Avocado Ranch Buffalo Chicken Salad with Rougarou or Chupcabra Wing Sauce

Avocado Ranch Buffalo Chicken Salad with Rougarou or Chupcabra Wing Sauce

Mar 22, 2024Kelly Schexnaildre

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!

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