Buffalo Chicken Salad Recipe
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Buffalo Chicken Salad Recipe
Description
This Buffalo Chicken Salad Recipe starts by cooking chicken breast pieces in olive oil until browned, then simmered with butter, hot sauce, and salad seasoning to infuse the spicy Buffalo flavor. Meanwhile, a blue cheese ranch dressing is prepared by combining mayonnaise, milk, ranch salad dressing mix, and crumbled blue cheese, then chilled to meld.
The salad is assembled by tossing chopped romaine lettuce with the blue cheese ranch dressing, then topping with the hot Buffalo chicken, crumbled blue cheese, and croutons. The result is a combination of crisp greens, creamy dressing, spicy and buttery chicken, with added crunch from croutons and tang from blue cheese.
Serve this salad immediately to enjoy the contrast between warm, spicy chicken and cool, creamy dressing. It offers a satisfying entrée with classic Buffalo wing flavors in salad form.
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast cut into 1 inch cubes, boneless, skinless
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup hot sauce
- 1 tbsp salad seasoning mix McCormick Salad Supreme Seasoning
- 2 heads romaine lettuce cut into small pieces
- 1 tbsp blue cheese plus 1 tbsp for garnish, crumbled
- croutons
Bleu Cheese Ranch Dressing
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 tbsp ranch salad dressing mix
- 1/8 cup bleu cheese crumbled
Instructions
- Make dressing by mixing mayo, milk, and ranch mix. Stir in bleu cheese and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Add vegetable oil to a large skillet and cook on MED-HIGH heat. Add the chicken cubes and cook until slightly browned and cooked through.
- Reduce heat to low and add butter, hot. sauce and salad seasoning mix. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove chicken keeping any of the hot sauce needed to toss in with the salad.
- Toss together the lettuce and bleu cheese ranch dressing. Top with the chicken pieces, croutons and bleu cheese crumbles. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 644 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 644kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 61g | 122% |
| Fat | 32g | 49% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 190mg | 63% |
| Sodium | 3395mg | 141% |
| Potassium | 2583mg | 55% |
| Fiber | 13g | 52% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 55229IU | 1105% |
| Vitamin C | 73mg | 81% |
| Calcium | 358mg | 36% |
| Iron | 7mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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