Title: Buffalo Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dip
Categories: Appetizers, Hors d', Oeuvres
Yield: 10 Servings

2 tb Melted butter
4 tb Tabasco Sauce
2 tb Rice vinegar
30 Chicken wings or drumettes
Paprika; for dusting
Lettuce leaves; for lining
-platter
Celery sticks; for
-accompaniment
---Blue Cheese Dip---
1/2 c Soft tofu
2 tb Rice vinegar
1/3 c Nonfat plain yogurt
1/4 c Sour cream
2 Cloves garlic; pressed
3 oz Blue cheese; crumbled

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together butter, Tabasco, and
vinegar. Dip chicken into mixture, then place on a lightly oiled baking
sheet. Dust with paprika.

2. Bake chicken until crisp and brown (about 30 minutes).

3. To serve, arrange chicken on a platter lined with lettuce leaves. Set a
bowl of Blue Cheese Dip in the center and celery sticks on the side.

~ ----- Blue Cheese Dip ----- In a blender puree tofu, vinegar, yogurt,
sour cream, and garlic until smooth. Stir in blue cheese. Spoon into a
serving bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and chill until chicken is baked.

Makes about 1-1/2 cups.

NOTES : This popular hors d'oeuvre has gained national fame in a very short
time. The original recipe calls for deep-fried chicken wings, but in this
healthier version they are baked. Serve hot from the oven with celery
sticks and Blue Cheese Dip made with yogurt and sour cream.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1067 by Nancy on
Jan 31, 1998