Easy Buffalo Chicken Salad

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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.

Prep
23 min
Cook
55 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
  2. 2 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.
  3. 3 Stir ranch dressing, hot sauce, and remaining 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning together in a large bowl.
  4. 4 Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces; add to bowl with sauce mixture and toss well. Place chicken on the prepared baking sheet.
  5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until just beginning to get crisp, 5 to 10 minutes; remove to cool, about 10 minutes.
  6. 6 Combine green leafy lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots in a salad bowl. Add Buffalo chicken and blue cheese crumbles. Serve with your favorite dressing.

Nutrition per serving

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