Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad Healthy Salad

Published 4/14/2021 • Updated 7/18/2022 We love buffalo anything in this household – buffalo cauliflower, buffalo shredded chicken, and buffalo chili just to name a few.

Seriously Good Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad

Easy Buffalo Chicken Marinade

This buffalo chicken marinade is not only perfect for grilling chicken breast, but also baking, or pan frying. Here’s what you need: Veggie-packed: looking to get more veggies in? This is the salad for you! So many flavors: if you’re a buffalo chicken fan, you will love this grilled buffalo chicken salad recipe.

Butter- we used unsalted butter.Frank’s hot sauce- Frank’s is hands down the best vinegar-based hot sauce to use for buffalo. Maple syrup- we’re huge fans of adding a dash of maple syrup to anything buffalo because it really helps cut the heat.Salt and pepper- a little salt and pepper for good measure.

How Long to Marinate Buffalo Chicken

We recommend marinating your chicken breast in the buffalo chicken marinade or around 20-30 minutes.

How to Grill Buffalo Chicken

Once you’ve marinated your chicken, time to grill it. We have such a great called “how to grill chicken breast” that is a very detailed tutorial. Here is a brief overview of how to grill your chicken:

6 Chicken Breast Marinades

You are going to love these 6 Easy Chicken Marinades. They’ll infuse your chicken breast with flavor and they’re so easy to put together!

Grilled Buffalo Salad Ingredients

Now that your chicken is grilled and ready to go, it’s time to talk all things salad!

Grilled buffalo chicken: you can either eat your grilled buffalo chicken hot off the grill or chilled. Romaine lettuce: romaine is the base of this salad, but you can use any kind of green you want.Cucumber: cucumbers add a nice crunch and volume. Cherry tomatoes: cherry tomatoes are our favorite, but any kind of diced tomato works.Apple: apple adds a nice balance of sweetness to this grilled buffalo chicken salad.Red onion: a little onion goes a long way.Greek yogurt blue cheese dressing: we love topping this salad with our homemade blue cheese dressing, but you can also use store-bought.

Dressing Ideas

Not a huge fan of blue cheese dressing? Here are a few of our favorite Fit Foodie Finds homemade creamy dressings that would be delicious on this salad. Homemade Healthy Ranch: It’s hard to find ranch dressing without a long list of ingredients. This recipe will show you how to make Healthy Homemade Ranch Dressing with a clean ingredient list, so you’ll never have to go to the grocery store for dressing again! Green Goddess Dressing: You need to make this Creamy Green Goddess Dressing recipe made with a Greek yogurt base, tons of fresh herbs, anti-inflammatory spices, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing: You have choices when it comes to salad dressing and this avocado cilantro lime dressing has a short ingredient list of fresh and whole ingredients. You can use it on fresh green salads, pasta salads, and you can use it as a veggie dip, too.