Buffalo Chicken Tenders with Bleu Cheese Celery Sauce

1. Preheat oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. (For those that have a compost bin, you can even find parchment paper that is compost safe!)

2. Mix melted butter and 1/3 cup of the hot sauce in a small bowl. If butter starts to harden, pop the bowl in the microwave for a few seconds and heat the whole mixture back up.

3. Place chicken tenders on the baking sheet and baste with sauce. Turn over and baste again. Use up remaining sauce.

4. Bake at 375F for 15-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked. I promise, these don’t take long at all! Now it’s time for the sauce.

5. Mix bleu cheese dressing (I didn’t have the energy or time to make homemade, but feel free to do so if you like), sour cream, celery, 1 teaspoon of chives and remaining 1 tablespoon hot sauce in a bowl. Taste to see if you need any additional seasonings like salt and pepper. I did not.

6. Serve the chicken with any side dish you like (we used coleslaw here) and garnish with sauce and remaining chives.

Note: This is not an overly spicy dish, so it is kid-friendly. You can make it more spicy by adding in some Tabasco if you choose. My husband and #1 Taste Tester said he would have added hot sauce to his (because he likes to burn his mouth off) but for general consumption, this was perfect.