Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

This is a great recipe for people who like the flavor of buffalo wings but don't like the mess of chicken wings. 

This is a quick and easy meal to prepare!

Buffalo Chicken Salad

    Buffalo Chicken Salad
Prep time: Minimal     Cook time: about 12 minutes

10 cups spring salad mix
8-10 chicken tenders, uncooked
assorted veggies, cut up
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
¼ cup red hot sauce
salt and pepper

Optional:
crumbled blue cheese  
croutons 

 Heat your skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil. Place chicken tenders in skillet, add desired amount of salt and pepper, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. 

 While chicken is cooking Place salad mix in large bowl with the prepared veggies. Turn chicken breasts over and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until done.  

Remove Chicken from the skillet and set aside. Melt the butter in pan. Add the red hot sauce and stir and scrape bottom of pan. Place chicken back in the pan on top of sauce. Cook for about 2 minutes. Turn chicken and cook for another 2 minutes. 
Top salad mix and veggies with the chicken and add Blue Cheese Vinaigrette.

These tenders are also great as a main dish without salad. 

Buffalo Chicken Tenders

     
You can make the dressing while the chicken is cooking or mix it before you start cooking.

Blue Cheese Vinaigrette (double batch pictured)

Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

 2 tbsp vinegar
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp dried Italian seasoning
½ tsp mayo
¼ cup crumbled blue cheese

In a large bowl, add first five ingredients. Whisk until well blended. Add blue cheese. 

Transfer to jar for serving and storing. 

Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

      
 You may need to spoon some of the blue cheese from the bottom of the jar while serving.

Keeps for a few days in the fridge.

Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

Serves 4-5

 
Enjoy!


Until next time!