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    Home » Recipes » Buffalo Chicken Mason Jar Salad

    Buffalo Chicken Mason Jar Salad

    Published: Feb 13, 2014 · Modified: Aug 6, 2022 by Tammy Overhoff

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    Buffalo Chicken Mason Jar Salad

    Are you sick of Buffalo Chicken recipes yet? I hope not cause we are kind of obsessed here in the B-lo with our buffalo chicken and will find a way to fit it into everything we eat.

    So in the spirit of hot sauce and blue cheese I give you my new Buffalo Chicken Mason Jar Salad recipe. As I was daydreaming about this salad I came to the conclusion that there are many different ways one could make a buffalo chicken salad. First let me tell you the recipe I decided on and then I will give you a few variations to work with.

    Let’s start with the chicken. Like always I wanted easy so I decided to use a rotisserie chicken for the chicken part of this salad. For variations, you can make your own chicken any way you like. I think breaded, baked, and chopped would go good in this recipe. You can also make your own shredded chicken in the crock pot. Or just use whatever chicken you have leftover. Really any of it would work.

    I also wanted to keep the calories under control so instead of using a regular blue cheese dressing I opted for a yogurt blue cheese dressing. Yogurt blue cheese dressing is a great substitution because it still taste just as delicious and it has half the calories of the “real” stuff. You can find many varieties of yogurt dressing in the produce section of the grocery store.

    For the vegetable portion I of course used carrots and celery. I recommend chopping them up small because they are easier to eat that way. I also decided to use tomatoes and red onion too. Now these are not traditional vegetables in a buffalo style meal but I thought they would help bulk up this salad – and I was right they did and were very good with the yogurt dressing.

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    Originally, I thought about mixing the hot sauce with the chicken like I do in my Buffalo Chicken Wraps but I thought it would lend to much moisture to the salad making the romaine wilt or get slimy. So I added the hot sauce to the dressing part of the salad and it worked out great.

    If you wanted to add blue cheese crumbles as well that would be good and give it a nice tang. Like I said I wanted to keep this salad on the lower calorie side so I did not add any additional cheese. However, I don’t think it would be to bad to add 1 tablespoon of crumbles – I just may do that myself next time.

    You can make this salad as spicy as you want by adding or decreasing the amount of hot sauce. I used 2 teaspoons each salad and that seem to give it just the right kick for me. But if you like it spicier then add a bit more.

    I used about 1/2 cup – 1 cup of shredded chicken per salad. I used 1 cup to figure out the calories. If you use less or more that will change the nutritional information.

    Check out all of my mason jar salad recipes.

    Buffalo Chicken Mason Jar Salad

    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Salad
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 5
    Calories: 355kcal
    Author: Organize Yourself Skinny

    Ingredients

    • 5 wide mouth quart size mason jar salads
    • 10 tablespoons blue cheese yogurt dressing
    • 10 teaspoons hot sauce preferably Frank’s hot sauce
    • 1 quart cherry tomatoes halved
    • 1 red onion chopped
    • 5 large carrots halved and chopped
    • 5 large celery stalks halved and chopped
    • 3-4 cups shredded chicken
    • 5 cups chopped romaine lettuce

    Instructions

    • Divide ingredients among mason jars starting with dressing then following with hot sauce, tomatoes, onion, carrots, celery, chicken, and ending with romaine.
    • When ready to eat shake salad in jar then pour into a bowl.

    Notes

    Make Ahead Instructions
    These salads can be made up to 5 days ahead of time.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 355kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 12g | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 9g

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    About Tammy Overhoff

    Hi, I’m Tammy Overhoff, a busy mom, wife, and entrepreneur. I am the owner, author, and recipe developer here at Organize Yourself Skinny. Since 2011 Organize Yourself Skinny has become a trusted resource for clean eating recipes to meal prep, reviews, and lifestyle hacks to help you fit healthy habits and routines into your busy schedule. Check out my online shop Reset & Flourish for all of my eBooks, Guides, and Bundles!

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    Comments

    1. Tammy Kresge says

      October 03, 2016 at 5:32 am

      Thank you! I appreciate you bringing this to my attention. Grrrr!!

      Reply
    2. Geraldine says

      May 31, 2016 at 4:53 pm

      5 stars
      What if you are allergic to or don’t like blue cheese what would be a good substitute?

      Reply
      • Tammy Kresge says

        May 31, 2016 at 5:13 pm

        sharp cheddar would taste great.

        Reply
      • Christina says

        June 25, 2016 at 1:14 pm

        Feta!!!

        Reply
    3. Lynda says

      July 31, 2015 at 6:05 pm

      You can make your own blue cheese dressing from plain Greek yogurt too. Can’t wait to try this.

      Reply
    4. sylvie says

      April 06, 2015 at 12:21 am

      Never mind calories, I will add blue cheese crumbles and it will be my heavenly salad!

      Reply
    5. Kristin says

      August 06, 2014 at 8:53 am

      I agree that 21 WW points is a lot! Can you really be skinny eating these salads?

      Reply
      • Ja9 says

        August 20, 2014 at 12:10 am

        It is 9 points 😉

        Reply
    6. Susan says

      June 27, 2014 at 11:16 am

      Oops! I think I read it wrong. Is it really 9 WW pts per salad?

      Thanks!

      Reply
    7. Sharon says

      June 14, 2014 at 9:41 pm

      5 stars
      Are there any recipes for fruit salads in mason jars?

      Reply
    8. jane barkey says

      June 05, 2014 at 6:41 pm

      21 W.W. points is an awful lot! You sure wouldn’t want to eat a whole jar for dinner, almost a days points.

      Reply
      • Ja9 says

        August 20, 2014 at 12:08 am

        It is 9 ww points not 21,

        Reply
        • Carol says

          September 07, 2016 at 2:14 pm

          I calculated fewer points than stated. The hot sauce is 0 points and the chicken is 3 points if 2/3 cup is used per salad and the dressing I use is just 1 point per 2 T. This looks like a great salad.

    9. Rachel says

      April 05, 2014 at 9:00 am

      5 stars
      I take a small jar of salad every day to work. I think it’s the pint size. It’s perfect for one person. You can stuff A LOT in one of those things. Since i have a piece of fruit or cheese with it, it is plenty. The quart size would be way too much for me.

      Reply
    10. Linda says

      February 13, 2014 at 8:25 pm

      What size mason jars are these? I wanna start the mason jar salad craze but can’t decide on the size for a salad that would be my lunch. One size seems way too small and the other way too big. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Lisa says

        February 15, 2014 at 11:11 am

        Quart size

        Reply
      • Stephanie R says

        February 15, 2014 at 3:21 pm

        It’s the quart size, which are the big ones used for canning.

        Reply
      • Denise says

        February 01, 2016 at 2:44 pm

        I found wide mouth 24 oz jars at Wegmans. Perfect! Not too small, not too big. (16 oz is too small & 32 oz too big)

        Reply
        • Tammy Kresge says

          February 02, 2016 at 8:10 am

          Oooooh I will have to look for those!

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