Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Bites with Skinny Blue Cheese Dressing
These Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Bites are healthy and packed with flavor. Paired with Skinny Blue Cheese Dressing, this gluten free meal is a winner.
Servings 4
Calories 264kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded cooked chicken breasts
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons chopped scallions
- 3 tablespoons hot sauce
- ½ cup shredded cheese
- 3 tablespoons greek yogurt
- 1 egg beaten
- Breadcrumbs
- 1 cup gluten free breadcrumbs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Skinny Blue Cheese Dressing
- ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Chopped parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray and set aside.
- In a bowl, mix the quinoa, salt, pepper, scallions and hot sauce. Add the chicken, cheese and yogurt. Mix until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, add the breadcrumbs, salt and pepper.
- Add the bowl with the egg beside it and prepare to roll the quinoa bites and dip them.
- Using your hands, make balls the size of a tablespoon but squeeze them together slightly until firmly into a ball. Dip the bites into the egg first, letting the excess drip off, and then into the breadcrumbs coating it. Place on the cookie sheet.
- Continue until the entire quinoa chicken mixture is in bites.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes before eating.
- Blue Cheese Dressing
- Mix all the ingredients for the blue cheese dressing together in a food processor, pulsing once or twice to combine all the flavours. Store in the fridge until ready for use.
- Pour into a small bowl for serving. Add parsley as a garnish.
Notes
Notes Note: Prep time includes if you are cooking the chicken and the quinoa fresh.
As far as I know, this dressing will last as long as your greek yogurt will, which is usually 2-3 weeks.
As far as I know, this dressing will last as long as your greek yogurt will, which is usually 2-3 weeks.
Nutrition
Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 1230mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 195IU | Vitamin C: 7.5mg | Calcium: 163mg | Iron: 1mg