Classic buffalo chicken with blue cheese sauce, a pretty presentation and little infusion of rosemary. Buffalo rosemary chicken skewers come with a built-in handle.
When I reached into the fridge to retrieve the chicken breasts for this recipe, I noticed that I had 4 bunches of rosemary that I needed to use. As I pulled them out set them on the counter which just happened to be next to the metal skewers. It then occurred to me how thick the branches of the sprigs were and I thought, why don’t I use the rosemary as the skewers?
At that point I knew that using the barbecue was out the question because the rosemary would burn up faster than a brush fire, so I decided to use my indoor grill pan. This actually turned out fine because the chicken cooks so quickly it seemed a waste to fire up the outdoor grill. There is a little hands on help needed though, because the rosemary does touch the grill and it will turn black and not look good for presentation, so I just used my tongs to hold the rosemary slightly away from the grill, but since they’re only on the grill for a few minutes, it’s not much extra effort. But, if this all does seem like a lot of hard work, you can use regular skewers. Just remember to soak wooden skewers before grilling on the outdoor grill, but you wont get the rosemary infusion or any ooh’s and aah’s from your family or guests, just sayin’.
What is better to cool the palette after hot sauce? Blue cheese dressing.
A great side dish to pair with the chicken skewers is roasted beet and grilled corn salad.
Yields 4
Buffalo rosemary chicken skewers
24 minPrep Time
4 minCook Time
28 minTotal Time
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Ingredients
- 20 rosemary sprigs
- 1 cup Franks Red Hot sauce
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Blue cheese dressing
Instructions
- Remove about 1/3 of the rosemary from the end of the sprigs, set aside.
- To a mixing bowl, add the hot sauce, apple juice and melted butter, mix well.
- Pour 2/3 of the hot sauce mixture into a bowl with a lid, set the other 1/3 of the sauce aside.
- Cut the chicken breasts into 2 inch by 1 inch chunks and add to the hot sauce.
- Cover and marinate in the fridge for 1 hour up to 24 hours.
- Once the chicken has marinated, pat the pieces dry with a paper towel.
- Take a sprig of the rosemary and skewer the chicken, repeat with the rest of the chicken.
- Preheat a grill pan over medium high heat.
- Brush the chicken with olive oil and grill.
- Turn the chicken after 2 minutes and brush the grilled side with reserved hot sauce (do not use the marinade).
- When the chicken is cooked on the second side transfer to a plate and brush with more hot sauce.
- Serve hot with blue cheese dressing .
Culinary Ginger
I love buffalo chicken, so I was excited to see a new way to make it! I love using fresh herbs, so this is going to be something I try soon.
Thank you Jenna
Rosemary is my favorite herb… this looks so wonderful Janette!
Really nice presentation.
These are beautiful. I love Buffalo style things. I bet I could do this with cauliflower instead of chicken. hmmm…. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Fantastic job with this post! Thanks for sharing!
Your rosemary chicken recipe looks both very refreshing and tasty. I need to try this very soon!
What a great flavor profile you have created for this chicken dish! Love the use of fresh rosemary sprigs as the skewer!
Yum! These look delicious and so pretty with the rosemary skewers! Stopped by from the Weekend Social and am definitely pinning!
I love this idea!! I have a huge rosemary plant…guess what I am going to be trying! I’m pinning this too because I addicted to buffalo chicken…so delicious! I’d love it if you had a chance to swing by our Foodie Fridays and link this one up…either way though I am pinning and stumbling!! Happy Friday!
this is divine! Thank you for sharing your sweet blog at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop xo
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