Alright guys, I have got a good one for you.
Seriously, this one is going to rock the blog world. Well….at least I think it should.
Anything involving Buffalo Sauce rocks. No questions.
Buffalo Chicken is a very much-loved food around here. Every time I make it for my Dad he say’s “You could sell this stuff. We need to open a restaurant devoted to all things Buffalo Chicken.” Really he say’s it every time…..and I love it!
After all, the reason I love cooking so much is seeing how people react to my food. It is the best when someone loves something! And I know something is good when I get my dad’s stamp of approval. Don’t get me wrong he will eat just about anything, but for him to say something is really good, means it is really good. He is kind of a toughy.
No joke, this is the best quinoa salad out there. I mean guys, it is Buffalo Chicken.
It’s healthy, quick and super simple. That right there is enough reason to make this. I added some broccoli and carrots for crunch and some blue cheese just cause well, blue cheese is delicious and in my opinion you can not do buffalo sauce without some blue cheese.
It’s just awesome. Perfect snack, lunch or dinner. I am kind of obsessed.
Really if you are out of quinoa you are going to want to go to the store. Now!
Cause I am pretty sure you need to ditch all other previous plans for dinner for tonight and make this. It is just too good not to make.
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- 3/4 cup shredded cabbage
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles, plus more for garnish
- 4 green onions chopped, save half for garnish
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup hot sauce (I recommend Franks)
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
Instructions
- In a fine-mesh strainer, rinse quinoa well and drain. In a medium pot, combine quinoa and water. Bring to a boil, then cover and turn heat to low. Cook until all the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, fluff the quinoa with a fork.
- While the quinoa is cooking make the buffalo sauce dressing and cook the chicken and broccoli. In a measuring cup or small bowl combine the olive oil, hot sauce, and seasoned salt. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Heat a medium size skillet over medium high heat Add a tablespoon of olive oil and saute the broccoli for about 5 minutes. You want it to just start to soften, but still be crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the chicken to the same pan and cook the chicken for about 5 minutes or until cooked through. Add 1/4 cup or so of the buffalo sauce and cook until the chicken absorbs the sauce.
- When the quinoa is ready add the chicken, broccoli, carrots, shredded cabbage and as much of the dressing as desired (I ended up using all of the dressing, but we like things extra saucy) toss well. Add the blue cheese and half of the green onions. Toss again and serve warm with extra blue cheese crumbles and green onions.
Seriously, go make this now. You’ll be so happy your did!
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Buffalo chicken definitely rocks! Ok, so I have never tried quinoa…I think it’s about time!!!! This salad sounds awesome. Well minus the blue cheese, but that’s just me. My hubby would love extra blue cheese on his
Oh, no your a blue cheese hater?!? We love blue cheese, but I know some people don’t. I would swap in some cheddar!
I love Blue cheese, by my fiance hates it. We swapped the blue cheese with feta cheese and it was delicious
YAQ I am so glad you guys liked this!
This looks good. Come and share at http://www.memoriesbythemile.com/
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Oh my goodness, definitely pinning this! Love quinoa!
Thank for pinning!
Hi – saw this on Whatcha Whipped Up… it looks great and I am such a fan of anything Buffalo Chicken – will pin to try sometime soon!
Anything buffalo is the best!
This looks fabulous! We are big buffalo fans in our house and I’m sure this would be a hit. I love the quinoa!
Yum! My husband would love this!!
This looks amazing – I recently tried Frank’s for the first time ever (I know, I’m behind on the times here) and I’m obsessed with it. My husband LOVES buffalo anything – he’d go nuts for this quinoa. We don’t eat much chicken – what do you think would be a good substitute for the chicken breasts? Maybe tofu?
I make this without chicken all the time! I like to just add extra broccoli. We are not big on tofu, but chickpeas or black beans are also delicious! Enjoy!
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll try doubling the broccoli. I may try some extra firm tofu in there some time and see what happens – I’ll bet the tofu would soak up all of the Frank’s hot sauce and end up being delish little sauce bombs. I love quinoa – so versatile. I did a spinach quinoa “mac & cheese” that was a big hit at our place – I’m always looking for another fun way to use it. Thanks for the great recipe!
