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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe with Quinoa

Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Quinoa…Lighten up Buffalo chicken by sautéing chicken tenders and serving them in lettuce wraps with a crunchy quinoa vegetable mix. Perfectly spicy, healthy and delicious!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
23 mins
Servings: 5 Servings
Calories: 249 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 10 chicken tenders about 1 ¼ pounds
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons olive oil divided
  • ¼ cup cayenne hot sauce I use Frank's RedHot
  • 1 ½ cup cooked quinoa
  • 2 medium celery stalks diced
  • 2 green onions thinly sliced
  • 10 butter lettuce or Boston bibb lettuce leaves
The Sauce:
  • ½ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons nonfat milk
  • ¼ cup 1 ounce crumbled blue cheese
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt

Instructions

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  1. Season the chicken tenders with the salt and pepper.
  2. Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet set over medium-high heat. Cook until the chicken is just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side.
  3. Transfer the chicken to a bowl, add the hot sauce and toss to coat.
  4. In a separate bowl, stir together the quinoa, 1 teaspoon olive oil, celery and green onions.
  5. Scoop about 3 tablespoons of the quinoa mixture into each lettuce leaf, and top with 1 chicken tender and 1 tablespoon yogurt sauce. Serve.
The Yogurt Sauce:
  1. In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, milk, blue cheese and salt.

Notes

Nutrition Information

Serving 2Wraps Calories 249kcal (12%) Carbohydrates 15.6g (5%) Protein 31.8g (64%) Fat 6.6g (10%) Saturated Fat 31.4g (157%) Cholesterol 70.4mg (23%) Sodium 651.8mg (27%) Potassium 87mg (2%) Fiber 2.2g (9%) Sugar 1.7g (3%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 5Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 249

% Daily Value*

Serving 2Wraps
Calories 249kcal 12%
Carbohydrates 15.6g 5%
Protein 31.8g 64%
Fat 6.6g 10%
Saturated Fat 31.4g 157%
Cholesterol 70.4mg 23%
Sodium 651.8mg 27%
Potassium 87mg 2%
Fiber 2.2g 9%
Sugar 1.7g 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.