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Crispy Buffalo Quinoa Bites Salad with Cheesy Ranch
A tasty salad packed full of buffalo flavor!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 40 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Tieghan Gerard📖 halfbakedharvest
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the dressing. Combine all ingredients except the blue cheese in a bowl and mix well. Stir in the blue cheese and place in the fridge while you make the salads.
blue cheese2 ouncesgorgonzola or blue cheese (crumbled)24 ounces
2
Make the buffalo sauce. Combine the melted butter, olive oil, hot sauce and seasoned salt in a medium size bowl. Whisk to combine and set aside
butter (melted)2 tablespoonscup butter milk1/2butter lettuce (chopped)8 cupsolive oil1 tablespoonteaspoon seasoned salt1/2seasoned salt1 teaspoon
3
In another bowl combine the quinoa, mashed cannellini beans, bread crumbs, egg, salt, pepper and 4 tablespoons of the buffalo sauce. Mix well to moisten the ingredients and then form into 30-35 equal size balls (about 1/2 tablespoon to 1 tablespoon of the quinoa mixture). Squeeze the balls together tightly with your hands, being careful.
cannellini beans (mashed)1 cuplarge egg (lightly beaten)1pepper1 teaspoon
4
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add olive oil. Add half the balls to skillet and cook until golden and crisp on all sides, about five minutes. Gently (very gently) toss about 10 balls at a time with the buffalo sauce or you can dip each ball in the sauce as well if you are afraid the balls will crumble.
olive oil1 tablespoon
5
To assemble the salads, combine lettuce and carrots in bowls or on plates. Season lightly with salt and pepper, then toss. Top with an equal amount of green onions and fries, then add the buffalo quinoa bites on top. Cover in blue cheese, then drizzle with the dressing and add any remaining buffalo sauce. Go to town!
carrots (sliced or chopped)2pepper1 teaspoonblue cheese2 ouncesgorgonzola or blue cheese (crumbled)24 ounces
Nutrition Facts
calories
489 kcal
fat Content
31 g
serving Size
4 g
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
2 g
sodium Content
1578 mg
protein Content
18 g
cholesterol Content
66 mg
carbohydrate Content
22 g
saturated Fat Content
15 g
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