These delicious Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps start with always moist boneless and skinless chicken thighs, seasoned with roasted red pepper, green onion and garlic and of course, hot sauce!
Why I love these buffalo chicken lettuce wraps
When it comes to easy meals, it’s hard to beat these Buffalo chicken lettuce wraps. They’re a great option for lighter, but still satisfying meal.
These lettuce wraps make great food for football watching or casual entertaining.
These buffalo chicken start with always moist boneless and skinless chicken thighs that are cooked up with a medley of green onion, garlic and roasted red pepper.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Chicken Thighs –
Buffalo Sauce – I love Frank’s™ Buffalo Sauce, but you can use any bottled Buffalo style sauce or a simple hot pepper sauce (such as regular Frank’s™)
Roasted Red Pepper – I love the ease of jarred roasted red peppers, but you can roast off your own red peppers, if you like.
Recipe Tips
I like to add some match-sticked carrots and cucumber to these, for extra flavour and goodness. On top, a bit of blue cheese or ranch dressing is nice, or if you’re a blue cheese fan, some blue cheese crumbles would be a nice topping.
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Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 4-5 boneless/skinless chicken thighs
- 1 bunch green onion, sliced(white and green part)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 jarred roasted red pepper, diced
- 1 cup Buffalo wing sauce or hot pepper sauce, (I like Frank's™)
- Boston leaf lettuce
- 1 carrot, peeled and matchsticked
- English cucumber, unpeeled and matchsticked
- Blue cheese or ranch dressing, and/or blue cheese crumbles
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat oil and butter over medium high heat. Add the chicken to the pan and season with salt and pepper. Sear the chicken until golden brown on both sides, about 2-3 minutes per side. Remove the chicken to a plate.
- Add the green onions and garlic to the pan. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the roasted red pepper. Place the chicken back into the pan and add the hot sauce or buffalo sauce. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer the chicken in the sauce until cooked through, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove the chicken to a cutting board. Use 2 forks to shred the chicken into bite-size pieces. Place the shredded chicken back into the sauce.
- To serve, place some matchsticked carrots and cucumber in to a lettuce leaf. Place a scoop of warm buffalo chicken on top of vegetables, then top with blue cheese or ranch dressing or blue cheese crumbles.
Notes
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Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
I tried this recipe – with some substitutions because I did not have all the ingredients. I do this all the time – call it “cooking without fear”. Loved this fresh take on an old favourite – could also be “packaged” as appetizers.
So glad you enjoyed it, Tarry and yes, these make great appetizers, too!
All the football fans enjoyed the different spin on a traditional game day fare. The chicken was so tender and serving it in the bib lettuce made it light and the other vegetables provided the crunch. Served it with both the blue cheese dressing and the cheese as I can’t get enough of a great cheese. Your recipes were the star of the game.
So glad and I’m so glad you tried this. It’s one of my favourites, as it has all the flavours, but doesn’t seem so heavy as wings can. Thanks so much for coming back to let me know :)
These look great! My wife is hooked on buffalo sauce so these will have to be tried. =)
Thanks Kyle and yes, I think you should surprise her with these. Will definitely satisfy her buffalo sauce craving :)
These look so clean and crisp and I bet they are delicious. I love lettuce wraps and buffalo chicken – so I’m going to grab some blue cheese and wrap up a few for our next easy dinner. Love it!
Thanks Tricia and I think you will love these! Great for this time of year when it’s still warm.
I love lettuce wraps, especially for busy weeknights. This is a great dinner idea!
Thanks so much, Laura :)
We love, love, love anything buffalo chicken at our house Jennifer! And these look absolutely gorgeous, as usual! Can’t wait to get them on the menu! Enjoy your week!
Thanks Mary Ann and we do, too. I’m always popular when I serve up these wraps :)