Make It Mini: Buffalo Chicken Brioche Buns
Channel: Le Creuset
Date: 07/02/2024

Part 21 of Make It Mini with @Bon__Abbetit: Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Brioche Buns, using pieces from our new Brioche collection. 🍞 This recipe is a simple, delicious twist on a classic game day appetizer. Fluffy brioche buns are stuffed with buffalo chicken, celery, and lots of cheese before baking right in a Mini Cocotte. Follow along for more episodes of Make It Mini all year long!

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 Instructions (6 servings):
6 buns (1 per Mini Cocotte) 
6 brioche dinner rolls 
2 chicken breasts 
1 cup hot sauce (@Bon__Abbetit used Franks) for cooking the chicken  
¾ cup hot sauce for the rest 
2 tbsp butter 
1 tbsp red curry paste (this adds an additional rich layer of flavor) 
½ cup mozzarella cheese 
⅓ cup blue cheese crumbles 
3 celery stalks, diced 
Green onions or chives  
Sea salt
Freshly cracked black pepper 

Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375F. Add chicken breast to a baking dish and thoroughly coat in the hot sauce. Cook for about 30 min, depending on how thick your breasts are. Flip halfway through. When cooked and cooled, shred the chicken and add it to a large bowl. 

2. Add a brioche bun to each cocotte and using a serrated blade, hollow the centers out of the rolls. Break the middles into smaller pieces and add to a baking sheet to make homemade breadcrumbs.

3. Heat ¾ cup hot sauce in a pot, with red curry paste and butter. Season with salt and pepper and stir until smooth and combined. Add to the bowl of pulled chicken along with blue cheese, mozzarella and diced celery. Stir until combined.  

4. Stuff the chicken mixture inside brioche buns until overflowing, and top with more cheese and green onions. Bake, covered, for about 15 min or until tops start to brown. Broil for about 3-4 min until nice and golden brown. Add in the baking sheet of the crumbled brioche middles for the last 3-4 min on broil to make the breadcrumbs.

5. Top with more green onions and the toasted brioche breadcrumbs. Enjoy!