You know, I haven’t gotten on the quinoa bandwagon yet but this is the most I’ve ever been tempted.
I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna eat some quinoa!!
I just found your blog through Paleomg. You’re awesome!
ha, thank you!
You just blew my mind with this. Seriously. Thank you a million times over!
Your welcome!
This looks incredible! I would love for you to join the Pinworthy Projects link party! http://www.atkinsondrive.com/pinworthy-projects-link-party-week-10/
Thank you!
I’ve been kind of obsessed with quinoa lately so I’m always excited to find new things to do with it. I love buffalo chicken too, so mixing it with quinoa is right up my alley! I’m totally pinning this so I can make it soon. Thanks!
Thanks for pinning!
You know, I think you’re totally onto something here! My mouth is watering!
Love to make people mouths water!
I immediately printed this recipe…it looks amazing! I am so glad to have found your lovely blog. Your photographs are simply beautiful.
Thanks for sharing this with Foodie Friends Friday. Quinoa is one of my favorite grains. Your recipe sounds delicious.
Joanne
Oh my goodness – I thought I had seen everything buffalo, but this is new. And so creative! Love it!
Thank you!
Thanks for Sharing at Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s!
I have seen quinoa every way but definitely not buffalo. I love it!
I can’t handle any spicey-ness in my food but this recipe looks so tastey! Any suggestions on what I can swap with the Franks?
I am not sure. This recipe is all about the hot sauce, you could try reducing it to a half cup. If you are looking for more quinoa recipes check out some here: http://www.halfbakedharvest.com/category/recipes/salads/
Thank you so much for sharing this unique recipe at the ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party!
I do believe you’re my soul mate.
Yummy! I have a whole bunch of quinoa I’ve been wanting to use up. Definitely going to try this.
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I am drooling over here! LOL This looks so good!! I pinned it for later and would love for you to link this up at my linky party Thursday at http://www.juliakendrick.com! I hope to see you there!
I’m actually from Buffalo, and LOVE all things with buffalo sauce.
this is on TOP of my must make list.
amazing!!!
YAY!
This looks really good. We’ve been on a buffalo chicken kick around here lately. Think this could be a good first way to add Quinoa and see what we think of it.
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Take care,
KC
This would be a great dish for new quinoa eaters!
Tieghan (pretty name) This salad looks delish. I have a quinoa salad that I love making but I cannot wait to try this one. Thank you for sharing. So glad I saw your link on Cheerios and Lattes.
Leslie
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Thank you, that is so nice of you to say!
Thanks for the recipe. I just made it and loved it, although I forgot the carrots and I can’t do onions.
So glad you like it!!!
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I have been looking for a good recipe to try using quinoa. It sounds like this is it!
I made your dish and LOVED it! However, I have just started counting calories and I am curious if you know what the calorie count for 1 cup of this dish is.. I put it in my counter and it was on the better side of 750 per serving. Please tell me I’m wrong….
I am pretty sure that it was to high! I calculated between 380 and 400 calories! Much better. So glad you liked this!
Just to clarify- you do use frank’s buffalo sauce, even though you say “hot sauce” in the recipe ingredients? Because frank’s makes both a buffalo sauce AND a hot sauce!! Thanks, I can’t wait to try this!
YUP, I use franks hot sauce (not the buffalo)! In my opinion nothing is better than franks!
This looks delish! Anything with buffalo chicken is a win! Beautiful photos too by the way!
We love buffalo sauce and thank you!
This IS a good one. I’m running out of ideas for all the quinoa I bought, and my husband doesn’t seem to like quinoa, but loves hot sauce. This recipe may just be the one to turn him!
Oh, I hope he likes it!
This is genius! I am all over it! I am always trying to find ways to get my family to eat quinoa and love it like I do– this might do the trick! Seriously so smart. Thanks!
I hope you guys like it!
