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buffalo chicken salad

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Recipe by
Francine Lizotte
@ClubFoody
Surrey South, BC

Incredibly delicious and colorful, this recipe is loaded with flavor! It’s like eating wings with a tasty added twist!

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yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 11 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For buffalo chicken salad

  • CHICKEN
  • 2 lg
    chicken breasts, cubed
  • 3 - 4 Tbsp
    grapeseed or canola oil, or as needed
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste (I always use mixed peppercorns)
  • 1 c
    unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    garlic powder
  • 1 tsp
    smoked paprika
  • 1 c
    buffalo wing sauce (recipe on cf website)
  • SALAD
  • 8 c
    torn romaine lettuce, washed, drained and chopped
  • 1 c
    diced red onions
  • 1 c
    diced red peppers
  • 1 c
    diced celery
  • 1 c
    peeled and shredded carrots
  • 1 c
    shredded red cabbage
  • 1 c
    cherry tomatoes, washed and halved
  • 1/2
    english cucumber, peeled and diced
  • 1 c
    blue cheese, crumbled
  • blue cheese or ranch dressing (both recipes on cf website)

How To Make buffalo chicken salad

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 400ºF and line a large baking sheet with foil that has been lightly greased with cooking spray; set aside.
  • 2
    To make the chicken, add chicken cubes to a large bowl 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.
  • 3
    In a large re-sealable plastic bag, combine flour, garlic powder and smoked paprika.
  • 4
    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.
  • 5
    When all coated, spray the cubes with cooking spray and transfer to the preheated oven. Bake for 7 minutes.
  • 6
    A few minutes later, remove them from the heat and flip the cubes.
  • 7
    Return them back to the oven for 4 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165ºF.
  • 8
    Remove from the heat and put them in a medium bowl. Pour buffalo wing sauce over and stir to coat.
  • 9
    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.
  • 10
    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.
  • 11
    To view this incredibly tasty salad on YouTube, click on this link ➡ https://youtu.be/vQFK0e8Iz-E
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