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Spicy Texas Ranch Biscuit Cups

Biscuit cups filled with spicy butter-and-hot-sauce tossed chicken, blue cheese, mozzarella and cheddar, finished with ranch and chopped cilantro. Baked in a jumbo muffin tin for a handheld appetizer or snack.
Prep Time17 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time32 minutes
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 canrefrigerated flaky biscuits8 large biscuits
  • 2 cupscooked & cubed chicken nuggetsor fingers I warm mine in the microwave
  • 1/4 cuphot sauce
  • 2 tablespoonsbutter
  • 1/4 cupranch dressingplus 2 tablespoons
  • 1/2 cupblue cheesecrumbled
  • 1/2 cupmozzarella cheesegrated
  • 1/2 cupcheddar cheesegrated
  • chopped cilantrofor garnish

Instructions

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8-cup jumbo muffin tin with nonstick spray.
  • Open the can of 8 refrigerated flaky biscuits. Press one biscuit into the bottom of each muffin cup and press the sides up about halfway to form a bowl.
  • If your cooked chicken is cold, warm the 2 cups of cubed chicken nuggets or fingers briefly in the microwave or on the stove until heated through.
  • In a small saucepan over low heat or in a microwave-safe bowl, melt the 2 tablespoons butter; stir in the 1/4 cup hot sauce until combined. Toss the warmed chicken in the butter–hot sauce mixture until evenly coated.
  • Divide 1/4 cup ranch dressing evenly among the 8 biscuit cups (about 1/2 tablespoon per cup) and spread it on the bottom of each biscuit bowl. Reserve the additional 2 tablespoons ranch dressing for drizzling after baking.
  • Sprinkle about 1/2 tablespoon blue cheese crumbles into each biscuit cup on top of the ranch.
  • Place about 1/4 cup of the prepared spicy chicken into each biscuit cup on top of the blue cheese.
  • On top of the chicken in each cup, add another 1/2 tablespoon blue cheese crumbles, then 1 tablespoon grated mozzarella and 1 tablespoon grated cheddar per cup.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 15–20 minutes, until the biscuit edges are golden brown and the dough is cooked through.
  • Remove from oven and cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Carefully remove the biscuit cups from the tin.
  • Drizzle the reserved 2 tablespoons ranch dressing over the biscuit cups, sprinkle with chopped cilantro, and serve warm.

Equipment

  • 8-cup jumbo muffin tin
  • nonstick spray
  • Small Saucepan
  • Microwave (optional)