Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing
Perfect for a quick lunch that still packs a powerful punch of zingy flavor, showing that salads can be anything but boring.
Ingredients
Buffalo Hot Sauce
- 2Tbsp.unsalted butter
- 1tsp.ground black pepper
- 1tsp.garlic powder
- 0.5cuphot sauce
Buffalo Chicken Salad
- 1cupromaine lettucesliced
- 1Persian cucumbersliced
- 1stalkcelerythinly sliced
- 1green onionsliced
- 0.25cupchunky blue cheese dressing
- 1cooked chicken thighsmeat pulled from the bone
Instructions
- To make the buffalo hot sauce, melt the butter in a small skillet set over medium heat. Whisk in the black pepper and garlic powder, then slowly whisk in the hot sauce and warm through.
- Allow to cool before transferring to a small jar or container.
- Toss the vegetables together and arrange on a salad plate and top with blue cheese dressing.
- Coat the chicken in the buffalo sauce and arrange over the salad.
- Store any extra buffalo hot sauce in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Nutrition
Serving: 237.5gCalories: 512.68kcalCarbohydrates: 8.72gProtein: 26.82gFat: 42.11gSaturated Fat: 13.29gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11.24gMonounsaturated Fat: 12.12gTrans Fat: 0.55gCholesterol: 121.55mgSodium: 1261.17mgPotassium: 588.95mgFiber: 3.64gSugar: 2.22gVitamin A: 5506.45IUVitamin C: 5.64mgCalcium: 191.36mgIron: 1.89mgSugar Alcohol: 0.16gNet Carbs: 4.92g