Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

5 from 1 vote

Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

This buffalo chicken salad is quick and easy to make because it uses rotisserie chicken and the homemade blue cheese dressing is quick to stir up.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Universal

Keyword: blue cheese, chicken, gluten free, lettuce, quick and easy, quick and easy meals, rotisserie chicken, salad, vegetables, weeknight dinner, weeknight meal

Servings:

Calories: 334kcal

Author: Carissa Serink

Equipment

Salad Spinner (optional - not needed if using bagged lettuce)

Ingredients

Dressing

1/4 cup plain kefir or use buttermilk or plain yogurt
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese eg. Roquefort or Stilton
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Salad

3 Romaine hearts
1 large tomato cut into wedges
2 large carrots grated or julienned
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
1/4 cup hot sauce eg. Frank's Red Hot or similar
2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
additional blue cheese for topping (optional)

Instructions

Dressing

Whisk 1/4 cup plain kefir and 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese together vigorously until the mixture resembles small curd cottage cheese. Stir in 1/4 cup mayonnaise,1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt,2 teaspoons white wine vinegar,1/4 teaspoon salt,1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 3 days.

Salad

Tear 3 Romaine hearts into bite-sized pieces. Wash and dry the lettuce.
Divide the lettuce equally among 4 bowls. Top with tomato wedges and carrot. Drizzle each bowl with blue cheese dressing.
Whisk together 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (melted) and 1/4 cup hot sauce in a medium bowl until uniform. Add 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken and toss to coat. Top each bowl of salad with 1/2 cup of hot sauce coated shredded chicken. Garnish with additional blue cheese, if desired.

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