A light, low carb lunch with shrimp tossed in spicy buffalo sauce and served in lettuce wraps with a drizzle of ranch and crumbly blue cheese.

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This low carb keto recipe for Buffalo Shrimp Lettuce Wraps are spicy bites of shrimp tossed in buffalo sauce, topped with blue cheese crumbles and drizzled with ranch dressing.

Buffalo Shrimp Lettuce wraps on an appetizer tray.

❤️ Why you'll love it

They make a delicious lunch in under 15 minutes!
You can eat the lettuce wraps with your hands or serve it as a salad for a delicious lunch or light dinner.
Each serving has 18 grams of protein and 2 net carbs.

🥘 Ingredients

Shrimp, rinsed, deveined, tails removed and patted dry. I prefer to use a medium sized shrimp but large shrimp is good to use also.

Onion and garlic powder for seasoning.

Hot sauce, choose your favorite brand. I prefer either Texas Pete or Red Hot.

Butter, using salted butter eliminates the need to add salt to the recipe.

Romaine lettuce, butter lettuce cups, or iceberg lettuce will work for making lettuce wraps.

Blue Cheese

Shrimp cooking in a skillet. — Cook shrimp until they are no longer opague.

🔪 Instructions

Place 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt butter until bubbly.
Add the shrimp to the hot butter and cook for 2 minutes. Turn shrimp over and cook for 2 minutes more.
Transfer the shrimp from the skillet to a small bowl and set aside.
Add the remaining butter and hot sauce to the skillet. Melt butter and stir to combine with the hot sauce.
Remove the skillet from the burner and add the shrimp back to the hot sauce mixture. Toss to coat shrimp with buffalo sauce.
Place ½ cup of shrimp in the center of romaine leaf. top with blue cheese crumbles.

Cooked shrimp in a skillet covered with buffalo sauce. — Once the shrimp is cooked, it will be tossed with a buffalo wing sauce adding tons of flavor.

🥄 Equipment

Large skillet

Small saucepan

🥫Storage

Store any leftover shrimp in the fridge in an airtight container up to 4 days.

📖 Variations

Add a sprinkle of green or red onion for added flavor.
Garnish with a squeeze of lime juice for a touch of acid.

Up close image of cooked shrimp coated in buffalo sauce with blue cheese and celery.

💭 Tips

If desired, remove the huge core on the back of the romaine leaf by slicing down the back of the rib, making sure to not remove it completely.

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🍽 Serve with...

Serve Buffalo Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with a side of celery sticks, avocado slices, drizzle of ranch dressing, and extra hot sauce.

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