buffalo chicken lettuce wraps
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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Stovetop · ~20 min · Serves 5 · about 2 wraps each
Ingredients
- Wrap: 1 lb chicken breast, cooked and shredded
- Wrap: ¼ cup buffalo sauce (or to preference)
- Wrap: 4+ lettuce leaves (romaine, butter, Boston, etc.)
- Sauce: ½ cup unsalted butter
- Sauce: ⅔ cup hot sauce
- Sauce: 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- Sauce: 1 tsp paprika
- Sauce: ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Sauce: ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- Sauce: ⅛ tsp garlic powder
- Sauce: salt to taste
Directions
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- Make the sauce: melt the butter in a small saucepan over low-medium heat, add the remaining sauce ingredients, and simmer, whisking often. Salt to taste and let cool to thicken.
- Combine the warmed shredded chicken with the buffalo sauce.
- Spoon about ¼ cup into each lettuce leaf.
- Add desired toppings and serve.
Note. Optional toppings: sliced red onion, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced avocado, shredded cheese, plain Greek yogurt.
Ingredient tip. When a recipe uses a packaged or processed food, choose a version with five or fewer ingredients on the label.
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Per-serving values are approximate and vary with brand, variety, and preparation. Nearly all of the sodium here is the hot sauce, and brands vary widely, so your bottle’s label is the best guide. Using more sauce than the quarter cup raises it in step.