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Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad

Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad

Ingredients

For the grilled Buffalo chicken:

  • 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs

  • Olive oil nonstick cooking spray

  • Salt and lots of coarse black pepper

  • 1 teaspoon smoked sweet paprika

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • About 1/4 cup Frank’s Red Hot cayenne pepper sauce

For the dressing:

  • 1/4 cup buttermilk

  • 1/2 cup low fat Greek-style yogurt

  • Juice of 1 lemon

  • 3 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs, such as dill, parsley and chives

  • 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles

For the salad:

  • 4-5 cups chopped hearts of romaine

  • 2 carrots, peeled and cut into matchsticks

  • 3 ribs celery, cut into matchsticks

  • 1/2 English (seedless) cucumber, cut into matchsticks

  • 4 scallions, sliced on an angle

Directions

Heat an indoor or outdoor grill to medium-high. Spray the chicken with cooking spray and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Grill to cooked through, about 12 minutes or so. Melt the butter in a skillet and add enough hot sauce to coat the chicken. Slice the chicken into bite-size pieces and toss it in the sauce. For the dressing, whisk the buttermilk with the yogurt, lemon juice, herbs, salt and pepper. Stir in the blue cheese crumbles. Line a platter or base plate with a salad of lettuce, carrots and celery. Dollop dressing over the salad, top with Buffalo chicken and garnish with scallions. This is one of many "Yum-o!" recipes – it's good and good for you. To find out more about Yum-o!, Rachael's nonprofit organization, visit www.yum-o.org.