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Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad

High protein buffalo chicken salad in bowl with celery, red onion, and spring onion.
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This Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad recipe is creamy, spicy, and packed with protein thanks to cottage cheese! Use in lettuce wraps, sandwiches, loaded baked potatoes. A great option for meal prep, high-protein lunches, or using up leftover rotisserie chicken! 

Ingredients

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  • ½ cup / 115 grams Low Fat Cottage Cheese, blended (I used 2%, fat-free or whole milk cottage cheese works too)
  • 1 tablespoon / 15 grams Mayonnaise (full-fat preferred, I love Kraft Mayo)
  • ¼ cup / 60ml Buffalo Sauce (I used Frank’s Red Hot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce)
  • 2-3 cups / 11 ounces cooked shredded Chicken (I used 1 batch of my Air Fryer Chicken Breast – note 1)
  • ½ cup / 50 grams Red Onion – finely chopped
  • 1 cup / 115 grams Celery – diced
  • 2 stalks / 20 grams Spring Onion (Scallion/Green Onion) – finely chopped

Instructions

  1. Make the sauce: Mix together the blended cottage cheese, mayonnaise and buffalo sauce in a large mixing bowl until combined well.
  2. Make the buffalo chicken salad: Add the red onion, celery, spring onion, and shredded chicken and mix well to combine.
  3. Serve: Enjoy in lettuce wraps, sandwiches, over a salad, with crackers or in loaded baked potatoes.

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Notes

  1. Chicken and seasonings: My air fryer chicken breast is seasoned with kosher salt, black pepper, hot smoked paprika, and garlic powder. Feel free to add these seasonings to taste to the buffalo chicken salad if you are using unseasoned poached or cooked chicken. Alternatively, use Baked Chicken Breasts, store-bought shredded rotisserie chicken, or any leftover cooked chicken you have on hand.
  2. Storing. Store leftovers in a sealed airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Give it a good stir before serving as it may release a little liquid over time in the fridge.
  3. See the ‘Variations’ section in the post above to customize this healthy buffalo chicken salad for specific dietary needs and flavor/texture preferences.

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