Hot Chicken Sticks

~Nimz~'s Note:

Great appetizers and easy to make. From the Pampered Chef with some alterations to fit our taste.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 appetiz ...

• 24 wooden skewers or 24 metal skewers
• ½ cup chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce or 2 teaspoons hot pepper jelly , for a sweeter taste
• 2 lbs chicken tenders (24)

Dipping Sauce

• 1 (8 ounce) bottle bleu cheese salad dressing
• ½ cup celery , finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons green onions , finely chopped

Directions:

1. Heat your grill to medium heat.
2. If using wooden skewers be sure to soak them in water for 30 minutes.
3. Be sure to oil grill before cooking.
4. Combine chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce, or the hot pepper jelly, whichever you are using.
5. Thread each chicken tender onto skewer, leaving 1 inch empty at each end.
6. Baste with the chili sauce mixture.
7. Grill on medium heat for about 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.
8. Baste often with the chili sauce mixture.
9. Dipping Sauce:.
10. Combine bleu cheese dressing, celery and onion and serve with chicken.

Reviews

[alligirl]

Spicy chicken this was...I wasn't sure what kind of chili sauce, so I used a chili garlic sauce. Not sure if that was right, but it sure tasted good! Due to negligence, (DH forgot to fill the gas tank for the grill :-( ) I had to prepare these in the oven. I just used a broiler pan, and cooked at 450º, basting and turning a couple of times. I will fix these again, on the grill, as I know they could only be better! Thanks for sharing a great recipe, ~Nimz~!

[jaynine]

Very good - it was not quite spicy enough for us, so next time we'll add more hot sauce and just a little bit less chili sauce. We also marinated the chicken for about 30 minutes instead of basting while cooking, and I think next time we'll marinate a bit longer. Didn't make the dipping sauce, just used ranch dressing, and that worked really well. I used the leftovers over rice, added soy sauce and hot sauce, and that was wonderful.

[Kim127]

Really simple to prepare and very tasty. We sed the hot pepper sauce but would be interested to try the pepper jelly option too. I did make the dipping sauce and while I liked it, DH preferred ranch dressing that others suggested.