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If you love buffalo sauce, you’ve gotta try this healthy vegan buffalo tofu chicken salad with crispy buffalo nuggets and vegan ranch. It’s ready in minutes and tastes absolutely amazing every time!
I love the idea of buffalo-sauce coated anything. The heat and buttery goodness tastes amazing on pretty much any food: tofu, tempeh, cauliflower, and straight out of the bottle. Though, this is how I feel about most condiments. Dry food doesn’t do it for me; I like my dishes to be well-covered in some type of sauce. (See also- the hundreds of recipes I have on this site that feature at least one homemade sauce.)
BL and I are huge buffalo fans and make nuggets often as a quick weeknight dinner. Whether I’m doing a homemade tofu nugget or heating up a package of Gardein tenders, nuggets and buffalo sauce were made for each other.
It was only a matter of time then that I put those nuggets on a salad. While I don’t mind digging into a plate of just nuggets for dinner, it seems a little more appropriate when there is also lettuce, carrots, peppers and tomatoes involved.
If you like buffalo sauce, then you are going to love this simple vegan chicken salad. To start, you’ll want to press your tofu to drain out the excess water, then coat the cubes in a little cornstarch to ensure a crispy crust.
Yes, I’ve got a few different ways to make perfectly crispy tofu and this is my pan-fried version. The cornstarch sticks to the tofu cubes to create a golden brown crust after lightly frying. The perfect crispy coating is then ready to soak up the buttery buffalo sauce.
Get the salad ready to go, then add on the hot buffalo nuggets and a general drizzle of my vegan ranch. Because the only thing better than a dish with one yummy sauce is a dish with two yummy sauces.
This vegan ranch is so good, I recommend doubling the recipe. Of course, the kind of vegan mayo you get matters. Some are gross and some are so much better than regular mayo, you’ll never go back. I swear by Just Mayo, Hellman’s Vegan Mayo and the O.G. vegan mayo- vegenaise.
If you try this vegetarian chicken salad recipe, let me know! Leave a comment, rate it, and tag your Instagram photos with #delishknowledge . I absolutely love seeing your creations. Happy cooking!
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Mmmmmmmmm….looks SO yummy! I am like you. I LOVE buffalo flavired anything! I will toss things in it, throw it in wraps with a bunch of veggies and some of my vegan ranch and its always so good!
Thanks for commenting! It’s the best, the flavor is so intense without being greasy.