Buffalo Tempeh Sliders

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Servings: 18
Yield: 18 servings

Description

Tempeh is topped with Buffalo sauce, blue cheese, and celery in these pita pocket sliders that will delight vegetarians at your next party.

Ingredients

3 (8 ounce) packages tempeh, cut into 2-inch strips
2 (12 fluid ounce) bottles Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's® RedHot)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup crumbled blue cheese, or more to taste
1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 large green bell pepper, diced
2 stalks celery, diced, or more to taste
1/4 red onion, diced
1 (5 3/10 ounce) container Greek yogurt, or as needed
18 pita pockets, or more to taste

Directions

1 Place tempeh in a large bowl and cover with Buffalo sauce. Set aside to marinate, 10 to 20 minutes.
2 Remove tempeh from Buffalo sauce, reserving sauce. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook tempeh in a single layer, in batches, until heated through and lightly browned, about 3 minutes per side. Pour some Buffalo sauce back over tempeh to coat.
3 Combine blue cheese, cilantro, green bell pepper, celery, and onion in a large bowl. Mix in enough Greek yogurt until topping just holds together.
4 Divide tempeh pieces among pita pockets; top with a spoonful of the topping. Top with remaining Buffalo sauce.