Buffalo Chicken Salad in Blue Cheese Gougeres
Chunky chicken salad spiked with spicy hot sauce, crisp celery, and tangy blue cheese, stuffed into puffy blue cheese choux pastry puffs. These gougeres filled with buffalo chicken salad make the perfect party food!
I’m sharing something a little different today!
SAVORY!!!
I am a huge fan of anything “buffalo,” and if you’ve been clicking over to this page much in the last week or so, you know that I also love pate a choux puffs. First I made these, and then these. And now I’m showing you just how versatile choux can be, with this spicy cheesy creation!
We ate these for a quick dinner last night, before heading over to the fields for my kids’ first little league practice of the season. But I’m imagining they’d make a great nibble for a party! A fun, slider-sized appetizer or hors d’oeuvre, or buffet offering for a birthday luncheon or baby shower.
The chicken salad is chock full of crisp celery, sweet red onion, and chopped egg. The dressing is lightened up a bit with the addition of Greek yogurt. It gives a nice tangy flavor, and along with the chunks of blue cheese, really cools down the heat of the spicy buffalo sauce.
There’s also blue cheese in the choux puffs! Honestly, these puffy pastries are so good, even just on their own. They make a great snack, and a terrific accompaniment to a glass of red wine. They smell so toasty when they’re baking up in the oven! Your whole house will be filled with the cheesy aroma. Just try to resist popping them all in your mouth while they’re still warm…
As they puff up in the oven, they also hollow out on the inside. Slice off their tippy tops and find a little well that’s just begging to be filled with spicy buffalo chicken salad!
I hope you guys enjoyed my little side trip into the savory world today! Few things can draw my eye away from sugary, buttery treats, but I just can’t resist buffalo + blue cheese!
Have a great weekend, friends! 😀
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Buffalo Chicken Salad in Blue Cheese Gougeres
Ingredients
For the Buffalo Chicken Salad:
- 3 chicken breasts
- 3 ribs of celery,, coarsely chopped
- 2 hard boiled eggs,, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup (53.33 g) finely chopped red onion
- 1/3 cup (78.86 g) nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup (56 g) mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup (59.15 ml) hot sauce, (I used Crystal brand)
- 4 ounces (113.4 g) blue cheese crumbles
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, (juice of one lemon)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest, (zest of one lemon)
For the Gougeres:
- 1 cup (236.59 ml) water
- 1/2 cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter, (1 stick)
- 4 ounces (113.4 g) blue cheese crumbles
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup (125 g) all purpose flour
- 4 eggs, (large)
Instructions
Make the Buffalo Chicken Salad:
- Poach the chicken breasts in simmering salted water for about 15 minutes, or until cooked through. Shred or chop the chicken into small pieces.
- Place the chicken in a large bowl with all the remaining chicken salad ingredients, and toss well to coat.
Make the Gougeres:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place the water, butter, cheese, and salt in a saucepan. Heat over medium-high, until the butter is completely melted and the mixture is simmering.
- Add in the flour all at once, and continue to cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, or until a film begins to form on the bottom of the pot.
- Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl, and beat on medium speed.
- Drop in the eggs, one at a time. Allow each egg to become fully incorporated, before adding the next (about 30 seconds to a minute).
- Pipe or spoon the dough into 2-inch diameter mounds, onto parchment-lined baking sheets, allowing about 3 inches in between each puff.
- Bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until puffed, golden brown, hollow, dry, and light.
- Cool the gougeres completely and fill with Buffalo Chicken Salad.
Allie, WOW, these sound absolutely fabulous and look AHmazing. LOVE! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe at Best of the Weekend – pinning, of course, and sharing this week. Hope you have a happy Sunday and a fabulous week!
Thank you so much, Cindy! Thanks for the party and thanks for all the shares and support! You are such a sweet friend <3
OMG Allie, those are gorgeous! They would be quite impressive at a super bowl party. 🙂 Awesome recipe!!
Ooh, what a great idea, Lisa! I hadn’t even thought of that. Thanks for the awesome tip! 😀