Buffalo Chicken Salad

Show: Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger Episode: Out of Exile

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (110)

Cook Time:
6 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 20 min
Cook: 6 min
Total:: 46 min

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Ingredients

2 (8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons cayenne pepper hot sauce (or other hot sauce), plus more to taste
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 hearts Romaine, cut into 1-inch strips (about 8 cups)
4 celery stalks, thinly sliced
2 carrots, coarsely grated
2 scallions, green part only, sliced
1/2 cup Blue Cheese Dressing, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat the broiler. Put the chicken between 2 sheets of waxed paper and pound with a mallet or hammer so the chicken is an even thickness of about 3/4-inch, then cut the chicken crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. In a large bowl, combine the hot sauce and the oil, add chicken and toss until the chicken is well coated. Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet and broil until it is cooked through, about 4 to 6 minutes, turning once.

In a large bowl combine the Romaine, celery, shredded carrots and scallions. Toss with the dressing. Divide the greens between 4 plates, top with the chicken. Serve with extra hot sauce.

Blue Cheese Dressing:

2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/4 cup lowfat buttermilk
1/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Fold a full sheet of paper towel into quarters and put it into a small bowl. Spoon the yogurt onto the paper towel and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to drain and thicken. In a medium bowl, whisk the buttermilk and thickened yogurt into the mayonnaise until smooth. Add the vinegar and sugar and continue to whisk until all the ingredients are well combined. Stir in the blue cheese and season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Yield: 3/4 cup

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Comments & Reviews

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Connie The Woodlands, TX 02-22-2010
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A favorite
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I make this all of the time - it is so good. I always add tomatoes and cut back a little on the celery. I've used sriracha... hot chili saude and it takes your breath away but still good - I've marinated it first in the hot sauce and this adds a bite and made it as is - it is never anything but great. The blue cheese dressing is my favorite blue cheese even better than the high fat ones.Read more
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Jordan dixon, IL 02-22-2010
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Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This salad is so incredible! I didn't have any hot sauce so i just mixed the oil with some cayenne pepper, som white sugar... and a tiny bit of vinegar. coated the chicken pieces and put it in the frying pan, The chicken is great! A great pair with the blue cheese! This is a highly recommended dish!Read more
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Tamara Burnsville, MN 02-15-2010
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Buffalo Chicken Salad - Fantastic
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used a combination of Penzey's Cayenne Pepper and Liquid Hot Sauce. I allowed the chicken to soak in this mixture for about... two hour prior to baking in a 360 degree oven. The flavor was fantastic!!!!! Thank you for a slimmed down version as I have been working extra hard at counting calories along with working out and I am really starting to see a difference. I wish all of the recipes offered the nutrition information like your's Ellie.Read more
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Peggy Anaheim, CA 01-26-2010
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Really GOOD
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This salad is sooooo good and so easy. Ellie has hit it out of the park with this one! Delish!
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Carol Wilmington, DE 01-19-2010
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Excellent
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Used Tabasco sauce - hot w/o taking off the taste buds. Loved the dressing. I substituted milk and buttermilk powder... because that's what I had. It's a keeper for this family!Read more
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Lindsay Tupper Lake, NY 01-18-2010
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Blue Cheese!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This salad was really good. I did, however, use all of the blue cheese dressing and not just half a cup of it in the salad.... Probably added more blue cheese as well, but it was still a much healthier version than my full-fat counterpart. I would definitely recommend tossing the cooked chicken in more hot sauce after it's finished. Makes it extra tasty!Read more