Sunday, May 8, 2011

Healthier Buffalo Chicken Salad

A healthier version of the buffalo chicken salads you find in pubs and chain restaurants.

Ingredients:
Boneless chicken thighs
3 T. Hot sauce
2 T. Butter
Romaine lettuce
Baby spinach
Blue cheese vinaigrette
String beans
Baby carrots, sliced in half lengthwise
Hard boiled egg, chopped
Chickpeas

Instructions:
1.  Parboil the string beans and carrots in salted water.  Shock in ice bath and drain when cool.  Cut into bite size pieces.  Wash and dry bite sized pieces of lettuces.
2.  Prepare blue cheese vinaigrette according to recipe.
3.  Preheat grill to med-high.  Lightly salt and pepper chicken.  Cook chicken thighs, a 3-5 minutes per side depending on size.
4.  While chicken is cooking, melt butter.  Whisk in the hot sauce to the melted butter.  When the chicken is cooked, cut into bite sized pieces and toss in sauce.
5.  Right before ready to serve, toss lettuces in blue cheese vinaigrette.  Mound on plates then assemble salad by topping with rest of ingredients to taste.

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