Serious Eats / Robby Lozano
If salad is about the furthest thing from your mind when you hear the words “buffalo” and “chicken,” our Birmingham, Alabama-based colleague Julia Levy felt the same way before coming up with this killer combo. The fiery heat and savory punch of Frank’s hot sauce–laden chicken pairs so well with cool, crisp vegetables like carrots, romaine, cabbage, and, of course, the celery you’ll recognize from classic Buffalo wings.
The effort level here is relative: It might feel like a lot for a salad, but it takes just 35 minutes to whip up, and the work you’ll put in making dressing and sauce proves it’s every bit as satisfying as a weeknight dinner. A thrown-together lunch salad, it is not.
