Chicken Salad Wrap

Mireille · 09/16/2019 at 12:56 pm

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It is time for another wrap and today we are making a chicken salad wrap. A great lunch recipe. What I love about wrap recipes is, that they are so easy to make. This is another great example of a delicious wrap. So, are you ready to learn how to make chicken salad wraps? Let’s get started!

What You Need For This Recipe

If you want to make this chicken salad and put it in a wrap you need several ingredients. Put the following ingredients on your grocery shopping list.

Have the following ingredients ready when you start:

Tortillas – you need medium-sized flour tortillas
Chicken – make shredded chicken, use leftovers or a rotisserie chicken
Iceberg lettuce – thinly slice
Avocado – dice into cubes
Cherry tomatoes – these are plum and full of taste
Mayonnaise – to combine the chicken into a salad
Mustard – adds flavor to the salad
Ranch seasoning – to season the chicken use ranch seasoning
Lemon – if you want a little freshness add lemon juice (optional)

Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.

How To Make Chicken Salad Wraps

Now to show you how you can create this easy lunch recipe or fast dinner take the following steps. Start with the lettuce. Take 2 or 3 leaves of iceberg lettuce and wash with cold water.
Take a sharp knife and finely slice the lettuce. Put in a bowl and set aside.
Take a small bowl and add the mayonnaise, mustard, and ranch seasoning. Stir properly to completely combine the ingredients into a ranch dressing. Put aside as well.
Wash the Roma tomatoes, cut them in half, and then cut the halved tomatoes into small strips. Then cut the avocado in half and dice the avocado.
Put the lettuce in a big bowl, add the tomatoes and the diced avocado to the iceberg lettuce, and stir it through.
Now it is time to add the ranch dressing to the pulled chicken and stir it through the chicken to be certain all the chicken is covered with the dressing.
The last step is to stir the coated chicken through the lettuce and cover all the lettuce with the chicken.
Now take a flour tortillas and scoop 2 or 3 tablespoons of chicken salad on it. Roll up the tortillas and cut them in half. You can also fold it burrito style and cut it in half.
Repeat for the other wrap and you are ready to serve.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

If you do not have shredded chicken in your freezer yet, you absolutely should. Shredded chicken is your best friend. Thaw and you always have the main ingredient that you can use for:

This recipe is the perfect combination of a salad and a wrap. This chicken salad wrap is so good you can eat it all by itself as the main course.

You can use leftover chicken, a rotisserie chicken, or shredded chicken breast. You can choose whatever you like.

If you shred the chicken from scratch, add another 20 minutes to the recipe. Bring a pan with water or chicken broth to a boil and add the chicken breast to the pan.

Simmer for 20 minutes and shred the chicken. You can use it straight away or put it in the freezer.

Tortilla FAQs

As tortillas are one of the main ingredients in this recipe there are a lot of questions:

Can You Store Wraps in the Refrigerator?

Yes, you can store tortilla wraps in the fridge. Just make sure they are covered or wrapped in foil or a container. Otherwise, the wraps will dry out in the fridge and that is not what you want for your wraps.

How Long Do Wraps Last in the Fridge?

If you made homemade tortillas, you can keep them in the fridge in a ziplock bag or airtight container and keep them for 4-5 days.

When you have store-bought tortillas, you can also store them in the fridge. Some plastic packages are resealable so put them in a ziplock bag and put them in the fridge.

Can You Freeze Tortilla Wraps?

Yes, you can freeze your tortilla wraps. Put them in a freezer-friendly bag. You can put parchment paper in between your tortillas. This way you can easily separate them when you want to take them out of the freezer.

How Do You Keep Tortillas Fresh?

The same way as storing tortillas in the fridge. Cover them, wrap them in foil, or put them in an airtight container.

Can You Freeze Chicken Salad Wraps?

As long as you do not include the iceberg lettuce in the salad you can freeze them. Lettuce, in general, doesn’t freeze well. So, if you make the chicken without the lettuce and wrap them in a tortilla you can freeze it using tin foil or put them in an airtight container.

Serve Chicken Salad Wraps With

There are a lot of great side dishes you can serve with a chicken salad wrap like:

Chicken salad – yes just make more chicken salad and serve it with this wrap. You will have a great meal
Spicy Mexican rice – this red-hot rice is a great side dish to serve with these wraps. Want to see how it is done this recipe includes a video
Mexican street fries – these oven-baked fries taste amazing with just about anything
Mexican potatoes – more oven-baked potatoes that are great with wraps. Another super easy recipe with a step-by-step recipe video
Mushroom rice – this is a true reader favorite and a great side dish to serve with your salad wrap

More Salad Recipes

If you love salads you came to the right place because we have a lot of salad recipes that you can easily turn into a wrap.

Take a look at the recipes below:

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