Spicy Chicken Sliders with Blue Cheese Dressing

Dressing

2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled

¼ cup sour cream

¼ cup mayonnaise

2 teaspoons white wine vinegar

¼ teaspoon kosher salt

⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

½ cup finely chopped celery

Patties

1½ pounds ground chicken thigh or mixed thigh and breast meat

½ cup dried bread crumbs

½ tablespoons hot pepper sauce

1 teaspoon prepared chili powder

¾ teaspoon smoked paprika

¼ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

½ teaspoon kosher salt

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

8 slider buns, split

Combine all the dressing ingredients except for the celery, and mash well with a fork. Stir in the celery.

Mix the ground chicken, bread crumbs, hot sauce, spices and salt then gently form eight patties of equal size, each about ½ inch thick (roughly the size of the buns). Refrigerate the patties until ready to grill.

Prepare the grill for direct cooking over medium heat (350 degrees to 450 degrees).

Brush the patties on both sides with the butter, and then grill over direct medium heat, with the lid closed, until fully cooked (165 degrees), 8-10 minutes, turning once. During the last 30 seconds to 1 minute of grilling time, toast the buns, cut side down, over direct heat.

Build each slider on a bun with a patty and blue cheese dressing. Serve warm.

Serves four.

"Weber's Big Book of Burgers" by Jamie Purviance (2014 Weber-Stephen Products LLC)