Buffalo Chicken Burrito Bowl

Ingredients

Buffalo Chicken:

• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ cups panko
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins
• 1 ½ cups hot sauce (I use Frank’s Red Hot)
• 3 Tbsp butter

Blue Cheese Dressing:

• ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• ½ cup buttermilk
• Salt and pepper

Salad:

• 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• 4 cups chopped baby spinach
• 3 large carrots, diced
• 4 celery stalks, diced
• 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced
• 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 1 ½ cups cooked brown rice
• ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
• ¾ cup crushed tortilla chips

Instructions

Buffalo Chicken

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly beat eggs in a shallow bowl.
• In a separate shallow bowl, whisk together panko, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.
• One at a time, dip chicken tenders in egg and then dredge in panko mixture, making sure tenders are fully coated in mixture.
• Place chicken tenders on a baking rack atop a foil-lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• While chicken is baking, combine hot sauce and butter in a small saucepan set over medium-low heat. Stir until butter is melted and combined with hot sauce. Pour mixture into a large bowl.
• Remove chicken from oven and toss in bowl with hot sauce until chicken is fully coated.
• Place chicken back on rack and return to oven for 8-10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through and registers at 160 degrees. Let chicken tenders cool a bit before slicing.

Blue Cheese Dressin

• In a small bowl, use a fork to mash together blue cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, and dijon mustard.
• Stir in buttermilk and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Salad Assembly

• Divide lettuce and spinach between four large bowls.
• Place 3-4 slices of buffalo chicken on salad and continue dividing carrots, celery, avocado, grape tomatoes, and brown rice among bowls.
• Sprinkle shredded cheddar and crushed tortilla chips.
• Drizzle blue cheese dressing over salad.