Buffalo Chicken Tacos with Bleu Cheese Slaw

Welcome to football Sunday! 

I have the perfect recipe for your Sunday Night Football party tonight.  

Just put some chicken in a slow cooker, so you can enjoy this beautiful afternoon and 

just add the fixings for the game tonight.  

Just start with a package of chicken tenders, this was 1.75# in the slow cooker with 

1 cup of chicken broth along with 

1 tbsp minced garlic, 

1 tsp of onion powder and 

fresh ground black pepper. 

Let this cook for 3-5 hours on high. 

And the chicken was cooked. 

From the slow cooker to the plate for shredding. 

Juicy tender meats shred so easily after a few hours in the slow cooker. 

My new go-to starting ground for dinner. 

When in doubt, throw some meat in a slow cooker and I'll figure out the rest later. 

The chicken was placed back in the slow cooker, 

be sure to drain the cooking broth first. 

About 1/2 cup of Hot Sauce and 1/2 stick of butter were added to sauce things up a bit. 

Stirred it all up a bit and kept it on low until we were ready to eat.  

The ultimate topping for these tacos is bleu cheese slaw. 

Perfect combination of familiar flavors and textures.  

All you need to do is stir up 3 simple ingredients...

3 cups of shredded cabbage, 

1 cup of bleu cheese dressing and 

1/2 cup of bleu cheese crumbles.

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

1.75# of chicken tenders

1 cup of chicken broth

1 tbsp minced garlic

1 tsp of onion powder

Fresh ground black pepper

1/2 cup of Hot Sauce

1/2 stick of butter

Soft taco shells

BLEU CHEESE SLAW

3 cups of shredded cabbage, 

1 cup of bleu cheese dressing and 

1/2 cup of bleu cheese crumbles

Celery for garnish

Directions:

Cook the chicken in the slow cooker on high for 3-5 hours or low for 5-7 hours along with the broth, garlic, onion and pepper. 

Shred the chicken, pour out the cooking broth. 

Add the chicken back to the slow cooker, top with hot sauce and butter. 

Leave in slow cooker on low until ready to eat. 

For the slaw, top 3 cups of cabbage with bleu cheese dressing and crumbles. 

Assemble the tacos by placing the chicken in the taco, topping with the slaw and garnishing with celery. 

Potsticker Burger and Asian Slaw

Being the huge fans of potstickers that my family is, I wanted to try to come up with a recipe so that we could enjoy all, well, at least most, of the flavors and textures of these Chinese delights, without the gluten...

After a little brainstorming and research, came up with all of the ingredients to put together a burger reminiscent of the delicious filling of a potsticker, which turned out to be a nice little Asian meal.

I'm thankful for the way that kitchen staples can be assembled with different combinations to come up with so many varieties of flavor profiles. 

The possibilities are endless!

The burger started with 1# of ground pork, added to it was 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1/2 inch of fresh grated ginger, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 1 sliced green onion, which was about 3 tbsp, 1 egg, 1 cup of shredded cabbage and topped with salt, to taste. 

All those goodies were combined by hand and roughly quartered for the patty-making process. 

Four burgers of approximately the same size were placed in a pre-heated grill pan 

for cooking over medium heat. 

When grilling or cooking most meats, 
I always error on the side of turning less often rather than more often. 

That helps to get those nice, caramelized, grill marks which are great texture.
And, helps trap the juices inside!

These were grilled for at least 5 minutes on each side before flipping.

  

Flip as often as necessary to cook fully, just not too soon.  

While the burgers were cooking, a nice little Asian slaw was whipped up. 

This started with 3 cup of shredded cabbage, 2 tsp of minced garlic were added as well as another 1/2 in of freshly grated ginger, another green onion and seasoned with salt to taste.

The dressing consisted of 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar and 2 tbsp sesame oil finished with 1/4 cup sliced almonds for added texture.

**Just can't get enough texture!**

Top these potsticker burgers with some of this Asian slaw, serve with your favorite potsticker sauce

and you won't even miss the wontons!

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

Burger:

1# of ground pork

1 tbsp minced garlic

1/2 inch of fresh grated ginger

2 tbsp sesame oil

1 sliced green onion (which was about 3 tbsp)

1 egg

1 cup of shredded cabbage 

Salt, to taste

Asian Slaw:

3 cup of shredded cabbage

2 tsp of minced garlic

1/2 in of freshly grated ginger

Green Onion - sliced

Salt -  to taste

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp on sesame oil

1/4 cup sliced almonds

Directions:

Combine burger ingredients well and divide into 4 even patties. 

Grill over medium heat for at least 5 minutes/side before flipping. 

While burgers are cooking, combine the slaw ingredients. 

Serve burgers with slaw and your favorite potsticker sauce.