This easy Buffalo chicken salad is next level – it’s the Buffalo-flavored chicken that takes this basic salad up a notch. The chicken, moist and packed with flavor, combined with blue cheese crumbles and your favorite dressing will have you coming back for more.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts , cut in half horizontally
- 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning , divided
- 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
- 1/3 cup ranch dressing
- 1/3 cup hot sauce
- 8 cups torn green leafy lettuce , or as needed
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese , or to taste
- your favorite salad dressing
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
- Season chicken with 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning. Heat oil in a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to the hot oil, without crowding, and cook, turning once, until no longer pink at the center and juices run clear, about 6 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the center will read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove chicken from pan to a plate to cool, about 10 minutes.
- Stir ranch dressing, hot sauce, and remaining 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning together in a large bowl.
- Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces; add to bowl with sauce mixture and toss well. Place chicken on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until just beginning to get crisp, 5 to 10 minutes; remove to cool, about 10 minutes.
- Combine green leafy lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots in a salad bowl. Add Buffalo chicken and blue cheese crumbles. Serve with your favorite dressing.
