Football Sundays, easy lunches, and meal prep all just got a whole lot better. This healthy buffalo chicken salad is made with shredded chicken, celery, red onion, buffalo sauce, and blue cheese, all mixed with Greek yogurt instead of mayo. It's creamy, a little spicy, and ready in about 10 minutes. If you love my creamy buffalo chicken soup or my healthier buffalo chicken dip, you're going to want to make this ASAP.

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Recipe Name: Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad
Ready In: 50 minutes
Serves: 8 ½ cup servings
Main Ingredients: cooked chicken breasts, diced celery, diced red onion, buffalo sauce, 5% plain greek yogurt, blue cheese crumbles, salt, garlic powder
Why You'll Love It: Enjoy the spicy, tangy, flavorful taste of this delicious Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad. Ready in just 10 minutes, this tasty dish is perfect for enjoying multiple ways — on crackers, bread, salad, you name it!

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Easy Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Ingredients Needed To Make This Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad
How to Make Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad
Erin's Expert Tips
Frequently Asked Questions
Storing Leftovers
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad

Easy Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad

This buffalo chicken salad starts with cooked chicken breasts pulsed in a food processor until shredded. Then the chicken gets mixed with diced celery, red onion, buffalo sauce, Greek yogurt, blue cheese crumbles, salt, and garlic powder until everything is creamy and combined.

Using Greek yogurt instead of mayo keeps it lighter, and it adds even more protein. Plus, you can serve it so many ways. Scoop it up with chips or crackers, pile it on bread, wrap it in a tortilla or lettuce, or spoon it over a salad. For a fun party spread, set it out next to my easy avocado feta dip.

It's also perfect for meal prep, so you've got lunch ready to go all week. And if you need more buffalo chicken recipes like this one, you're going to LOVE my buffalo chicken lasagna or my buffalo chicken baked tacos!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

No mayo. Greek yogurt makes it creamy and lighter.
High protein. Each serving has 25 grams of protein.
Ready in minutes. With cooked chicken, it comes together in about 10 minutes.
Great for meal prep. Readers make it every week for easy lunches.
So many ways to serve it. Chips, crackers, wraps, sandwiches, or salads.
Game day approved. It's the perfect football Sunday snack.

Ingredients Needed To Make This Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad

Here's a little bit about everything that goes into this healthy buffalo chicken salad:

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Chicken: Cooked chicken breasts are the base of this salad. A rotisserie chicken works great too.
Celery: Adds crunch and that classic buffalo wing pairing.
Red onion: Brings a little bite and color.
Buffalo sauce: Gives it all that spicy, tangy buffalo flavor.
Greek yogurt: Plain 5% Greek yogurt replaces mayo and keeps everything creamy.
Blue cheese: Crumbles add a salty, tangy finish. Leave them out if you're not a fan.
Salt and garlic powder: Simple seasonings that bring it all together.

How to Make Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad

This is one of the easiest recipes on my site. First, you shred the chicken in a food processor, or with two forks if you don't have one. Then everything goes into one big bowl.

After that, just stir until it's creamy and well combined. Once it's mixed, serve it however you like. To save even more time, grab a rotisserie chicken from the store and use the leftovers for another meal.

Step 1: Add the cooked chicken to a food processor and pulse for about 10 seconds, until shredded. You can also shred it by hand with a fork.

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Step 2: Add the shredded chicken to a large bowl with the celery, red onion, buffalo sauce, Greek yogurt, blue cheese, salt, and garlic powder.

Step 3: Mix until well combined.

Step 4: Serve on bread, with chips, in a wrap, or on a salad.

Before you start

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Erin's Expert Tips

From my kitchen to yours

Use a food processor. Pulsing the chicken gives it the perfect shredded texture.
Skip a step with rotisserie chicken. It saves so much time.
Add a little tang. A light squeeze of lemon juice brightens it up.
Season to taste. Add pepper or onion powder if you like.
Garnish with parsley. It adds a pop of color for serving.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are some common questions about this healthy buffalo chicken salad.

Yes! Swapping mayo for Greek yogurt keeps it lighter and adds protein, with 25 grams of protein per serving.

Yes, rotisserie chicken is a great shortcut. Plus, you can use the leftovers for another meal.

Yes, just shred it by hand with a fork.

You can simply leave it out.

Serve it on bread, in a tortilla or lettuce wrap, over a salad, or with chips and crackers.

Potato chips, tortilla chips, Fritos, pita chips, and Ritz crackers are all great.

Yes! One reader loves it heated up and wrapped in a tortilla.

The salad itself is naturally gluten free. Just check the label on your buffalo sauce, and serve it with gluten free bread, wraps, or chips.

Storing Leftovers

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Since it's served cold, it's perfect for grab-and-go lunches. Then just give it a quick stir before serving.

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