(I had started to call them buffalo balls, but that seemed a little crude...
and they really aren't balls they are squares... )
(I loooove chicken wings, but get a little grossed out by eating meat off of a bone - so this is my variation of buffalo wings)
Ingredients:
1 lb Boneless chicken breasts (cut into cubes)
(I'm lazy and use the package of chicken tenders and just cut 'em into chunks - it's a little more expensive but a lot less cutting)
a handful of flour in a ziplock bag
a pinch of coarse salt in the ziplock bag
generous grindings of pepper in the ziplock bag
a pinch or two of cumin in the ziplock bag
a pinch or two of dried cilantro in the bag
(you can pretty much use whatever herbs and spices you wanna here)
(mix ingredents well)
Drop the chicken chunks into the ziplock bag and coat chicken evenly with the seasoned flour
Heat about 1 1/2 cups of canola oil in a skillet so that it's hot... Really hot.
Drop the chicken into the oil in small batches (so that it doesn't cool the oil down too much)
Turn chicken once, if you need to and remove from oil when it's a light golden brown.
In a small sauce pan, melt:
one stick of butter (well - i was lazy and used the entire stick, but you really only need 3/4 of the stick)
3 large cloves of garlic (smashed)
1/2 cup hot sauce (not tabasco, but Louisiana hot sauce, or jacks - one of the milder hot sauces) This will make 'em very mild... feel free to play around with other hot sauces.. and varying degrees of heat... I didn't feel like making myself sweat
Put the cooked chicken into a bowl
Pour the melted butter/hot sauce (with the garlic removed) over the chicken - you will have extra sauce - so don't drown the chickens.
Toss the chicken in the bowl to coat evenly...
Serve with blue cheese dressing and celery if desired and enjoy...
(I had plenty left over and have a buffalo bit salad for lunch today - -I threw some chicken over some fresh baby spinach and boston lettuce... and have some blue cheese dressing on the side)