Easy Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Celery and Blue Cheese Recipe Email Link

Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Celery and Blue Cheese

Ingredients

Sauce Recipe

  • 1 stick of margarine
  • 1/4 tsp celery salt
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper seasoning
  • 1/4 tsp chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 11.5 oz hot sauce, or more to taste (I prefer Frank's red hot sauce which ends up being 1/2 a bottle)

Chicken

  • 2 cups flour, all-purpose, unbleached
  • 1/2 - 1 tsp cayenne red pepper
  • 1 tsp each salt and pepper
  • 2 - 3 eggs
  • 1 1/4 pound chicken breasts, cut into cutlets and then into fingers, whatever sizes you prefer
  • vegetable oil for frying

Lettuce Wraps

  • 3 celery stalks, chopped
  • 2-3 oz. blue cheese, sliced and then crumbled
  • 12 Boston or bibb lettuce leafs, separated, washed and dried with a paper towel

Instructions

Sauce

  • Melt margarine in sauce pan with all seasonings, then add hot sauce.
  • Leave covered on warm heat setting while preparing chicken.

Chicken

  • In frying pan or skillet, add enough 1 1/2 to 2 inch layer of vegetable oil and heat on low.
  • Prepare plastic zip bag with all dry ingredients. Close bag and blend together ingredients with your hands.
  • Place eggs into a shallow dish and beat them. Add 1-2 tsp of beaten egg to plastic bag, close and blend together with your hands.
  • As you're cutting up the chicken, add to dish with eggs. When finished, add to plastic zip bag and close. Blend chicken with flour mixture with your hands making sure each piece of chicken is evenly coated.
  • Adjust heat of pan up to medium or medium-high. Brown chicken pieces for 4-6 minutes on each side. Cook in batches if needed.
  • Drain on plate with paper towels. Allow to drain for a couple of minutes before cutting cooked chicken on a clean cutting board into bite-sized pieces.

Lettuce Wraps

  • In batches, put some pieces of chicken into a glass mixing bowl and add 1/4-1/2 cup of the sauce mixture. Toss gently with tongs.
  • Make lettuce wraps by adding chicken, celery and blue cheese. Serve on a platter or place ingredients on platters to allow everyone to make their own.

Notes

Notes: You can use butter as I have before but I prefer margarine for this recipe.
Recipe for buffalo sauce came from a friend.

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