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Buffalo Chicken Salad

Category: Poultry

Author: The Savvybearcat

Date: 1/1/2007

Rating:

(4.0) by 2 users

Ingredients:

4 Skinless, boneless chicken
; breast halves
1 tbsp Melted unsalted butter
3 tbsp Olive oil
2 tsp Tabasco sauce
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 tbsp Fresh orange juice
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 cup Celery, diced 1/4"
1 cup Carrots, diced 1/4"
1 cup Red radishes, diced 1/4"
1 cup Seedless cucumber, diced 1/4"

MMMMMBLUE CHEESE SAUCE

1/4 cup Sour cream
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
1/4 cup Crumbled blue cheese
1/2 tsp Cider vinegar
1/2 tsp Fresh lemon juice
1 dash Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp Finely chopped onion
1 pinch Finely chopped garlic
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 tsp Chopped parsley
2 tbsp Chopped flat-leaf parsley

Instructions:

Recipe by: Sheila Lukins 1. Rinse the chicken breasts, pat dry and
place in a bowl. Toss with the butter, 1 tablespoon olive oil,
Tabasco, salt and pepper. Marinate, covered, at room temperature for
30 minutes or in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hou rs.

2. For the vinaigrette, combine the orange juice, mustard, sugar,
salt a nd pepper to taste, and the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
Set aside.

3. Grill chicken over high heat, 3 inches from the heat source, 4 to
5 minutes per side or until cooked through. Slice chicken through
the mid dle lengthwise from left to right.

4. To serve, toss the celery, carrots, radishes and cucumber in a
bowl w ith the reserved vinaigrette. Divide the salad among 4 plates.
For each se rving, place the bottom half of a chicken breast on top
of the salad; lay the t op breast half at a slight angle atop.
Dollop each with a generous tablesp oon of the Blue Cheese Sauce.
Sprinkle with parsley.

Per serving (without Blue Cheese Sauce): 352 calories; 7g
carbohydrates; 4Og protein, 18g fat; 113mg cholesterol.

For the Blue Cheese Sauce: Fold the sour cream and mayonnaise
together in a bowl. Add the blue cheese and fold gently 97 do not
mash the cheese. Fold in the remaining ingredients and adjust the
seasonings to taste.

Yield: 12 tablespoons. Per tablespoon: 49 calories; 1g
carbohydrates; 1g protein; 5g fat, 4mg cholesterol

This recipe was inspired by the famous buffalo chicken wings that
origina- ted in 1964 at The Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y. Add more hot
sauce to the marinade as desired.

Published in Parade Magazine 5/17/98

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