Instead of blowing your diet on Super Bowl Sunday, why not try these tasty and light recipes from ”Chef Billy”?

Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese Fondue
Billy Strynkowski
Yields 8 servings. Serving size: 1 1/2 ounces chicken, 1/4 cup beans, 1/4 cup carrots, 1/4 cup celery, 1/4 cup bell pepper, 1 1/2 ounces bread and about 1/3 cup fondue

INGREDIENTS

Dippers
• 4 skinned, boned chicken breast halves
• Cooking spray
• 1/4 cup bottled wing sauce (such as Crystal), divided
• 2 cups green beans, trimmed
• 2 cups carrot sticks
• 2 cups celery sticks
• 2 cups red bell pepper strips
• 1 French bread, toasted and cut into 1-inch cubes

Fondue
• 2 cups crumbled blue cheese
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 2/3 cup 1 percent low-fat milk
• 8 ounce fat-free cream cheese, softened

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

To prepare dippers, place each chicken breast half between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap, and flatten to a 1/2-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin. Place the chicken on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Brush with 2 tablespoons wing sauce. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Turn chicken over, and brush with 2 tablespoons wing sauce. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until done. Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces.

Cook the beans in boiling water for 1 minute or until crisp-tender; drain. Rinse with cold water; drain well. Place beans on a platter with carrot, celery, bell pepper and bread; set aside.

To prepare the fondue, combine the blue cheese and the cornstarch in a large saucepan. Stir in wine, milk and cream cheese. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 8 minutes or until mixture is smooth, stirring frequently. Pour into a fondue pot. Keep warm over low flame. Serve with dippers.

TIPS
To keep the cheese creamy and smooth, stir the dippers in a figure-eight movement. A heavy enamel fondue pot helps prevent the cheese from burning on the bottom. Wing sauce can be found with other hot sauces in the condiment section of your grocery store.

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