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Pickle-Brined Chicken Bites w/ a Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

The chicken brine:

  • Boneless skinless chicken thigh or breast I love a thigh but either would work
  • Pickle juice + pickle chips
  • Dill

The blue cheese “sauce”:

  • 2 tbsp of sour cream or yogurt
  • Blue cheese crumbles
  • Chopped chives
  • Sea salt
  • Pepper

The rest: 

  • Corn flakes
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Fry oil
  • Toothpicks

Instructions 

  • Slice chicken into bite sized pieces and add to a bowl. Pour pickle juice and dill over top and let marinate for at least an hour or overnight.
  • Add cornflakes to a ziploc bag and pound until it becomes a large crumb. Prep for frying by adding flour to a bowl, corn flakes to another, and a whisked egg to a third. Add fry oil to a deep pan.
  • Working a few at a time, add pieces of chicken to flour, then egg, then cornflake mixture, making sure they’re evenly coated. When oil is at 350, add chicken a few pieces at a time. Careful to not overcrowd the pan. Cook for about 6-8 min depending on how big your pieces are, flipping halfway through. Once internal temp of chicken is 165 and the outside is browned and crispy, transfer to a rack or paper towel lined plate.
  • Make your blue cheese “sauce” by combining ingredients in a bowl and mixing until thoroughly combined. Add a pice of chicken, a little dollop of sauce and a pickle chip to a toothpick. Repeat with remaining pieces of chicken. Enjoy!