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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps – Easy Low Carb Dinner Recipe


  • Author: Julia Hart
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

A light, spicy, and satisfying meal made with tender shredded chicken tossed in buffalo sauce, served in crisp lettuce leaves with blue cheese and ranch.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 large chicken breasts, cooked and shredded

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • ½ tbsp olive oil

  • ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot Wing Sauce

  • ½ tsp celery seed

  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste

  • ½ cup celery, thinly sliced

  • Blue cheese crumbles, for topping

  • Ranch dressing, for drizzling

  • 2 heads romaine or iceberg lettuce, rinsed and patted dry


Instructions

  • Cook chicken with ½ cup water in a skillet over medium-high heat. Shred once cooked.

  • Reduce heat, add butter and olive oil until melted.

  • Stir in hot sauce, celery seed, and pepper.

  • Add celery and stir to combine.

  • Spoon mixture into lettuce leaves.

  • Top with blue cheese and drizzle with ranch.

  • Serve immediately.

Notes

  • Use rotisserie chicken to save time

  • Swap blue cheese for feta or omit for dairy-free

  • Assemble just before serving to keep lettuce crisp

  • Adjust hot sauce quantity to taste

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: Dinner, Appetizer
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American