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Cheese Puff Chicken Tender Lettuce Cups with Aerated Original Ranch

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 10 min
Total: 30 min
Servings: 10

Rated 4/5 based on 7 customer reviews

Recipe courtesy of Casey Thompson, as seen on Bravo's Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen

Ingredients (19)

2 cups cheese puffs
1 cup kettle-cooked potato chips
1 cup rice flour
1 tablespoon Hidden Valley^® Original Ranch^® Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix
1 cup whole milk
1 egg
1 lb. chicken tenderloins
4 cups canola oil
salt
½ cup Sriracha sauce
¼ cup sambal
1 tablespoon lime juice
Bibb lettuce cups (small leaves)
½ Serrano chile, sliced thin
cilantro leaves
¼ cup Greek yogurt
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon Hidden Valley^® Original Ranch^® Dressing
2 tablespoons Hidden Valley^® Original Ranch^® Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix

Steps (9)

Step 1
Crush up the cheese puffs and the potato chips in a food processor until it is ground like coarse breadcrumbs. Place chips in a bowl.
Step 2
In another bowl, mix together the flour and the Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Seasoning, Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix Packet. Set aside.
Step 3
In another bowl, whisk the milk and egg
Step 4
Dredge the chicken in the flour. Dredge in the milk. Then, coat in the chip mix. Press it well to make sure it sticks well.
Step 5
Heat the oil to 350°F. Drop the chicken in the oil and fry in 2 batches. Cook each batch for 3 min. Remove from the oil and drain on a paper towel lined tray. Season with salt. Allow the oil to return to temperature before frying the second batch.
Step 6
In a bowl, mix together Sriracha sauce, sambal and lime juice. Set aside.
Step 7
Place the fried chicken in a lettuce cup. Garnish with hot sauce, chiles and cilantro.
Step 8
Mix remaining ingredients, except seasoning mix, in a bowl. Place into an iSi canister and charge twice. Dispense mixture onto lettuce cups.
Step 9
Sprinkle with packaged Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Seasoning, Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix Packet.

For safe meat preparation, reference the USDA website.

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Total Reviews 7
Satisfaction 80%
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Vick65 from Kid pleasing I tried this for my granddaughter who is a picky eater and she liked it

Date published: 2017-09-20

Rated 4 out of 5 by chrisweber84 from Nice light snack! Easy to prepare and great for an afternoon snack at the office!

Date published: 2017-09-20

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