Low-fat buffalo wings with blue-cheese dressing

One of my favourite American dishes is buffalo wings. So evil. So good.

Our housesitters left a bag of Aldi buffalo wings in our freezer at Christmas and – during the penury of January – we gobbled them. They were surprisingly good. It got me thinking that not only are chicken wings cheap they’re very tasty when cooked the right way.

But … they’re not really diet food. So I set about creating a recipe that cut out some of the fat. Here’s the result …

Recipe: Low-fat buffalo wings with blue-cheese dressing

12 whole chicken wings, separated at the joint, tips removed (Woolies does chicken niblets in trays that take all the hard work out of this bit)
20g butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup Nando’s mild peri-peri sauce (or the hot type if your kids can hack it)

Blue cheese dressing

1/4 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup low-fat Greek yogurt

1 tablespoon lemon juice

100gm blue cheese, crumble

METHOD: Bring a few cups of water to the boil in large saucepan with a steamer. Place the wings into the steamer, cover and steam for 10 minutes. Remove wings and pat dry. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 200C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Roast wings for 20 minutes. Turn over and cook for another 20 minutes, until golden brown.

While the chicken is roasting, make blue cheese dressing by mixing together buttermilk, yoghurt, lemon juice and blue cheese. Then melt the butter, garlic and peri peri sauce in microwave. Stir. Remove wings from the oven and toss with the sauce. Serve warm with blue cheese dressing and celery sticks.