Shrimp or Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Creamy Caesar Dressing

Name: Shrimp or Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Creamy Caesar Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps anchovy paste, optional (But it tastes better with it in. If you think you dont like anchovies, try them in this sauce. They just taste salty and yummy!); 1 clove garlic, crushed; 454 grams fully cooked shrimp, from the seafood counter in market; 1 lemon, zested and juiced; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, pour to the count of 4; 118 milliliters grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, 3 handfuls; 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper, eyeball the amount in the palm of your hand: 1 teaspoon is equal to about 1/3 of a palm full; 4 Tbsps heaping tablespoons reduced fat mayonnaise; 2 hearts romaine lettuce; 1 rotisserie chicken, available in many markets; 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Shrimp or Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Creamy Caesar Dressing is a gluten free recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This hor d'oeuvre has 856 calories, 88g of protein, and 51g of fat per serving. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. A mixture of anchovy paste, garlic, lemon zest, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert.

Instructions

Cut bottoms off the romaine and cut the heads in half lengthwise. Wash lettuce and separate the leaves.

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Lettuce

Romaine

Let it dry in the dish draining rack while you prepare the rest of the menu.

Remove the tails from the shrimp and place the shrimp in a bowl or, pack for travel, if this is a picnic meal.

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Shrimp

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Bowl

To remove the chicken meat from the chicken, cut the chicken breasts off first.

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Chicken Meat

Whole Chicken

Cut the legs and thighs off using kitchen scissors to help you. Slice the meat up on an angle. Arrange on a plate or in a plastic container.

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Meat

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Kitchen Scissors

Place mayonnaise, garlic, lemon, anchovy paste, cheese, Worcestershire and pepper into the blender and turn it on. Stream the extra-virgin olive oil into the dressing through center of the lid. When the oil is combined, remove the thick dressing with a spatula to a bowl or a portable plastic container.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Worcestershire Sauce

Anchovy Paste

Mayonnaise

Cheese

Garlic

Pepper

Lemon

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Spatula

Bowl

Place lettuce on a serving platter or pack in large plastic bag or container to travel.

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Lettuce

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Ziploc Bags

To assemble, spread dressing onto a lettuce leaf. Fill leaf with a large shrimp or sliced cold chicken, like a lettuce taco, and eat!

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Lettuce

Whole Chicken

Shrimp

Spread

To pack for picnic, take the romaine hearts in plastic food storage bags. Pack the shrimp and cut chicken in separate bags and pack dressing in small plastic container.

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Romaine Hearts

Whole Chicken

Shrimp

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Servings:

2Tbsps

anchovy paste, optional (But it tastes better with it in. If you think you don't like anchovies, try them in this sauce. They just taste salty and yummy!)1clove

garlic, crushed 454grams

fully cooked shrimp, from the seafood counter in market 1

lemon, zested and juiced 3Tbsps

extra-virgin olive oil, pour to the count of 4 118milliliters

grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, 3 handfuls 1teaspoon

coarse black pepper, eyeball the amount in the palm of your hand: 1 teaspoon is equal to about 1/3 of a palm full 4Tbsps

heaping tablespoons reduced fat mayonnaise 2

hearts romaine lettuce 1

rotisserie chicken, available in many markets 2teaspoons

Worcestershire sauce

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Shrimp can be paired with Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. One wine you could try is Skyfall Pinot Gris. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 13 dollars.