Hot Potato Chips with Blue Cheese Sauce

Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay

Prep Time:
5 min
Inactive Prep Time:
hr min
Cook Time:
10 min

Level:
Easy

Serves:
8 servings

Ingredients
Blue Cheese Sauce:

* 2 1/4 cups whole milk
* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 1 small Spanish onion, finely chopped
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
* Pinch cayenne pepper
* 1/2 pound crumbled blue cheese
* Homemade Potato Chips, recipe follows, or good-quality store-bought potato chips

Directions

Place the milk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Heat the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the warm milk, and continue whisking until thickened. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese. If the sauce is too thick, thin it with a little extra milk. Serve sauce warm with potato chips for dipping.
Homemade Potato Chips:

* 6 large Idaho potatoes, peeled and sliced lengthwise into 1/8-inch thick slices on a mandoline
* 2 quarts peanut oil
* Salt

Place the potato slices on a baking sheet between layers of paper towels to make sure they are very dry before frying.

Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan until the temperature of the oil reaches 400 degrees F on a deep-fat thermometer. Fry the potatoes in small batches until golden brown on both sides, turning once. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a brown paper bag or another baking sheet lined with paper towels to drain. Season with salt immediately. Serve hot with the blue cheese dipping sauce.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

From Thomas in Wilmington, Delaware

1 ½ lb. of cooked chicken diced
¾ cup diced onion
1 ½ cups diced celery
2 oz. cream cheese
1 cup of Blue Cheese dressing
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
12 oz. bottle of Frank’s Original Red Hot Sauce

Sauté onion & celery until glossy & softened. Add cream cheese, blue cheese & hot sauce, stir until melted. Remove from heat. Add chicken & mix well – add cheddar cheese & mix. Pour into baking dish and bake 30 minutes at 350.

While a senior at Penn State I took an alumni visiting my roommates to the Alabama game with me since they had a Saturday mid-tem – ugh. I had never met him before and he was a bit concerned with my plan to make several gallons of Alabama slammers and visit their tailgates. I explained if they were coming this far for the game they’d probably have a good tailgate. Long story short we had a blast, met a lot of nice people, shared our slammers which were a hit and enjoyed their scrumptious food. Penn State won the game. Tailgating brings people together.