Sticky Chicken Fingers Salad
Make easy Winger’s Copycat Sticky Chicken Fingers Salad in 30 minutes, with crispy chicken, cranberries, carrots, and cheese.
If you’re a fan of my Copycat Winger’s Sticky Chicken Fingers recipe, this easy Winger’s Copycat Sticky Chicken Fingers Salad will blow your mind. Just imagine a fresh bed of crispy romaine lettuce, dried cranberries, shredded carrots, cheese, and the best part: Winger’s original sticky chicken fingers. You can toss this salad with raspberry vinaigrette, poppy seed, and ranch dressing. I’ve had all three on different occasions, and they all taste incredible. This is a great salad recipe to pull out for a weeknight meal, game days, or anytime you’re in the mood for wings but don’t want something heavy!
WINGER’S COPYCAT STICKY CHICKEN FINGERS SALAD
This simple sticky chicken finger salad recipe comes together in just two main steps and is all about layering flavor. Start by making the classic Winger ’s-style sticky sauce: heat hot sauce, brown sugar, and water until smooth and slightly thickened, then toss with cooked chicken fingers and cut into bite-sized pieces. Build your salad with romaine, cranberries, carrots, and cheese, then top with the warm sticky chicken and drizzle with your favorite dressing, like Creamy Ranch Dressing, for a sweet, tangy salad that’s even better than takeout.
Learn how to make the best sticky chicken-finger salad from scratch below! Don’t forget to tag me in all of your creations @lifeinthelofthouse on Instagram and Facebook. Let’s stay connected.
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Ingredients
- 1/3 cup Frank’s Original Hot Sauce
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 8 cooked breaded chicken fingers
- 4 hearts of Romaine lettuce chopped
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese
- Dressing of your choice (we like to use Ranch dressing)
Instructions
For The Sticky Chicken Fingers
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine the hot sauce, brown sugar and water. Stir and cook until sugar dissolves and mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat and let stand a couple minutes to slightly thicken.
- *If using frozen chicken fingers, bake them according to package directions while you’re making the sticky sauce.*
- Place the cooked, breaded chicken fingers in a large bowl or pan. Pour the warm sauce over all of the chicken fingers. Use tongs to turn chicken fingers so they get coated entirely with sauce.Slice each chicken finger into bite-size pieces.
For The Salad
- In a large bowl, combine the chopped romaine lettuce, dried cranberries, carrots, and cheese. Divide the salad mixture between 4 bowls. Top each salad with the desired amount of chopped chicken fingers and dressing of choice.
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This looks amazing, can’t wait to try this! I was in need of a new salad recipe. I love your oriental chicken salad too!
I love sticky chicken finger salad at Wingers. Totally have to make this one.
Ohmygosh yum. Making this soon!
I love your recipes sooooo much!!!
Nice dish!
I made this last night and my entire family loved it! We added some chopped walnuts too 🙂
Mmmm! I bet it was so good with the walnuts 🙂
I made a variation of this salad using out favorite toppings for my family last night and they loved it. Even though we really like our regular salad, it was getting kind of boring. Your chicken tenders made it seem really new and special. Thank you so much!
Janice, So glad you enjoyed this salad! Thanks for your kind comment 🙂
Perfect for college! I make this all the time! It’s so good!
That’s awesome, Caleb!! 🙂