Chicken Salad Chick Buffalo Barclay
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Chicken Salad Chick Buffalo Barclay is creamy and spicy chicken salad. He’s got a kick of heat but all the perfection of a Chicken Salad Chick chicken salad. The taste is like buffalo wings met your favorite deli counter—and they made magic.
🔍 COPYCAT SECRETS UNCOVERED!
I’ve got the Chicken Salad Chick recipe down to a science! Once you have the base recipe (the Classic Carol) – you just add 1-2 tbsp of the unique ingredients for each variety!
For this copycat Chicken Salad Chick Buffalo Barclay recipe – you use a little less mayo (always Duke’s mayonnaise) and add wing sauce! For a spicier taste – just use a hot wing sauce vs mild or medium.
Side note – did you know Chicken Salad Chick charges $6.99 for 4 oz?! This recipe makes 3x that for about $5! You’re saving $15 by making it at home!
How to prep your Chicken for Chicken Salad
Every time I post a chicken salad recipe – someone asks me, “How do you make the chicken for it?” Wait no longer! Here’s a variety of ways to prep your chicken breasts:
- Bake – season with salt, pepper, garlic powder & onion powder. Bake at 375º for 15-25 minutes depending on the size of your chicken breasts. The giant ones take 20-25 min – but the small individually wrapped (or chicken tenderloins) will only take 15 min.
- Poach – In a large pot of water, simmer for 10-15 minutes and boil until they reach 165º – you can add seasonings to the water but it doesn’t absorb much.
- Air Fry – season with salt, pepper, garlic powder & onion powder. Air fry at 375º for 10-15 minutes depending on the size of your chicken breasts.
- Rotisserie Chicken – buy one and shred it! You need about 1.5 large chicken breasts to get 2 cups shredded chicken.
Always check your chicken with an instant read meat thermometer and temp check to 160º. Let it rest and it will come up to 165º. When it cools – you can shred it! Now – how to shred?
- Kitchen Aid – use the paddle attachment on your stand mixer and blend on 3-4 for 2-3 minutes. Any higher and chicken will fly out of your bowl!
- Food Processor – chop the chicken breasts into smaller pieces and chop
- Knives & Forks – the old fashioned way still works – pull the chicken apart with forks and then chop into smaller pieces with a chef’s knife
More Copycat Chicken Salad Chick Recipes
With 12 original chicken salad flavors on the Chicken Salad Chick menu – you’ll find something you like! This easy copycat recipe for buffalo chicken salad is a take on their classic recipe chicken salad but it swaps out a bit of mayo for the spicy kick of buffalo wing sauce in a delicious twist!
Get your chicken salad with a scoop in a lettuce wrap, dip a cracker in it, have a sandwich on your favorite bread, wrap it in a tortilla or slather it in a melt! Here are all the varieties of chicken salad (and my chicken salad recipes for some – I’m workin on doing them all!):
- Classic Carol Chicken Salad – just the basics: mayo, celery, onion powder…and chicken and this is the PERFECT copycat recipe!
- Sassy Scotty – add cheddar, bacon & ranch
- Cranberry Kelli – Carol with dried cranberries and slivered almonds
- Fancy Nancy – it sure is fancy when you add fruit like fuji apples, seedless grapes and crushed pecans
- Fruity Fran – similar to the Nancy but replace the pecans with pineapple (and I liked it much better!)
- Olivia’s Old South – like the Carol but add hard-boiled eggs & sweet pickle relish
- Barbie-Q – with hickory bbq flavor
- Dixie Chick – Classic Carol plus minced onions
- Maui Mama – Seasonal with jalapeno, bacon & pineapple
- Kickin’ Kay Lynne – buffalo sauce, ranch, bacon, shredded cheddar cheese, jalapeños, & Sriracha
- Jalapeño Holly – Diced Jalapenos
- Lauryn’s Lemon Basil – chopped pecans, fresh basil, & lemon
Yes – use light mayonnaise or a combo of light mayo and Greek yogurt
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Chicken Salad Chick Side Dishes
- Chicken Salad Chick Grape Salad
- Chicken Salad Chick Pasta Salad
- Chicken Salad Chick Broccoli Salad
Chicken Salad Chick Buffalo Barclay
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken breast shredded (about 1.25 LARGE chicken breast)
- 2 tbsp celery finely minced
- 1/2 cup Duke’s mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Buffalo Wing sauce
- 1/8 tsp onion powder
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Use the paddle attachment on your mixer to shred your chicken. This is the KEY to getting the texture that Chicken Salad has!2 cups cooked chicken breast
- FINELY mince your celery – to where you can barely see pieces.2 tbsp celery finely
- In a large mixing bowl, to your chicken mixture – add the mayonnaise, wing sauce, onion powder and black pepper and stir well.1/2 cup Duke’s mayonnaise, 1/4 cup Buffalo Wing sauce, 1/8 tsp onion powder, pinch black pepper
- Serve with bread, crackers or on a salad. I like to drizzle a little extra buffalo sauce on top and sprinkle with green onions.
- Makes 2.25 cups
