The 716
A one-inch boneless Buffalo bite glazed in hot sauce with a blue-cheese center
For Buffalo, NY — the city that made him, area code and all
Why this bite? Westside Gunn is Buffalo to the core. A real Buffalo wing — hot sauce out, blue cheese hidden in — for the city that built him.
The Story
Strip away the fashion and the FLYGOD never left Buffalo. This bite is home: a one-inch boneless wing, lacquered in proper Buffalo hot sauce, hiding a cold blue-cheese center instead of the dip on the side. It is the most honest thing on the tray — no gold, no truffle, just the flavor of the 716. Every empire needs a corner it came from.
Ingredients
- Chicken thigh
- Cayenne hot sauce
- Butter
- Blue cheese
- Cream cheese
- Celery
- Potato starch
Preparation
- 1.Form chicken into one-inch nuggets; dredge in potato starch and fry crisp.
- 2.Toss in melted butter and cayenne hot sauce.
- 3.Pipe a chilled blue-cheese center into each.
- 4.Top with a tiny celery-leaf curl.
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