Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe

These lettuce wraps are stuffed with chicken and vegetables. For a refreshing zip, honey and lime juice help to tone down the hot wing sauce. It makes a delicious sweet and sour chicken handheld. Very light and healthy and so good!

• Ready In: 25 minutes
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

For Dressing:

• 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 4 tsp milk
• 4 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp minced fresh parsley
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

For Lettuce Wraps:

• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
• 8 Boston lettuce leaves
• 1 cucumber, seeded and chopped
• 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
• 3/4 cup julienned carrots
• 1/4 cup hot sauce
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tbsp canola oil
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp salt

Directions:

To Make Dressing:

• Place blue cheese, mayonnaise, milk, lemon juice, parsley and Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl.
• Mix until well combined.
• Cover and refrigerate until serving.

To Make Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add chicken.
• Cook and stir for 10 minutes or until the chicken are no longer pink.
• In a small bowl, combine the lime juice, hot sauce and honey.
• Pour over the chicken.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low.
• Simmer for 2 minutes or until heated through.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the celery, cucumber, and carrots.
• Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto each lettuce leaf.
• Fold sides of lettuce over the filling.
• Roll up tightly and secure with a toothpick.
• Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps are ready to serve.

Expert Tips:

• To make this healthy, you can use low-fat blue cheese and light mayo.
• Secure wrap with toothpicks and remove them just before serving.

Serving Suggestions:

• Serve with blue cheese dressing and Gingerade.

Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts for Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

Amount Per Serving: ( 1 serving = 1 each)

• Calories: 194
• Fat: 10 g (2 g saturated fat)
• Cholesterol: 39 mg
• Sodium: 459 mg
• Carbohydrate: 12 g
• Fibre: 1 g
• Protein: 13 g