Avocado Ranch Buffalo Chicken Salad with Rougarou or Chupcabra Wing Sauce

Avocado Ranch Buffalo Chicken Salad with Rougarou or Chupcabra Wing Sauce

Ingredients for the Avocado Ranch Dressing:

• 1 large Avocado seeded and removed from skin
• ¼ cup Plain Greek Yogurt or sour cream
• 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice (½ lemon juiced) or White Vinegar
• 1 clove Garlic finely grated
• ½ teaspoon Dried Parsley or 1 tsp fresh parsley
• ½ teaspoon Dried Dill or 1 tsp fresh dill
• ½ teaspoon Dried Chives or 1 tsp fresh chives
• ½ teaspoon Dried Onion or 1 tsp raw onion
• ⅛ teaspoon Sea Salt
• Black Pepper to taste
• ½ cup 1% Milk or preferred milk

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients in a cup blender and puree until smooth, about 1 minute.
2. If doing by hand, smash the avocado in a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients and stir until smooth.

Ingredients for Grilled Buffalo Chicken:

• 1 cup Rougarou or Chupacabra Wing Sauce
• 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice (from 1 lime)
• 2 Tbsp. honey
• 1 tsp. grated garlic (from 2 large garlic cloves)
• 2 lb. chicken breast cutlets (about 8 cutlets)
• 1 Tbsp. avocado oil

Directions:

1. Marinate chicken in Rougarou or Chupacabra Wing Sauce for 30 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a pan on medium high heat.
3. Allow excess marinade to fall off, and put pan in chicken and cook, flipping once until internal temperature of the thickest part reaches 160*F. (cook time will vary depending on the thickness of the chicken).
4. Shred or chop the chicken.

Ingredients for Salad:

• 3/4 cup avocado ranch dressing
• 1/4 cup Rougarou or Chupacabra Wing Sauce
• 1 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh dill
• 4 cups spring mix salad greens (from 1 [5-oz.] pkg.)
• 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce (from 1 [8-oz.] bunch)
• 1 cup very thinly sliced red cabbage (from 1 [2-lb.] head cabbage)
• 1 (6-oz.) plum tomato, quartered and sliced crosswise (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup sliced celery (from 2 [ 2 1/2-oz.] stalks)
• 1 cup matchstick carrots (from 1 [10-oz.] pkg.)
• 4 oz. blue cheese, crumbled (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup crispy fried onions (such as French’s)

Directions:

1. Put spring mix and romaine into a bowl.
2. Chop all vegetables and add to the salad.
3. Add chicken.
4. Add blue cheese.
5. Cover in avocado ranch dressing and wing sauce and toss thoroughly.

Enjoy!