“This is literally my favorite dinner!” A quote from my daughter when I made this easy, low carb, full of flavor meal last week. My homemade ranch dressing is one of the easiest ways I can get my kids to eat their salad…especially when salad happens to be the main entree.
BBQ Shredded Chicken Salad
Ingredients
Buffalo Shredded Chicken
- 2 lbs of shredded chicken save 1/4 cup chicken stock
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1/8 tsp paprika
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp stevia
Ranch
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 TBS distilled vinegar
- 1/2 cup full fat sour cream
- 1/2 cup mayo I use Chosen Foods avocado oil mayo
- 2 TBS spicy brown mustard
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp dried chives
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp dried dill
- 1/8 tsp pepper
Salad
- 2 heads of Iceberg or Romaine lettuce washed and chopped about 8-9 cups
- 1-2 green onion stalks sliced
- 3 baby cucumbers sliced
- 5 oz cherry tomatoes sliced in 1/2
- 1 cup shredded cheese
- 2 hard-boiled eggs sliced
Instructions
Buffalo Shredded Chicken
- Place raw chicken breast and salt in a stock pot with the 6 cups of water and 1 tsp of salt. Bring chicken to a boil covered. Once at a boil, turn down and let simmer for 45 minutes. When done, remove chicken from pot, saving 1/4 cup of the stock, place on a cutting board to cool. Mix all seasonings in a small bowl, add 1/4 cup of the chicken stock. Stir in with the shredded chicken.
- While chicken is cooking make ranch dressing below, and salad portion.
Ranch
- Place whole milk in medium sized bowl, stir in vinegar, let sit for 5 minutes. Whisk in sour cream, mayo, and spicy brown mustard. Place all seasonings in a spice mortar and grind until powdery. Stir mortared seasonings into milk, sour cream, mayo mixture. Store any left over in an air-tight container in the fridge. This recipe makes 28 TBS, so you may have some to store.
Salad
- Place all ingredients in large salad bowl and toss. Place 1 1/4 cup of the mixed salad in single serve bowl, top with 4 oz of buffalo shredded chicken, drizzle 3 TBS of ranch dressing.
Notes
This recipe makes about 8 servings. 1 serving is 4 oz of shredded chicken, 1 1/4 cup of mixed salad, and 3 TBS of the homemade ranch dressing. Calories per serving: 329; Fat per serving: 19g; Carbs per serving: 7g; Protein per serving: 33g.
Nutrition
Calories: 329kcal
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