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February 6, 2018 · 2 Comments

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Gluten Free Recipes· Instant Pot· Main Dishes· Recipes· Salads· Slow Cooker· Summer

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Buffalo Chicken Salad features spicy buffalo chicken on a crisp bed of romaine, with celery, carrots, and crunchy tortilla strips.  Sure to satisfy your buffalo wing craving! 

a bowl full of salad with celery, green onion, carrots, shredded buffalo chicken and ranch dressing

Oh my, this Buffalo Chicken Salad, are you kidding me?  This might just be a new favorite and let me tell you it’s really tough to beat that cilantro lime vinaigrette on a taco salad!  It hits all the right notes between the crunchy romaine and celery, crispy tortilla strips, spicy buffalo chicken, sweet carrots, and creamy ranch.  My mouth is watering again just thinking about it.

Making the Shredded Buffalo Chicken

chicken breasts in an instant pot, buffalo sauce in measuring cup
Pouring wing sauce on chicken.

Chicken breasts in wing sauce.
Shredded chicken in wing sauce.

The first thing I did to make this buffalo chicken salad, was make the buffalo chicken.  Which was so easy thanks to the instant pot.  Although, you could also make it in a slow cooker.  All you need to do is drop some chicken in the pot of your choice with some buffalo sauce, cook, and shred.

For the Instant Pot: cook 12-15 minutes on manual

For the Slow Cooker: cook 2 hrs on high or 4 hours on low.

Prepping the Salad Ingredients

A bowl of lettuce, shredded chicken, celery, carrots, green onion, and tortilla strips on the side.

Now, you’ll prep your salad ingredients.  

  • Shred the romaine,
  • shave the carrots, and
  • slice up green onion and celery.
  • You could also slice up an avocado if you have it.  

I found this Tessemae’s organic creamy ranch at the store and I really liked it.  It’s dairy free but somehow creamy!   Just use your favorite ranch or bleu cheese dressing.  After that just pile it all in a bowl and chow down!

a bowl full of salad with celery, green onion, carrots, shredded buffalo chicken and ranch dressing

Uses for the Leftover Chicken

If you have any chicken leftover, obviously you can make more salads throughout the week but this shredded buffalo chicken is also great on:

  • a sandwich 
  • Potato Skins – with Monterey Jack cheese, ranch, and green onions
  • in a Quesadilla – with cheese and veggies

This Shredded Buffalo Chicken is so delicious, I often make it for uses other than this salad!  

A bowl of buffalo chicken salad.
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Buffalo Chicken Salad

Easy Buffalo Chicken Salad with Instant Pot shredded Buffalo Chicken is the best, healthy salad to satisfy that buffalo craving! 

Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Buffalo, Easy, Healthy, Instant Pot
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 salads
Calories 278 kcal
Author Katie

Ingredients

For the Buffalo Chicken

  • 1.5 lb chicken breasts
  • 1 cup buffalo wing sauce like Frank's, make sure to get 'wing' sauce

For the Salad

  • 1 pkg romaine lettuce
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 1 small bunch green onions
  • 1 avocado optional
  • ranch dressing or bleu cheese
  • tortilla strips

Instructions

For the Buffalo Chicken

  1. Place the chicken and buffalo sauce into the instant pot.  Close the lid and sealing valve.  Cook on Poultry or Manual (high) for 12-15 minutes.  Allow the pressure to naturally release (NPR).  

  2. Remove and shred the chicken with two forks. Place the chicken back into the pot along with the sauce. Set aside.

  3. Alternatively, place the chicken and buffalo wing sauce into the slow cooker and cook on low for 4 hrs.  Remove and shred the chicken.  Place chicken back into the pot with the sauce and set aside.

To Assemble the Salad

  1. Slice the romaine lettuce, green onions, celery, and avocado (optional).  Shave the carrots with a vegetable peeler. Set aside along with the tortilla strips and dressing.

  2. Assemble all ingredients into a large bowl and enjoy!

shredded buffalo chicken on a salad with carrots and celery in a white bowl

Just look at that salad.  Come to mama!!  Speaking of salads… this BBQ Chicken Salad is also the amazing!

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About Katie

Katie Olesen is a former Clinical Laboratory Scientist turned food photographer and recipe developer. She lives in a small Illinois town with her husband and three children. After her Celiac Disease diagnosis, she focuses on easy and accessible gluten-free recipes that anyone can enjoy.

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  1. Kathy says

    February 6, 2018 at 9:25 am

    Looks delicious. And good for you. Can’t wait to try it.

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    • Katie says

      February 6, 2018 at 9:27 am

      I think you’ll love it!

      Reply

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