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.
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 512.68kcal
Ingredients
Buffalo Hot Sauce
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 cup hot sauce
Buffalo Chicken Salad
- 1 cup romaine lettuce sliced
- 1 Persian cucumber sliced
- 1 stalk celery thinly sliced
- 1 green onion sliced
- 1/4 cup chunky blue cheese dressing
- 1 cooked chicken thighs meat 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: 237.5g | Calories: 512.68kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.72g | Protein: 26.82g | Fat: 42.11g | Saturated Fat: 13.29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11.24g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12.12g | Trans Fat: 0.55g | Cholesterol: 121.55mg | Sodium: 1261.17mg | Potassium: 588.95mg | Fiber: 3.64g | Sugar: 2.22g | Vitamin A: 5506.45IU | Vitamin C: 5.64mg | Calcium: 191.36mg | Iron: 1.89mg | Sugar Alcohol: 0.16g | Net Carbs: 4.92g