Baked Buffalo Chicken Bites

These baked Buffalo Chicken Bites have all of the zesty flavors of Buffalo chicken without the deep-fried breading. They’re tender, juicy, and taste great covered in blue cheese crumbles and ranch dressing for dipping.

Buffalo bites make for an easy and fairly healthy game day appetizer or party snack. If you are looking for more easy appetizers, you can also try our Buffalo Pork Bites, Candied Kielbasa, or these homemade Chicken Tenders.

Easy Buffalo Chicken Bites

If you’re on the hunt for healthy crowd-pleasing buffalo chicken appetizers, look no further.  Not only are these oven-baked chicken bites super simple to make, they are also far healthier than the deep-fried version. These tender, juicy chicken bites are seasoned, baked, slathered in tangy Buffalo sauce, and served with blue cheese crumbles and ranch dressing.  

While this recipe calls for cutting the boneless, skinless chicken breast into bite-sized pieces, you could easily adapt it to use bone-in or boneless chicken wings, chicken thighs, or any other cut of chicken that you’d like.  

Serve with toothpicks, crumbled blue cheese, carrots, celery sticks, and your favorite ranch or blue cheese dressing for an easy, delicious, and surprisingly healthy game day appetizer.

Key Ingredients

• Chicken – for any baked chicken bites, I will usually use boneless, skinless chicken breasts that have been cut into bite-sized pieces.  You could just as easily use chicken tenders, boneless wings, chicken thighs or really any other type of chicken that you’d like.  The only difference would be the cooking time.
• Blue Cheese – we like to top the chicken bites with crumbled blue cheese.
• Parsley – fresh chopped parsley is a great garnish for this dish.
• Ranch Dressing – this is for dipping the chicken bites into.  Blue cheese dressing would make a great substitute.
• Buffalo Sauce – for this recipe, we show you how to make your own homemade buffalo sauce using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and brown sugar.  You could also substitute store bought buffalo sauce if you’d prefer.

How to Make Buffalo Chicken Bites

1. Make the buffalo sauce.  In a medium-size saucepan, add the brown sugar and hot sauce.  Stir to combine, then bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.  Boil the sauce for 1 minute, then set aside.
2. Season the chicken breast pieces.  In a large mixing bowl, add the chicken and drizzle with avocado oil.  Season with salt and pepper, using tongs to mix. 
3. Bake the chicken.  Transfer chicken to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a large cast iron skillet.  Put the chicken bites in oven and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees and is no longer pink.
4. Toss chicken in buffalo sauce.  Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and toss the cooked chicken in the buffalo sauce.
5. Serve.  Stir until coated, then transfer to a serving platter and top with blue cheese crumbles and fresh parsley. Serve warm with ranch or blue cheese dressing.  Enjoy! 

Frequently Asked Questions

Storing and Reheating Instructions

• Refrigerator: leftovers can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
• To reheat: you can reheat leftovers in the microwave, or add to a 350 degree oven and warm for about 5-10 minutes.  Remove from the oven and toss in a bit more buffalo sauce before serving.

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These Baked Chicken Buffalo Bites are super simple to make and far healthier than the deep-fried version. Serve with toothpicks, blue cheese crumbles, ranch dressing and celery sticks for an easy game day appetizer.