Description
Buffalo Chicken Salad with sweet butter lettuce, homemade buffalo chicken and a creamy blue cheese dressing. Perfect for any time of year!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups fresh sweet butter lettuce
- 1 cup 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 microbial-rennet blue cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup chunky blue cheese dressing
- 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
- Step: 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.
- Step: 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.
- Step: Dip the chicken tenders in the flour, then in the egg, and then once again in the flour.
- Step: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet 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.
- Step: 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.
- Step: 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.
Notes
Use rubber tipped tongs to carefully turn the chicken so the breading stays intact.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 601 kcal
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 903 mg
- Fat: 30 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 47 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Cholesterol: 198 mg
Keywords: crispy buffalo chicken, buffalo chicken salad, American salad, main course