Last night on "The Next Food Network Star" the contestants were asked to be resourceful using items found in their pantry to make something delicious. That is a pretty common occurrence in our house.
I usually pick out a few new recipes that I want to try out during the week. That often means we have leftovers that can be used other nights of that same week. We probably go out to eat at least 1 night each week. And that leaves 1-2 nights of "fending for ourselves" where we see what else we have on hand. I was pretty proud of this little gem:
- Frozen chicken patty
- Bag Salad
- Pickled Red Onions
- Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- Blue Cheese Dressing
- Seasoned Croutons
I heated up the chicken patty, cut it into bite-sized pieces, and then carefully arranged them along with croutons & pickled onions on top of a classic bag salad. I dressed the whole thing rather liberally with blue cheese dressing and the integral part of anything called "Buffalo Chicken" ... Frank's Red Hot Sauce.
If you haven't discovered Frank's, it is the perfect sauce for Buffalo Chicken. That's really all you need -- the bottle says to mix it with melted butter to make the original Buffalo sauce. Of course that means this isn't as versatile of a hot sauce, unless you want whatever you're eating to taste like Buffalo Chicken.
Luckily for me, I did.
Could it be any easier? And it looks nice, filled me up, and tasted great. You could easily pay $8 for a salad like that at Chili's. And they probably don't have my sweet & tangy pickled onions to compliment that great vinegar hot sauce, and funky blue cheese dressing.
You could top this with some shredded cheese. And I'm kicking myself right now for forgetting that we have blue cheese crumbles in the refrigerator. Ooops!
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