Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad
Buffalo Chicken Salad with sweet butter lettuce, homemade buffalo chicken and a creamy blue cheese dressing. Perfect for any time of year!
Servings: 4
Calories: 601kcal
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.
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Nutrition
Calories: 601kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 198mg | Sodium: 903mg | Potassium: 1127mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 170mg | Iron: 3mg
