buffalo chicken salad
A mouth-watering delicious Buffalo Chicken salad full of flavor from grilled Buffalo Chicken, homemade ranch dressing, romaine lettuce, carrots, celery, and bleu cheese. Guaranteed to please the Buffalo Chicken lover in your life.
yield
4 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Grill
Ingredients For buffalo chicken salad
- BUFFALO CHICKEN
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½ cunsalted butter
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1 cfranks’ red hot sauce
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1 Tbspcider vinegar
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2 clovegarlic pressed
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1 tspworcestershire sauce
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½ tspground cayenne pepper
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1 ¼ lbboneless skinless chicken breast
- SALAD
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10 cchopped romaine lettuce
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2ribs celery chopped
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2carrots peeled and shredded
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1 ½ cgrape tomatoes halved
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1red bell pepper finely diced
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1/3 cred onion, thinly sliced
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2/3 ccrumbled bleu cheese
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1 ½ Tbsplemon or lime juice
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1avocado seeded and sliced
- RANCH DRESSING
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1/3 cbuttermilk
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1/3 csour cream
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1/3 cmayonnaise
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2 clovegarlic pressed
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1/4 tsponion powder
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1 Tbspfinely chopped fresh chives (or 1 teaspoon dried)
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1 Tbspfinely chopped dill (or 1 teaspoon dried dill)
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1 Tbspfinely chopped parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried parsley)
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½ tspkosher salt
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½ tspfresh ground black pepper
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1 tspfresh lemon juice
How To Make buffalo chicken salad
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1Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add Frank’s Redhot Sauce, apple cider vinegar, pressed garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and ground cayenne.
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2Whisk to combine and bring just to a simmer. Remove from the heat and let cool.
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3Once cooled add half the mixture to a bowl and add the chicken. Stir to coat, cover, and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours; stirring every 30-45 minutes.
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4Preheat the grill to 400 degrees. Remove the chicken from the marinade and grill for 10-12 minutes or until the chicken reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit; flipping halfway through the process. Baste with the remaining buffalo sauce to keep it moist and tasty. Cover and let rest for 10-15 minutes. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.
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5Whisk the ingredients together for the creamy ranch dressing.
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6Layer the romaine on a large platter or in a bowl. Follow up with the celery, carrots, grape tomatoes, red bell pepper red onion, bleu cheese, and buffalo chicken. Brush cut avocado with lime juice and add to salad. Drizzle with the homemade ranch dressing or your favorite bleu cheese dressing.
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