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Dinner salad lovers come together! Delicious food awaits in the form of this rich and spicy Buffalo chicken salad. The perfectly seasoned boneless buffalo wings are placed on a crispy salad base finished with pieces of avocado and blue cheese. It is creamy and satisfying as I continue to achieve that happy dance feeling "light and fresh, I ate a salad for dinner."
Today I have some pretty simple culinary math for you. No fractions or common basic strategies are required. Ready?
It's something like this: buffalo kickin chicken bites + creamy avocado + crispy salad / cabbage salad = your new favorite dinner salad.
Easy week night Buffalo Chicken Salad brings ALL the flavors and textures to the table:
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- Crispy but tender boneless buffalo wingsthrown into my mother's signature sauce
- Creamy avocado and salty Blue cheese – AKA, buffalo chicken's favorite flavor partners
- the crispiest salad base thrown into a spicy red wine vinaigrette
How to Make Buffalo Chicken Salad
You don't need a reservation to enjoy a quality restaurant-quality dinner salad. The crispy boneless buffalo wings are placed on a crispy salad base mixed with 2-ingredient vinaigrette, blue cheese crumbs, and creamy avocado. This buffalo chicken salad is a 30-minute fast food packed with protein and vegetables.
Crispy salad base. Verification verification. Take a bowl and mix chopped romaine lettuce, grated red cabbage, grated carrots, and thinly sliced ​​celery.
Salty blue cheese? HECK YES. Sprinkle that on top.
Sprinkle your crispy salad situation with a few 2-ingredient red wine vinaigrette, then throw.
SHRIEK. What did I say? Vinaigrette? In a buffalo chicken salad?
Oh yes my friends i go there no ranch or blue cheese dressing will wash this salad away. Let's go for something light, fresh and spicy, some might even call it hot spicy. Fancy, huh? There's already an ideal dose of creaminess thanks to the blue cheese crumbs and avocado, and I personally found the addition of ranch dressing too heavy. The vinaigrette tossed at the base of the salad is perfection.
Top the salad with boneless buffalo chicken bites, just place those babies right in the middle, then spread the diced cucumber and diced avocado next to the chicken as cozy little flavor nuggets.
This whole salad is SO winning. You will become addicted. Suitable for stupid and busy Tuesdays, Sundays basics and everything in between.
Is this Buffalo chicken salad healthy?
Instead of throwing out the word healthy as if it meant something specific, let's get to know the nutritional value of this salad, shall we? A portion will give you:
- Lots of protein, about 30g
- More than half of a recommended daily dose of vitamin A
- Great contributions to your vitamin C needs (bye-bye, snort!), Potassium (more than 1 banana!) And calcium
On the not-so-good side for you of the equation, this recipe is high in sodium due to bottled hot sauces. If you're concerned about sodium intake, I found this article on low sodium hot sauces really helpful.
In terms of dietary accommodations, this dinner salad is definitely in the low carb spectrum (12 g of net carbs per serving), is naturally without gluten, and easily translates to paleo.
How to make this Buffalo Paleo chicken salad
- I used the paleo version of my buffalo chicken bites; You can find all the details here.
- Skip the blue cheese.
- You're done!
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Buffalo Chicken Salad
You don't need a reservation to enjoy a quality restaurant-quality dinner salad. The crispy boneless buffalo wings are placed on a crispy salad base mixed with 2-ingredient vinaigrette, blue cheese crumbs, and creamy avocado. This buffalo chicken salad is a 30-minute fast food packed with protein and vegetables.
Course: Salad
American kitchen
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Cook time: 25 minutes.
Total time: 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 446kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 recipe for Buffalo chicken bites (boneless chicken wings)
- 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1/2 c grated carrots
- 1/2 c grated red cabbage
- 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
- 1/3 c crumbled blue cheese
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1/2 English cucumber, diced
Simple red wine vinaigrette
Instructions
- Prepare the buffalo boneless chicken bites. Follow the recipe here, but cut the serving size in half.
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While the chicken bites are browning, prepare the base of the salad. Combine romaine lettuce, carrots, cabbage, celery, and blue cheese in large bowl.
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Combine red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper in a glass measuring cup or small bowl. Beat until emulsified. Pour half of the vinaigrette over the base of the salad and stir.
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Place the diced avocado, diced cucumber, and boneless chicken bites on the base of the salad. Serve immediately with additional dressing on the side.
Notes
by quick and easy preparation, use previously grated carrots, previously grated red cabbage, and blue cheese crumbs.
Nutritional information
Calories: 446 kcal (22%), carbohydrates: 17 g (6%), protein: 30 g (60%), fat: 27 g (42%), saturated fat: 7 g (35%), polyunsaturated fat: 2 g, monounsaturated fat: 15 g, Trans fat: 0 g, Cholesterol: 81 mg (27%), Sodium: 1389 mg (58%), Potassium: 550 mg (16%), Fiber: 5 g (20%), Sugar: 4 g (4%), Vitamin A: 59% (59%), vitamin C: 19% (19%), calcium: 17% (17%), iron: 7% (7%)
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