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Grilling 24x7 » Recipes » Poultry Recipes » Chicken Recipes » Buffalo Chicken Fatty

Buffalo Chicken Fatty

by Frank Campanella 5 Comments

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aka Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion
Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

Here we go! Spring is here and the weather is mild and just perfect for lighting up the grill or smoker.

I figured since everyone is going to be looking for a fun weekend recipe to test out that I might as well post this easy and totally awesome recipe for a buffalo chicken fatty.

What’s a fatty you ask? Keep on reading.

What is a”Fatty”

Last year I posted a recipe for a bacon explosion aka “a fatty,” which is composed of rolled up breakfast sausage with cheese, jalapeno peppers and onions, wrapped in a lovely weave of bacon.

It is a real cool appetizer and a total centerpiece for a party. One of my buddies asked me whether I had ever tried a buffalo chicken version of a fatty.

I was stopped in my tracks. I was quite curious at how this would possibly work. After a few back and forth e-mails we hammered out a plan for a buffalo chicken fatty. This is nice:

How to make a Buffalo Chicken Fatty

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

Take two boneless skinless chicken breasts and pound them flat using a meat tenderizer.

I put two breasts in a zip top bag and beat them down to an even thickness. Once the breasts are flattened, move them aside.

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

how to make a bacon weave

Next using 1 pack of bacon make a bacon weave. Your weave doesn’t have to be perfect but it does need to be able to stay together.

Here is a really nice tutorial on how to make a bacon weave: BBQ-Brethren Bacon Weave. If the images of the weave in this link don’t show up you may have to login.

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

Position the chicken breasts in the middle of the bacon weave. Liberally add about ¼ cup of hot sauce or any type of wing sauce that you like.

I used straight Frank’s hot sauce. Add about 4 cloves of diced sauteed garlic on top.

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

Put a handful of crumbled blue cheese all over and then sprinkle about ¼ cup of shredded parmesan cheese all over.

If you are familiar with this blog you’ll know I posted a garlic parmesan hot wing recipe a while back that was an attempt to recreate the wings from a little dive bar in Baltimore called Kislings Tavern.

They used to have the best wings ever. They were so spicy and the recipe appeared to be a nice hot sauce with the addition of garlic and parmesan cheese.

I’m now a bit partial to the addition of garlic and parmesan cheese to any hotwing recipe.

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

Now comes the fun part. Carefully grab one side of your bacon weave and roll the Buffalo chicken fatty.

Once it’s rolled up carefully put it on a rectangular piece of aluminum foil. This helps with transfer to the smoker and also removal from the smoker.

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

How long to Cook a Bacon Explosion

Typically, a bacon explosion is smoked at 250-300 degrees F for about 1-2 hours.

I use apple wood. However, this can easily be made on a charcoal or gas grill. If you use a grill you can add some wood chips throughout the cook to get the smoke flavor or just skip the smoke all together.

It will still be great, regardless. All you really need to do is cook the chicken and bacon.

Speaking of cooking, you will know your fatty is done when a thermometer put into the center reaches at least 165 degrees F.

Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe

You have some options during the last 30 minutes of the cook. You can leave the fatty sauceless, or use anyone of your favorite BBQ sauces and brush it liberally.

This adds a nice flavor to the fatty.

I really liked this buffalo chicken fatty. It’s the best of both worlds! Bacon and hot wings!

If you Love all things Buffalo be sure to checkout this Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joe Recipe

Buffalo chicken sloppy Joe on martins potato roll

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Buffalo Chicken Bacon Explosion Recipe
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5 from 1 vote

Buffalo Chicken Fatty – Bacon Explosion

Bacon Explosion recipes are incredible. This one changes things up with chicken and buffalo wing flavors.
Course Main Course
Cuisine BBQ
Keyword Bacon Exsplosion, Buffalo chicken, Fatty
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 460kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Sliced Bacon
  • 24 oz Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts 2-3 large breasts
  • 2 tbsp Minced Garlic
  • ¼ cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • ⅓ cup Hot Sauce
  • 1 cup BBQ Sauce
  • ¾ cup Crumbled Blue Cheese

Instructions

  • Pound chicken breasts flat.
  • Make bacon weave.
  • Put flattened chicken breasts on top of bacon weave.
  • Add hot sauce, sauteed garlic, blue cheese, Parmesan cheese on top of chicken.
  • Roll it up into a cylinder shape and sit on a rectangular piece of foil.
  • Smoke or grill at low temperature (250-300F) until temperature in the center reaches 175F.
  • About 30 minutes before it is done brush some BBQ sauce on top (optional).

Nutrition

Calories: 460kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 1330mg | Potassium: 572mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 266IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 1mg

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  1. C lagos

    May 14, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    You lost me at blue cheese.
    Barf.

    Reply
  2. Jack

    March 04, 2020 at 12:55 am

    5 stars
    Wow—- never thought of that— great job

    Reply
    • Culinary Lion

      March 05, 2020 at 3:16 am

      Thanks for checking out the recipe, I’m a fan of anything buffalo!!

      Reply
  3. Dbailey

    June 11, 2020 at 3:27 pm

    Could you use ground chicken instead on chicken breast?

    Reply
    • Culinary Lion

      June 12, 2020 at 1:26 pm

      you can but you may need to add some breadcrumbs to tighten it up so it doesn’t fall apart. it will be delicate

      Reply

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