Cooper® Chicken Spinach Salad – Buffalo Style – Cooper Cheese

Name: Cooper® Chicken Spinach Salad – Buffalo Style
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 8-ounce boneless skinless chicken breasts*; salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/2 cup Buffalo hot sauce (or more, depending on preference); 8 cups fresh baby spinach, washed; 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 1 avocado, diced; 1 cup Cooper® Sharp White cheese, shredded; 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing

Cooper® Chicken Spinach Salad – Buffalo Style

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Servings

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

15-20 minutes

Here’s the situation. You know the responsible choice is a salad, but you really could go for Buffalo wings. Or maybe it’s the opposite. It’s game day, you love throwing back some wings, but you’re really craving the refreshing flavors of a good, hearty salad. No worries. You can have both. At the same time. Plus Cooper® cheese. You really can’t go wrong.

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Cooper® Sharp

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Ingredients

2 8-ounce boneless skinless chicken breasts*
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup Buffalo hot sauce (or more, depending on preference)
8 cups fresh baby spinach, washed
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 avocado, diced
1 cup Cooper® Sharp White cheese, shredded
1/2 cup blue cheese dressing

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Directions

Place chicken breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap and use a meat mallet to pound to even thickness, about 1/2 inch thick. Remove from plastic wrap and season on both sides with salt and pepper.
In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken breasts and cook for about 5 minutes per side, or until cooked through and no longer pink inside. Remove from heat and transfer chicken to a plate to rest for 5 minutes.
Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Toss with Buffalo sauce. Add any additional sauce to taste.
Use kitchen shears or knife to remove the long stems from the spinach. Chop the leaves a bit.
In a large salad bowl, toss together the spinach, celery, onion, and avocado. Add the Buffalo chicken and sprinkle with Cooper® cheese. Drizzle with blue cheese dressing. Toss to combine if desired.

Recipe Note

*Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.

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