🥗 What Makes This Recipe So Good
I just love a good fried chicken salad. The combination of textures and flavors, plus the deliciousness of fried chicken in general? Sign me up! The only thing that makes it all 10x better? When you can have your Southern fried chicken salad and stay Whole30, too!For this Whole30 salad, we took tender, juicy chicken breasts and “breaded” them in a mixture of flours and spices that crisps up beautifully when pan-fried. Take it from someone who knows her way around a plate of crispy fried chicken (Memphis has a lot of fried chicken places, ok?), this chicken is incredible. The blend of almond flour, coconut flour, and tapioca starch is the perfect alternative to traditional all-purpose flour breadings. Even your non-Whole30, non-paleo friends and family will love it.This recipe makes a pretty good sized salad. Seriously. You can get 2 large, meal-sized salads, or 4 smaller, “salad”-sized salads out of it. Perfect for leftovers and meal-prepped lunches, or anytime you just feel like having something a little lighter but still super filling for dinner.
👩🏼‍🍳 Chef’s Tips
The “breading” for the Whole30 Southern fried chicken cooks really fast. Like. Really fast. Keep a close eye on it and be really careful not to let the skillet or the oil get too hot. No one wants burnt chicken on their salad!A good way to combat the potential for burnt chicken is to use pretty thin chicken breasts. The thinner they are, the less time they’ll need to cook through completely, which means the less time the chicken has to be in the skillet. If your chicken breasts are pretty thick, I recommend slicing them into cutlets or pounding them out with a rolling pin or frying pan before breading them.When it comes to Whole30 salad dressings, my Whole30 dump ranch is far and away my favorite to use. It has a TON of flavor, and making it couldn’t be easier. All you need’s a jar and an immersion blender! I’ve also got a recipe for a really tasty Whole30-compatible BBQ sauce that would work really well with this fried chicken.
Whole30 Recipes to Check Out Next
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