August 3, 2008

Buffalo Chicken Salad

This meal came from July 27th. The band and I had just finished our five hour marathon set and we were looking for something simple and guy-friendly to eat. This buffalo chicken recipe was both good man-food and "healthy" because of the salad. No, maybe my logic doesn't hold, but it sure was yummy. Here, now, is something any dude can make on a Sunday.
Preheat your oven to broil. What makes this chicken so delicious is that it wasn't contact-grilled. Put the chicken between two sheets of wax paper and flatten it with a hammer or some other chicken-flattening-device. Then mix together two teaspoons of olive oil and two tablespoons of hot sauce (your preference, but probably not something small like Tabasco sauce). Toss and coat the chicken in this and then place the strips on a baking sheet. Broil until the chicken is done throughout (four to six minutes), turning once half-way. This makes the chicken unbelievably tender and the smell of the hot sauce is fantastic. The salad is straight forward: Romaine, celery, carrots, and scallions. Put the chicken on top and cover with your dressing of choice (the recipe recommended a home-made blue cheese, but we just bought some from the store).
The ingredients for Food Network's buffalo chicken salad are:
  • 16 ounces of boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into strips
  • 2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper hot sauce (or your preference)
  • 2 teaspoons of olive oil
  • about 8 cups of Romaine hearts (just buy a bag from the grocery)
  • 4 celery stalks, sliced thin
  • 2 carrots, coarsely grated (or buy a bag of grated carrots: easy)
  • 2 scallions, sliced (if you want)
  • blue cheese dressing of your choice

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