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    April 23, 2012

    Buffalo Chicken Salad with Homemade Bleu Cheese Dressing

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    On Saturday I had every intention of making a light Buffalo Chicken Salad almost exactly like my friend Brianne at Cupcakes and Kale Chips made, only cheating a little by using defrosted Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken breast fillets. But then as it turns out I completely forgot about the dressing, or a dressing of any kind for that matter! Other than simple olive oil based dressings, I had never made a home-made dressing before.

    I had a container of bleu cheese crumbles in my fridge, so I set about making bleu cheese dressing. Sigh, there went the healthy version of this salad. On a plus side, I love bleu cheese! I use it in salads all the time, and my Chicken Wing Dip!

    I added a printable version of this recipe below if you would like it 🙂

    For the bleu cheese dressing:

    ½ cup crumbled bleu cheese (you know what, I lied it wasn't a container of crumbled, it was a block I crumbled myself. I never realized how much cheaper that is!)

    1 cup mayonnaise

    ½ cup sour cream

    1 tablespoon lemon juice

    1 tablespoon white vinegar

    ½ teaspoon each garlic and onion powder

    Combine all in a medium bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Now, of course if you used reduced fat bleu cheese, mayo, and sour cream this would be a lot less fat, I just didn't have it.

    For the Buffalo Chicken Salad:

    2 large stalks celery, julienned

    2 large carrots, julienned

    salad greens ( I used Olivia's Organic's Spring Salad Mix)

    4 defrosted Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken breast fillets ( or precooked chicken breasts, but I would only use 2 in that case.) sliced into thin strips

    ½ cup wing sauce

    ½ cup water

    1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

    2 tablespoons butter

    *this made a bit too much sauce, but depending on the size of the chicken breasts you might need it.

    Combine water, wing sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and butter in a pan and heat over medium heat until butter melts. Add chicken and simmer until heated through. Combine salad mixture with the carrots and celery in a large bowl for self-serving or on individual plates, top with cooked chicken using a slotted spoon and top with bleu cheese dressing.

    Buffalo Chicken Salad with Homemade Bleu Cheese Dressing 

    Plated Buffalo Chicken Salad with lettuce carrots, chicken, and blue cheese dressing.

     

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    Buffalo Chicken Salad with Homemade Bleu Cheese Dressing

    An easy salad topped with chicken and a homemade blue cheese dressing.
    Prep Time1 hour hr
    Cook Time10 minutes mins
    Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
    Course: Salad
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 708kcal
    Author: Bernadette

    Ingredients

    • 2 large stalks celery julienned
    • 2 large carrots julienned
    • salad greens I used Olivia’s Organic’s Spring Salad Mix
    • 4 defrosted Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken breast fillets or 2 precooked chicken breast. sliced into thin strips
    • ½ cup wing sauce
    • ½ cup water
    • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • For the blue cheese dressing:
    • ½ cup crumbled bleu cheese
    • 1 cup mayonnaise
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
    • ½ teaspoon each garlic and onion powder

    Instructions

    • Prepare the dressing: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
    • For the salad: Combine water, wing sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and butter in a pan and heat over medium heat until butter melts. Add chicken and simmer until heated through.
    • Combine salad mixture with the carrots and celery in a large bowl for self-serving or on individual plates, top with cooked chicken using a slotted spoon. Top with prepared bleu cheese dressing.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 708kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 61g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 138mg | Sodium: 1870mg | Potassium: 696mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 12615IU | Vitamin C: 57.6mg | Calcium: 228mg | Iron: 5.5mg

     

    Let me know what you think! Do you make homemade dressings? If so, what kind?

    This recipe is now featured on www.foodiefriendsfriday.com

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    1. Marlys @Thisand That says

      August 28, 2012 at 5:14 pm

      This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday. I hope you will come back and link up this week.

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    2. Michelle says

      August 24, 2012 at 4:09 pm

      I love anything buffalo! I will definitely try this. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!

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    3. kelly says

      April 24, 2012 at 10:25 am

      sounds delicious!! i have to copy ur recipe down.

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