Stuffed Buffalo Chicken Breasts

This terrific recipe for Stuffed Buffalo Chicken Breasts was submitted by Kathy Berkey of Whitehouse, Ohio.

Recipe Ingredients:

4 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
1 rib celery, sliced thin
1 ounce blue cheese, crumbled
1 teaspoon chili powder
4 bone-in chicken breast halves, with skin
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon ground cumin

Cooking Directions:

1. In medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, celery, blue cheese and chili powder.
2. Gently peel back skin on each breast half and poke holes with fork in meat under skin. Stuff 1/4 of cream cheese mixture under skin on each chicken breast half. Pull skin over stuffing and secure with a wooden pick.
3. In small bowl, mix together honey, oil, hot sauce and cumin to make a paste; brush on stuffed chicken.
4. Place broiler racks about 8 inches from heat; arrange chicken on broiler pan and broil about 25 minutes, turning occasionally, until fork can be inserted in chicken with ease. Cover with foil and place in 350°F (175°C) oven for 10 minutes.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of the National Chicken Council. Used with permission.