Buffalo Chicken Salad

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Ingredients:

4 skinless, boneless chicken
1 ; breast halves
1 tbsp melted unsalted butter
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp tabasco sauce
1 salt and pepper, to taste
2 tbsp fresh orange juice
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/2 tsp sugar
1 cup celery, diced 1/4
1 cup carrots, diced 1/4
1 cup red radishes, diced 1/4
1 cup seedless cucumber, diced 1/4

BLUE CHEESE SAUCE

1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 tsp cider vinegar
1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 dash tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp finely chopped onion
1 pinch finely chopped garlic
1 salt and pepper, to taste
1 tsp chopped parsley
2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

Instructions:

Recipe by: Sheila Lukins 1. Rinse the chicken breasts, pat dry and
place in a bowl. Toss with the butter, 1 tablespoon olive oil,
Tabasco, salt and pepper. Marinate, covered, at room temperature for
30 minutes or in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hou rs.

2. For the vinaigrette, combine the orange juice, mustard, sugar,
salt a nd pepper to taste, and the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
Set aside.

3. Grill chicken over high heat, 3 inches from the heat source, 4 to
5 minutes per side or until cooked through. Slice chicken through
the mid dle lengthwise from left to right.

4. To serve, toss the celery, carrots, radishes and cucumber in a
bowl w ith the reserved vinaigrette. Divide the salad among 4 plates.
For each se rving, place the bottom half of a chicken breast on top
of the salad; lay the t op breast half at a slight angle atop.
Dollop each with a generous tablesp oon of the Blue Cheese Sauce.
Sprinkle with parsley.

Per serving (without Blue Cheese Sauce): 352 calories; 7g
carbohydrates; 4Og protein, 18g fat; 113mg cholesterol.

For the Blue Cheese Sauce: Fold the sour cream and mayonnaise
together in a bowl. Add the blue cheese and fold gently 97 do not
mash the cheese. Fold in the remaining ingredients and adjust the
seasonings to taste.

Yield: 12 tablespoons. Per tablespoon: 49 calories; 1g
carbohydrates; 1g protein; 5g fat, 4mg cholesterol

This recipe was inspired by the famous buffalo chicken wings that
origina- ted in 1964 at The Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y. Add more hot
sauce to the marinade as desired.

Published in Parade Magazine 5/17/98

Submitted by Carriej999@AOL.com

Servings: 4

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Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting

Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.

Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. - Samuel Butler