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Reviewing:  Crispy Buffalo spice chicken with blue cheese sauce, sour cream 'n' chive mashed potatoes and roasted carrots. 1 serving prepared

One modification was made to eliminate gluten. This recipe is largely oven based making it perfect if you have other tasks to complete. The recipe can be found on the Hellofresh website. 

Here's what you get:

Yukon Gold potatoes 
Carrots 
Chives 
Fry seasoning 
Sour cream 
Chicken cutlet 
Panko bread crumbs (not used)
**1/4 cup parmesan substituted 
Frank's RedHot original seasoning blend Blue cheese dressing 
Cholula hot sauce

The potatoes:
These were super easy to put together, I made them smoother than the picture suggested I ended up boiling and waiting until everything else was nearly done to finish them. Out of all the prep this took the most time to complete.

The protein:
Since I can't have panko, parmesan became the breading substitute. I didn't need to use butter for the breadcrumb mix per directions, the season mixed really well with the parm cheese. Getting the chicken ready for the oven went quickly.

The carrots:
Roasting veggies really only takes a little bit of effort. I didn't add much salt to the fry seasoning before oiling and seasoning the carrots. If I try this recipe again I might swap carrots for steamed green beans or broccoli instead.

The sauce:
This was easy to prepare since no reduction was necessary. I was new to blue cheese dressing and a bit skeptical but this wasn't bad. 

The plate:

Being rather large baby about spicy stuff I was a little hesitant to use too much of the hot sauce. This brand isn't crazy hot thankfully. The only thing I didn't like, everything was so orange and white!  The dish itself needed a bit more color in my opinion but it all tasted really good and I think I'll be making this one again.

- Kris 

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