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Buffalo chicken
- Alice Johnston
Published: February 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM
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Serves 4
Easy
Total time: 1 hr and 20 mins
+ marinating
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Vinegary hot sauce is the secret to great buffalo chicken – it's traditionally paired with celery and blue cheese sauce, which we've incorporated into a cooling, creamy slaw here
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Ingredients
Nutrition
- 1.2kg whole chicken
MARINADE
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4 tbsp cider vinegar
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2 tbsp olive oil
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1 clove garlic
crushed
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ground to make ½ tsp black peppercorns
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1 tbsp sea salt flakes
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1 tsp cayenne pepper
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1 tbsp smoked paprika
BUFFALO SAUCE
- 50g butter
- 1 clove garlic
- (we used Frank's RedHot) 148ml cayenne-based hot sauce
BLUE CHEESE SLAW
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75g hard blue cheese
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100g soured cream
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50g mayonnaise
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1 tsp English mustard
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a squeeze of juice lemon
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4-6 sticks celery
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1 green pepper
finely sliced
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½ red onion
finely sliced
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½ a small bunch chives
finely chopped
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal698
- fat54.7g
- saturates19.8g
- carbs5.7g
- sugars4.4g
- fibre2.8g
- protein44.4g
- salt6.5g
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Method
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step 1
Using a pair of kitchen scissors, flip the chicken over so it’s breast-side down and cut along either side of the backbone to remove it. Turn the chicken over so it’s skin-side up and open it out. Press on both sides with the palm of your hand to flatten.
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step 2
Whisk together the marinade ingredients, then massage into both sides of the chicken. Put, skin-side down, in a non-reactive dish, cover and chill for 1 hour while you light the barbecue (don’t marinate any longer than 2 hours or the vinegar could over-tenderise the meat). Heat the barbecue for 40 minutes-1 hour before cooking to allow the large flames to die down and coals to turn ashen – this will prevent flare-ups and allow you to control the heat, rather than burning the food.
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step 3
Remove the chicken from the marinade and transfer to the barbecue. Cook, skin-side down, in the centre of the barbecue over a medium heat for 10 minutes until golden and crisp, then flip using a large pair of tongs and transfer to the indirect heat on the side of the grill. Cover with the barbecue’s lid or a scrunched-up piece of foil and cook for 40-50 minutes or until the juices run clear or the centre of the chicken reads 70C on a meat thermometer.
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step 4
Meanwhile, make the slaw. Crumble the blue cheese into a large bowl, breaking up any large chunks with a fork. Stir in the soured cream, mayo and mustard. Season and add a squeeze of lemon juice. If you prefer a creamier slaw, blitz until smooth using a hand blender. Fold in the celery, pepper and onion. Scatter with the chives and chill until needed.
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step 5
Heat the buffalo sauce ingredients in a small pan on the hob or barbecue until smooth and shiny. Remove the chicken to a platter or plate and generously brush with the buffalo sauce. Rest for 10 minutes before serving with any remaining buffalo sauce and the blue cheese slaw.
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Authors
Alice JohnstonAudience development manager
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