Buffalo Cauliflower Rice Lettuce Wraps!

If you love lettuce wraps, you will love this Buffalo Cauliflower Rice Lettuce Wrap recipe!  This is a super simple recipe, full of love and crunch in every bite.  The lovely Tonia Carrier-Hicks joins us with another one of her super simple, yet delicious plant-based recipes.  Let’s take a closer look at how these magical wraps are made…

Love In Every Bite

We love it when Tonia joins us in the kitchen. Her recipes are always so unique and flavorful, but super simple.  Tonia is not only talented at veganizing any recipe, but she is also a hairstylist and indie filmmaker from Michigan who has been doing vegan activism since 2018. She is a powerful contributor representing the Midwest on the JaneUnchained News Network. And we love having her!  Tonia has a YouTube channel called Your Vegan Friend Tonia that you should definitely check out.  It is fresh and fun and filled with lots of delicious recipes, and other great videos about veganism and the vegan lifestyle.  From recipes to interviews, and visits to animal sanctuaries, you can find it all on Tonia’s YouTube channel.

Tonia Carrier-Hicks

Making This Delicious Lettuce Wrap Recipe

These ultra flavorful, crunchy lettuce wraps are a really fun and different way to get all the good stuff into your meal! It is a very healthy dish, bursting with flavors and nutrients!  The recipe below, provided by Tonia, makes about 6 lettuce wraps, but you can easily double the recipe should you need more for a dinner party, or if you simply are feeding a lot of friends and/or family.

All the ingredients for these simple wraps.

The finished and ready-to-eat, delicious lettuce wraps!

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Buffalo Cauliflower Rice Lettuce Wraps!

These ultra flavorful, crunchy lettuce wraps are a really fun and different way to get all the good stuff in! Easily double the batch if needed. Makes about 6 wraps with the recipe included. 

Course: Appetizer, Lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: vegan

Servings: 6 wraps

Ingredients

• 1 Can of cannellini beans rinsed and drained
• 3/4 C chopped celery
• 1/2 C chopped onion
• 3 minced cloves of garlic
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 6-8 oz frozen or fresh cauliflower rice
• 1 C vegetable broth or 1tsp Better Than Bullion vegetable broth and 1C water for cooking only this will cook down regardless of what you use
• 1 C brown rice or your favorite grain
• 1 shredded carrot for topping
• 2 chopped scallions for topping
• 1/2 C or more Buffalo sauce (I used about 1/2 to 3/4C total)
• Lettuce leaves-I used Red Leaf romaine you could also used chard!

Instructions

• In a large saucepan cook celery, onion and vegetable broth(or bullion and water mix) until tender. Add in beans, rice, cauliflower rice and buffalo sauce. Cook on medium heat until everything is hot and cauliflower gets a bit softer, approx 5-6 minutes. Let cool for a couple of minutes. Spoon into lettuce leaves and garnish with carrots and scallions. I also topped mine with a dollop of vegan ranch dressing! Enjoy!

Buffalo Cauliflower Wraps! Oh Yum!

I hope you enjoyed this tasty recipe as much as I did.  I am a HUGE lettuce wrap fan, so I can’t wait to give this dish a try, and you should too!  If you do, be sure to take a photo of your finished wraps and tag @UnChained_Tv on Instagram.  Looking for other simple and awesome vegan recipes to try?  Jump on over to the #LunchBreakLIVE page, where we have a ton to choose from.  Until next time…keep cookin’!