Buffalo Chicken Salad with Bacon and Blue Cheese
Description
Bacon and blue cheese join Buffalo sauce-marinated chicken for a satisfying salad packed with tomatoes, celery, and cucumber.
Ingredients
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4 slices bacon
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9 ounces cubed cooked chicken
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1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
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3 tablespoons Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)
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2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
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4 radishes, diced
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1 1/2 cups chopped romaine lettuce
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1/2 cup diced cucumber
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1 stalk celery, sliced
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2 slices red onion, chopped
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1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
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3 tablespoons blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste
Directions
1
Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and let cool.
2
Reheat chicken in the bacon fat, seasoning with salt and pepper, until just starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Drain chicken on paper towels and place in a large bowl. Add wing sauce and stir to coat all the pieces. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
3
Break bacon into pieces and combine with chicken. Add tomatoes, radishes, lettuce, cucumber, celery, red onion, blue cheese, and dressing. Toss salad and divide between 2 plates.