Buffalo Chicken- Two Dinners in One!

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One of the perks of my resolution to get my butt in shape, is that I get to cook TWO different meals many nights because Nick is really not big into the idea of giving up processed/fatty/salty/just plain bad for you foods. While going through my fridge today, I found we had a left over grilled chicken breast from our dinner Sunday night. I pondered a few different options and finally landed on the idea of buffalo chicken.  Well, all that was fine and dandy, except there's no way Nick was going to eat a buffalo chicken salad with me, and I certainly wasn't going to be eating a sandwich.. so, we arrived at two dinners from one breast: for him, Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese and for me Buffalo Chicken Salad with Crispy Sweet Potato Curls


The common ingredient? Buffalo Chicken! Here's how I made that:
Dice 1 large chicken breast into small 1/4 inch cubes.
Melt 2 Tablespoons of butter in microwave safe bowl
Add 1/2 cup hot sauce (Room temp works best!)
Stir until combined and toss chicken in the sauce.
**I like my chicken nice and warm so I microwaved the chicken for a minute and a half after I coated it with the sauce.



Now, let's start with Nick's buffalo chicken grilled cheese!

Here's all you'll need:

• Buffalo chicken (recipe above)
• 2 Slices American Cheese
• Ranch Dressing (Or bleu cheese!)
• 2 Slices Sandwich bread
• Butter

Here's how to make it:

1. Butter one side of the bread slices and place one piece butter side down in saute pan.

2. Top the bread in the pan with one slice american cheese.

3. Cover the cheese with buffalo chicken mixture.

4. Drizzle dressing over chicken

5. Top with remaining slice of cheese

6. Cover with remaining bread slice, butter side up. 

7. Cook over medium heat until bottom bread slice has toasted to golden brown and bottom slice of cheese has begun melting.

8. Flip and repeat step 7. 

And now for the Buffalo Chicken Salad with Crispy Sweet Potato Curls

Here's what you'll need:

• 1 Sweet Potato
• Remaining Buffalo Chicken
• Dressing (Bleu Cheese or ranch)
• Salad Fixings (I used spring mix lettuce, bell peppers, fresh string beans, baby carrots and celery)
• Salt (optional)

Here's how to make it:

1. Using a veggie Spiralizer , curl peeled sweet potato (follow directions on spiralizer).
2. Preheat oven to 300
3. Spread curls on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle with salt if desired.
4. Bake 45 minutes - 1 hour or until curls have reached your desired crispiness.
5. Assemble salad
6. Top with buffalo chicken, dressing and sweet potato curls.

I hope you enjoy!!!