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Buffalo Chicken Salad

Incredibly delicious and colorful, this Buffalo Chicken Salad recipe is loaded with flavor! It’s like eating wings with a tasty added twist!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Passive Time10 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Francine Lizotte
Course: Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: North American
Keyword Chicken, Comfort Food, Easy Recipe, Poultry, Vegetables

Ingredients

CHICKEN

  • 2 large chicken breasts, cubed
  • 3 to 4 tbsp. grapeseed oil (substitute canola oil), or as needed tips & tricks
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste (I always use mixed peppercorns)
  • 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1 tsp. smoked paprika

BUFFALO SAUCE

  • 1 cup buffalo wing sauce see Recipe

SALAD

  • 8 cups Romaine lettuce, torn, washed, drained and chopped
  • 1 cup red onions, diced tips & tricks
  • 1 cup red peppers, diced
  • 1 cup celery, diced tips & tricks
  • 1 cup carrots, peeled and shredded
  • 1 cup red cabbage, shredded
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, washed and halved tips & tricks
  • 1/2 English cucumber, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup blue cheese, crumbled tips & tricks
  • your choice of blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing Footnote

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 400ºF and line a large baking sheet with foil that has been lightly greased with cooking spray; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, add chicken cubes and pour on grapeseed oil, enough to coat. Season generously with freshly ground black pepper and stir well; add more oil and black pepper if needed.
  • In a large re-sealable plastic bag, combine flour, garlic powder and smoked paprika.
  • Working in batches, add chicken cubes to the bag, close it and shake vigorously until nicely coated. Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to the prepared baking sheets.
  • When all coated, spray the cubes with cooking spray and transfer to the preheated oven. Bake for 7 minutes.
  • A few minutes later, remove them from the heat and flip the cubes.
  • Return them back to the oven for 4 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165ºF.
  • Remove from the heat and put them in a medium bowl. Pour Buffalo Wing Sauce over and stir to coat.
  • Drop them in a single layer back on the baking sheet and return the coated chicken to the oven without the heat on for 10 minutes.
  • To assemble…
    Place lettuce first, the remaining vegetables on top followed by the chicken cubes on each side of the bowl. Sprinkle on crumbled blue cheese and drizzle on either blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing.

Notes

Footnote: Use either Blue Cheese Dressing or Ranch Dressing