When I first began to be gluten-free I visited my friend Carly and she had made these earlier in the week. I asked her if they were GF and she said yeah so I tried one and fell in love! I didn't have the recipe so, being the analyst that I am, I decided to make my own.
Here is the recipe: [let me know if you make them and if you like them too!]
Mel's Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Bites
What you will need:
- 1 Rotisserie Chicken (or cooked 2 chicken breasts)
- 1 cup Quinoa [I used Arrowhead]
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese [I use Sargento Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese]
- 1/2 large onion
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup Frank's Hot Sauce [use less to make it less spicy!]
- 2 TBSP Ranch Dressing [I use Ken's]
- 1 TBSP Honey Mustard [I use Koops Honey Mustard]
What you do:
- Put 1 3/4 cup to 2 cups of water to boil on the stove
- While the water is heating up clean off the quinoa in the sink by running water through it in a strainer
- Once the water runs through clear and all are washed [you can buy pre-washed too] add that to the water even if it hasn't boiled yet
- Set your timer for 15 min
- Preheat the oven to 350*
- While that is cooking, pull apart the chicken so it's "stringy"
- Place that in a bowl and chop up the onion
- Add in the onion, cheese, and eggs, and by this time your quinoa should be about done
- Add the quinoa to the bowl and mix all together
- Add the hot sauce, ranch, and honey mustard and mix everything together
- Put the mixture into a muffin tin [spray if needed beforehand with olive oil, I usually don't]
- Bake at 350* for 20 min
- Enjoy!
