Ingredients

The following ingredients have 8 Servings
  • 1 store-bought rotisserie or 1 chicken
  • seasoned with Kosher salt and refrigerated uncovered overnight*
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 rib celery with leafy tops finely chopped
  • 1 carrot
  • grated or finely chopped
  • 1 small onion
  • finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • chopped
  • 1/4 cup Frank’s RedHot or other cayenne pepper sauce
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire
  • 1 cup light in color and flavor beer or chicken stock
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • Sliced bread and butter pickles
  • Shredded white cabbage
  • 8 potato or other soft sandwich rolls
  • Crumbled smoked blue or Maytag blue cheese

Instruction

  • *If roasting your own chicken, remove from fridge and pat dry
  • Roast at 425°F to golden and the internal temperature reaches 165°F on a thermometer
  • Let cool then separate chicken from skin and bones and pull into bite-sized pieces
  • For the sauce, heat a skillet over medium to medium-high heat with olive oil, 1 turn of pan
  • Melt in butter, add celery, carrot, onion, garlic and cook to soften
  • Season vegetables with salt and pepper, and add hot sauce, sugar, Worcestershire, beer and tomato sauce and stir to combine
  • Add chicken meat and let simmer a few minutes for flavors to combine and to thicken
  • To assemble, on the roll bottoms place some pickles, cabbage, some sloppy Buffalo chicken, blue cheese crumbles and set bun tops in place