Thought I’d share because it’s delicious 🙏 A few months ago, there was a low calorie Chick Fil A order that was trending on tiktok. It consisted of the tiny kale salad, the overpriced grilled chicken nuggets coated in honey and hot sauce, put together, and while I bet it’s delicious, its way easier to make at home with some pretty simple ingredients. I’m gonna post the breakdown for how I make mine!
Step 1: Kale
The original recipe for the Kale dressing is lemon juice, vinegar, maple syrup, and olive oil. I skip the olive oil to save calories, and I don’t add vinegar because I’m not a big fan of it. It tastes delicious with just the lemon juice and maple syrup. I used sugar free maple of course, and I dilute the mixture with 1 tbsp of water, pour all over the kale and massage it for a good 2 minutes. I do this step first so that while I cook the chicken the kale kind of absorbs the dressing more.
Step 2: Almonds
I have a bag of split almonds so that’s what I use, but you can use whatever you prefer. I know a lot of people skip out on things like nuts because they’re high calorie but it’s such a game changer you must try it !! I do 15 grams of split almonds and i break them up a little bit, and just put them in a frying pan until they start to noticeably roast.
Step 3: Chicken
The chicken recipe is quite simple, you can do whatever seasoning you like but I just do seasoned salt, paprika, and black pepper because I add sauce on top of the chicken. I cook the chicken with some olive oil spray, and while that’s cooking make a quick mixture of hot sauce (i used texas pete) and 2 tsp of honey (you can also use sugar free maple here and it saves 40 calories). After the chicken is done cooking, I coat it in the sauce in a bowl and shake it up 🙂
Step 4: Assemble
To the kale base, I add all my toppings. I like a little purple cabbage but you can skip this if u don’t like it! I also add some wonton strips (i love crunch in my salad). Toss the almonds and chicken in there give it a good mix and enjoy!! I’m not even a salad fan like that but I make this one at least once a week, it’s really good 😫just make sure you massage the kale well cus it’s nasstyyyy when it’s dry 😭
by justahat3r