Buffalo Chicken Salad
Buffalo chicken, salad style. This spicy veggie-packed buffalo chicken salad is delicious and great for meal prep, a family dinner, or easy lunches.
If you like buffalo chicken then you are going to love this healthy buffalo chicken salad for an easy lunch or dinner. This salad is anything but boring with spicy buffalo chicken, crispy and juicy veggies, and plenty of flavors. It is a filling and satisfying meal that still is light and fresh. Buffalo chicken salad is quick and easy to make, gluten-free, and easily dairy-free with vegan feta cheese. This spicy salad won’t disappoint!
You will love Buffalo Chicken Salad because:
- Buffalo chicken salad is a flavorful and healthy salad
- Ready in less than 30 minutes and makes the perfect meal prep for the week or a family dinner
- High protein and high-fiber salad that is a satisfying lunch or dinner
- Customizable topping options
- Plant-based, gluten-free, and easily dairy-free
Buffalo Chicken Salad is made with:
- Romaine lettuce: any green will do but I love the crunch and mild flavor of romaine for this salad
- Buffalo chicken: a lean source of protein this shredded buffalo chicken is easy to make in the instant pot or crock pot
- Black Beans: high-fiber plant-based protein
- Corn: fresh or canned corn for extra fiber, potassium, and B vitamins
- Tomatoes: juicy, sweet, ad full of antioxidants, vitamin b, and potassium
- Picked red onions: loaded with antioxidants, gut-friendly, and easy to make, use this recipe
- Bell pepper: adds crunch, color, and vitamin C
- Avocado: a great source of omega-3 fatty acids
- Feta cheese: use dairy-free feta like me if needed or anything other cheese would work as well
- Salad dressing: your favorite salad dressing I like a ranch, dill, or cilantro avocado dressing for this salad
Recipe Tips:
- This recipe is customizable to the toppings you like or have on hand
- Make sure to use a Buffalo sauce you love. I like to use Primal Kitchen buffalo sauce or The New Primal buffalo sauce for a healthy option
- Feel free to make your own dressing or buy a ranch, BBQ ranch, cilantro avocado dressing, or Trader Joe’s creamy dill dressing
- Buffalo chicken salad doesn’t save well once dressed but can be made ahead of time and you can store the ingredients separately by adding the beans, corn, cheese, veggies, and then lettuce on top in a container and storing the dressing and chicken separately
- Make this salad vegan by using chickpeas instead of chicken
Other Recipe You May Enjoy:
- Pickled Red Onions
- Healthy Turkey Zucchini Buffalo Meatballs
- Copycat Cava Salad Bowl
- Burger and fries salad
- BBQ Chicken Salad
Buffalo Chicken Salad
Buffalo chicken, salad style. This spicy veggie-packed buffalo chicken salad is delicious and great for meal prep, a family dinner, or easy lunches.
Ingredients
Buffalo chicken
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken tenerloins or breast
- 1/2-3/4 cup buffalo sauce
Salad
- 8 cups romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 can black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 can corn drained
- 2 bell peppers chopped
- 1 red onion to make pickled onions
- 1-2 tomatos or cherry tomatoes chopped
- 2 avocados sliced
- 4 oz feta cheese dairy-free if needed
- dressing of choice
Instructions
Chicken
- Add chicken tenderloins or chicken breast to a instant pot with 1/2 cup of water or broth
- Cook chicken on high for 10 minutes, natural release for 5 minutes, then quick release
- Drain excess liquid
- Shred the chicken with two forks or a mixer, or a hand mixer
Picked red onions
- You can use plain chopped red onions but I suggest making pickled red onions. They are easy to meal prep and last up to two weeks in the fridge. The recipe is linked above.
Salad
- While the chicken is cooking chop romaine lettuce, tomatoes, and bell peppers
- Drain the can of corn and drain and rinse the can of black beans
Notes
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