Buffalo Chicken Mason Jar Salads
Description
This layered jar salad combines the pop of Buffalo sauce with cool creamy ranch, blue cheese crumbles, and the crunch of the celery and carrot. It's wing night in a salad.
Ingredients
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10 ounces cucumber ranch salad dressing
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2 tablespoons Buffalo-style hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's® RedHot)
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4 stalks celery, cut into 1/8-inch slices
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4 medium carrots, cut into 1/8-inch slices
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15 ounces cooked chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
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10 cups salad greens
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1 1/4 cups crumbled blue cheese
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3/4 cup croutons
Directions
1
Combine ranch dressing and hot sauce in a small bowl. Divide dressing equally between 5 wide-mouthed, quart-sized glass canning jars, forming the first layer. Add equal amounts of celery and carrots, forming the next 2 layers.
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Place 3 ounces of chicken in each jar. Top chicken with 2 cups of salad greens in each jar. Place 1/4 cup blue cheese on top of salad greens. Seal and refrigerate jars until ready to use.
3
Divide croutons evenly into 5 small lidded containers. When ready to eat, dump jar contents and croutons into a bowl and toss.