Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad
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Buffalo Chicken Salad with sweet butter lettuce, homemade buffalo chicken and a creamy blue cheese dressing. Perfect for any time of year!
Looking for more salad recipes? Try this Tex-Mex Flank Steak Salad or this Harvest Salad next!
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Buffalo Chicken Salad Recipe
We’ve all heard the saying…”No great story ever started with someone eating a salad.” Today is the day we change that!
This salad is exciting, fresh, and something to look forward to for lunch or dinner.
So, what is buffalo chicken salad? Aside from incredible, it’s the perfect salad packed with veggies, fresh flavors, the best textures, and all served up with a delicious kick from tender and crispy buffalo chicken.
Buffalo Chicken Salad Ingredients
Salad Ingredients
Lettuce: I used Fresh Express Sweet Butter Lettuce.
Vegetables and herbs: I used NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes because they have a meatier inside and are less watery, so when you slice them open they won’t water down your salad with their excess juices.
You will also need purple cabbage, shredded carrots, avocado, red onion, and fresh cilantro.
Dairy and dressing: Blue cheese crumbles and Litehouse Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing. This dressing can also double as a dip for fresh cut veggies!
Buffalo Chicken Ingredients
Meat and poultry: chicken tenders and eggs. These baked chicken strips would work great!
Dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, cornstarch, and baking soda.
Herbs & spices: salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika.
Wet ingredients: olive oil for frying, honey, butter, and buffalo sauce (or hot sauce).
For a detailed list of ingredients and measurements, scroll down to the recipe card at the bottom.
How to make Buffalo Chicken Salad
1. Prepare the salad. In a large serving bowl, mix the lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage, carrots, red onion, cilantro, and half the blue cheese crumbles. Cover and refrigerate while you prepare the chicken.
2. Prepare the chicken. Whisk the egg in a small shallow bowl and in another shallow bowl, add the flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, onion powder garlic powder, and paprika.
3. Dip the chicken. Dip the chicken tenders in the flour mixture, then in the egg, and then once again in the flour.
4. Cook the chicken. Heat a large skillet (I like to use my dutch oven to keep the oil from splattering) over medium-high heat.
Once sizzling hot, place the chicken tenders in the pan for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Use rubber tipped tongs to carefully turn the chicken so you don’t lose the breading. Place the chicken on a paper towel lined plate to cool.
5. Prepare the buffalo sauce. While the chicken cools, whisk together the buffalo sauce, melted butter, and honey. Dip each piece of chicken in the sauce to coat and cut into 1 inch pieces. Drizzle any leftover sauce over top of the chicken.
6. Toss the salad. Toss the salad with the dressing, place chicken, avocado, and remaining blue cheese crumbles over top. Drizzle with remaining honey buffalo sauce and dressing if desired. I always do!
Questions you may have
Where do you get your fresh ingredients?
For this recipe, I used fresh ingredients from my local Safeway.
Now through the month of March, there are in-store promotions on Litehouse, NatureSweet, and Fresh Express products.
For more information visit their website.
Why is it called buffalo chicken?
Did you know that buffalo chicken has nothing to do with buffalo or bison? “Buffalo Chicken” actually comes from and family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York. It was the first place this tasty chicken was served and the name stuck!
What goes well with buffalo chicken?
There are so many delicious things they pair perfectly with buffalo chicken like:
- Celery and Carrots
- Roasted potatoes
- French fries
- Pasta Salad
- Baked Beans
Can I use a different protein?
Of course! If buffalo chicken isn’t your style, you can use Blackened Shrimp instead.
More Chicken Recipes You Might Like
- Simple Chicken Pho
- Mexican Street Corn White Chicken Chili
- Grilled BBQ Chicken
- Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup
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Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 3 cups Fresh Express Sweet Butter Lettuce
- 1 cup NatureSweet tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup shredded purple cabbage
- 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- 1 large avocado, cubed
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup Litehouse Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Buffalo Chicken
- 1 pound chicken tenders
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 cup light olive oil for frying
- 1/3 cup buffalo sauce, or hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- In a large serving bowl, mix the lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage, carrots, red onion, cilantro, and half the blue cheese crumbles. Cover and refrigerate while you prepare the chicken.
- Whisk the egg in a small shallow bowl and in another shallow bowl, add the flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, onion powder garlic powder, and paprika.
- Dip the chicken tenders in the flour, then in the egg, and then once again in the flour.
- Heat a large skillet (I like to use my dutch oven to keep the oil from splattering) over medium-high heat. Once sizzling hot, place the chicken tenders in the pan for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Use rubber tipped tongs to carefully turn the chicken so you don't lose the breading. Place the chicken on a paper towel lined plate to cool.
- While the chicken cools, whisk together the buffalo sauce, melted butter, and honey. Dip each piece of chicken in the sauce to coat and cut into 1 inch pieces. Drizzle any leftover sauce over top of the chicken.
- Toss the salad with the dressing, place chicken, avocado, and remaining blue cheese crumbles over top. Drizzle with remaining honey buffalo sauce and dressing if desired.
