by ginny — March 28, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
Ohh that looks good! Nice original idea.
Do you deliver?
Comment by Zenchef — March 29, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
That’s what I call a burger, not the flavored cardboard tasting rubbish that Ronald is conning us into. Yum!
Comment by NIna — March 29, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
WOW, these would be great for a sporting event party- like Superbowl or something. I can just taste those burgers!!
Comment by RecipeGirl — March 30, 2008 @ 12:45 am
Now THAT looks delish. I’m a wimp that will have to scale back the heat but still. Thanks for the recipe and while this has been my first visit to your site, it certainly won’t be the last
Comment by Lys — March 30, 2008 @ 6:11 am
love this idea, especially since buffalo wings are on my ATF list…though i wonder if it would be as good with beef (for some reason, a burger always has to be beef for me)
Comment by sarah — March 31, 2008 @ 2:22 am
Ginny, the ranch powder? I think you could sub some of the mayo out for sour cream (maybe do 2/3 mayo to 1/3 sour cream), and then add garlic powder, dried onion (or use minced fresh of both), maybe a slight touch of oregano and pepper.
Zen, thanks! Nope, no deliveries–dine in only for right now. But, you’re welcome to stop by!
Thank you, Nina! I agree–McD’s is horrendous.
RecipeGirl, Yes! Wouldn’t these be great for something like that? My mom’s idea for meatballs would be ideal for a party, too.
Lys, scale away! lol I’m glad you stopped by, and look forward to seeing you around.
Hi Sarah, thanks! I’ve not tried these with beef, though it could be interesting…if you do substitute beef, I’d leave out the bread crumbs, though, since those are for binding the somewhat flimsy chicken breast meat.
Comment by nikki — March 31, 2008 @ 8:00 am
We had this Nikki! YUM!!! Thank you!
Comment by ginny — March 31, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
They look so delicious! I am supposed to be working now but you have me drooling! I love the idea of the celery with the blue cheese, that’s great.
Comment by Helen — April 1, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
YAY Ginny!
I’m so glad you liked them!!! How did you solve the ranch powder substitution? XOXO
Sorry about the drooling, Helen! lol Thanks so much!
Comment by nikki — April 3, 2008 @ 10:42 am
We made our usual blue cheese dressing to go with! YUM! And I could def see these as meatballs, too, just like your mom said!
Comment by ginny — April 3, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
These burgers would be a big hit at my house! We’re big wing fans, so I know we’d love these too. What a great idea!
Comment by Susan at Sticky,Gooey,Creamy,Chewy — April 9, 2008 @ 1:13 am