Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

INGREDIENTS
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
hot sauce (such as Frank's)
a little honey
1 lb shredded chicken
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
8 large butterhead lettuce leaves
Small piece red pepper
¼ telegraph cucumber
1/2 c. crumbled blue cheese
1/4 c. ranch dressing
1 tbsp. finely chopped chives
chopped cilantro to garnish
4 large tortillas

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the hot sauce and
honey and stir to combine. Add the chicken and cook stirring occasionally until
warmed throughout and coated in sauce, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and
pepper.
2. Arrange the lettuce on the tortillas. Spoon the chicken mixture into the lettuce leaves
and top with the chopped telegraph cucumber, red pepper and blue cheese. Drizzle
the lettuce cups with the ranch dressing. Garnish with chives and serve.
Look at the recipe on the previous page. Answer the following questions to
determine whether it is a good recipe or needs adjusting.

1. What is the name of the recipe?


Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps
2. How many people does it serve?
It doesn’t specify but after having a look at the amount of tortillas it serves
four.
3. Do all ingredients contain the correct measurements?
Some contain the correct ones while others don’t.
4. Which of the ingredients are missing measurements?

- A little honey
- A stick of butter
- Kosher salt
- Small piece red pepper
- Hot sauce
- Chopped cilantro
5. Is this recipe written for an Australian cook? If not who is it written for?
It is not written by an Aussie cook as they use the imperial system. The
ingredients are written as American terms.
6. What is meant by a stick of butter?
US butter is sold in 1/2- or 1-pound packages and divided into "sticks". Each
stick weighs 1/4 pound/4 ounces/110g.
7. Where can you get ‘Frank’s’ Hot sauce? What would you use as an
alternative?
You can buy Franks hot sauce at Coles and Woolworths.
8. What is Kosher salt?
Salt made to be used by Jews if they follow strict Kosher law.
9. What is 1 lb? (Convert to Australian Measurements)
450 grams
10. Look up and explain what the the following ingredients are:

Shredded chicken Cooked chicken that is very soft


and you break it apart
Butterhead lettuce Butter Lettuce
Red pepper Red Capsicum
Telegraph cucumber Continental Cucumber
Cilantro Coriander

Look at the method of this recipe:

1. What is a skillet?
Frypan
2. What is unclear in the first step of this recipe?
(number 1) List 5 instructions missing:
 Measurements in general
 How much butter do I put in?
 No prep instructions. (e.g. how to cook the chicken
 How long we need to cook the foods for. Not precise
 Any other equipment to use.

3. Look at step 2 of the recipe: List 5 instructions missing:

 Do we cut the lettuce?


 What do we do with the Chicken?
 Instructions not in steps
 How much sauce?
 Size of veggies
4. How much time does this recipe take to make?
Doesn’t specify.
5. In your opinion would you use the above recipe for your wrap or does it need
re- writing to make sense? Explain your answer.
I would not use this recipe as the steps are unclear, the ingredients weren’t in
the right sizes and it doesn’t tell you how many they make.

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