Oh. My. Word. This looks amazing!!!! You are totally right! Anything with buffalo sauce ROCKS!! This looks sooooooo good, I can’t wait to make it!
~Jen @ Yummy. Healthy. Easy.
This is amazing. Amazing. This was my first foray into the world of quinoa, and it is certainly not my last. Nor is it the last time I will try a recipe from your fabulous blog. I live very close to my office, and I made this on my lunch break. It was quick and easy to throw together. I was blown away by how good it was, and with the nutrition counts. I calculated the nutrition, and it is about 200 calories per serving (if the recipe is 4 servings), 5 g of fat, 25 protein and 12 carb. You cannot beat it! I brought my assistant a serving for her lunch, and she was also blown away. I can hear her scraping the bowl as I type this. You have a gift, my friend.
Thank you!! I am so glad you loved this!!! I love your comment! it is to nice!!!! Thanks so much for letting me know how much you enjoyed this!
Just made this for dinner tonight and it is FANTASTIC!!! Thank you!!!
So glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know!
I made this tonight and it was very tasty! It was a bit oily so maybe next time I will use less oil for the sauce and I used celery instead of broccoli it was great!!
YAY! I am so glad you like this!! Thanks for letting me know!
I made this tonight for dinner. Left out the cabbage because I had none, and used fresh mozzarella in place of blue cheese. It was very good!
YA! I am so glad you liked this!
Love your recipes , just wish you added the calories per serving. Thanks
I am so glad you like my recipes! I wish I could provide the calories, but at this time it is just to hard for me to do.
My 1st Quinoa recipe, just made this it’s delish! Ready to continue on the Quinoa adventure! Thanks for sharing this!
I am so glad you liked this!! I have some more quinoa recipes in the works so check back!
Do you need to use all that oil?
No. You can use less, but be ware the the less oil you use the hotted the sauce will be. Also, you can just use less of the sauce on the quinoa. It really does not need all of it. We just like things extra saucy!
Great recipe! I linked it in my blog. Stop by sometime to check out my gf/df recipes!
Thanks so much, I am so happy you like it!
Oh my goodness! I made this last night and I can’t wait to get home to eat the leftovers! I tweaked it a little by putting in celery, and using red onions (I had them on hand). I also subbed out most of the oil with chicken stock to make it “healthy” It was so good!
Ya! I am so glad you loved this! What a good idea subbing the oil for chicken stock!
Just found this on Pinterest and am literally eating it right now. I have never made quinoa before, but there was a huge bag of it in the pantry. I only had the Asian chili hot sauce, but still, this is soo yummy!
YA! I am so glad you like this! Thanks for letting me know me know!
I will definitely be making this soon! It looks very similar to the Buffulo chicken bowl I get at Protein Bar which I LOVE. I’ll be making it with blue cheese, but none for the hubby – hes not a fan of blue cheese. Thank you so much for sharing, can’t wait to try it!
I hope you love it!! PS. Blue cheese is the best! Your husband is missing out!
I tried this last evening and it was AWESOME. Can you tell me the nutritional value on this recipe? I tried to calculate it and I got almost 550 calories per 1 cup serving is that correct?
Seriously….this is genius. All of my faves in one dish, and never thought to put them together myself! I cut back a little on the oil, and added more Franks (I like it hot hot hot!). I had to restrain myself from digging into the rest I am saving for dinner tomorrow! Great recipe- a must try for anyone that is debating it.
Thanks for such a nice comment stephanie!! I am so happy you love this! You reminded me I need to make this again!
Thank you so much. My husband and I love this recipe. I would normally never comment on a website, but this recipe was so good, I had to thank you. We could eat this every day and it is so healthy. I am a big fan of quinoa, but haven’t found too many great recipes. I don’t think this one can be beat.
Aw wow! Thank you!! I am so happy you guys loved this!! That makes my day!!
Do you know the calories/fat/protein for this? What would a serving be?
I honestly have no idea, but a serving would be 6 or 7 seven quinoa bites + 1/4 of the salad. Sorry I was not of more help! Hope you love this!