Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Anybody else feel a little better about what they are eating when they wrap it in lettuce? Hamburger in a lettuce wrap… must be healthy, right? So let's take another one of our favorites, buffalo chicken, and wrap it in lettuce too!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 8

Total Time 8 15

Servings

Calories 269kcal

Author Jennifer Draper

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup buffalo wing sauce
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup apricot preserves
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup cornstarch (optional)
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
1 head bib lettuce

Instructions

Place chicken in slow cooker
Whisk together buffalo sauce, bbq sauce, apricot preserves and honey and pour over chicken
Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8
Remove chicken to bowl and shred
Optional: Whisk together 1/4 cup cornstarch with 1/4 cup water and stir into sauce from slow cooker. Bring to a simmer for about 5 minutes in a saucepan over medium high heat or in multi-cooker until thickened
Return chicken to sauce in slow cooker and let soak up sauce for 5-10 minutes
Whisk together yogurt, blue cheese, milk, lemon juice and salt and pepper, add additional milk as needed to get to desired consistency
Serve chicken on washed lettuce leaves topped with blue cheese sauce

Notes

If your sauce is too thin, you can thicken it by adding a cornstarch slurry

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