Crispy Chicken Wraps
These crispy chicken wraps are simple, fast to put together, require no heating up the oven in the summer temps, and are delicious.
Direct from one of my favorite food magazines on the planet, these Crispy Chicken Wraps from Cook’s Country are simple, extremely fast to put together, require NO heating up the oven in the summer temps, and are incredibly delicious.
Once again, my kids and husband (and myself) ate them up and the verdict was I should make these again…and often. A perfect summer, weeknight, FAST meal!
Served with a light green salad and some fresh fruit and veggies (or perhaps this delicious fruit concoction) and this is a perfectly perfect meal.
Crispy Chicken Wraps
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise, light or regular
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 scallions, sliced very thin
- 2 celery ribs, chopped fine
- 2 tablespoons sour cream, light or regular
- 2 teaspoons hot sauce, this does not make them spicy but adds great flavor
- 3 cups rotisserie chicken, skin discarded, meat shredded into bite-sized pieces
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, the sharper the better, in my book
- 4 (12-inch) flour tortillas
Instructions
- Whisk the mayonnaise, cilantro, scallions, celery, sour cream and hot sauce in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to combine. Sprinkle cheese over tortillas, leaving 1/2-inch border around edges, then arrange chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll stuffed tortillas, leaving edges open. Spray the tortillas all over with cooking spray.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet (or griddle) over medium heat for 1 minute. Arrange 2 wraps, seam-side down, in pan and cook until golden brown and crisp, about 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining wraps. Serve.
Serving: 1 Serving, Calories: 755kcal, Carbohydrates: 28g, Protein: 67g, Fat: 42g, Saturated Fat: 18g, Cholesterol: 236mg, Sodium: 1489mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 4g
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Recipe Source: adapted from Cook’s Country
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One of our favorite fast weeknight meals!
We feed a large range of ages from 76 down to 7 and everyone enjoyed this! Thanks for a quick and tasty recipe for those busy nights that just need something fast. We doubled this to feed everyone’s appetite and have a little left over for lunch the next day.
Hi Mel,
I love your food blog! Every time I think to myself that I want to explore a new recipe or find a recipe to make something, it appears on your blog! I have 2 high schoolers and a middle schooler and it is food prep all.the.time. With the busy- ness of back to school, me teaching, and no drivers in our family yet, I end up being the mom taxi. Meal time is a little obliterated and we are not really fast food people. This Labor Day weekend we combed through your 30 minute meals and printed off our favorites. We put them in a binder and whoever is at home at dinner time gets to pick what we make and help make it or make it all. Thank you for continuing your food blog. Keep up the excellent work!!
That’s an amazing idea, Jessica! Way to go on helping your kids take an active part of dinner duty!
My family and I loved these! Such an easy dinner for after practice nights. Thank you so much, Mel! We all love your guts ❤️
Thank you so much, Jamie!
This is such a yummy recipe that we make so often! The neighbor kids even ask for it when they come over. Another winner, Mel! ❤️
Hi Mel – Came across your website and my sister and I have both been loving your recipes. Quick question about the wraps in general – have you tried making and freezing them? Having a baby soon so I’m on a major freezer meal binge, was wondering if I could cook these, wrap individually in foil and throw a few in a Ziploc to freeze (and maybe heat/defrost in toaster oven?). Thanks!
Yes, they freeze great!
Shared with my readers and pointed them here for the directions.
These are decidedly delicious and easy! Plus the video was super helpful (I lol’d at the “snap” of deboning the rotisserie chicken)!
I used 8″ tortillas since that’s what I had on hand. (Nine 8″ tortillas have about the same surface area as four 12″ tortillas). I used 4 mini bell peppers in lieu of the celery, about 1 1/2 lbs cooked diced chicken breasts and used chipotle Tabasco for the hot sauce. That turned out to be 1/4 cup cheese and 1/3 cup filling per wrap.
These are definitely going into the regular lunch rotation!
I’ve made these for the family twice now and got approval from all the fussy eaters in my house both times. Once assembled, I put them on my George Foreman grill… no flipping required, easy peasy.
These are great!! I just got done eating one. I subbed the cilantro and celery with avocado and jalapenos. YUMMY!!
Holy. Cow. These are AWESOME. I have made them several times now and everyone in my family loves them! They reheat well too…if you manage to have any leftovers! I let a cookie sheet preheat in a 350 oven and then pop the wraps right on the hot sheet so they crisp back up a bit. I have been making this dipping sauce with them which makes them even more amazing! This one came from the Top Secret Recipes site and goes with their knockoff of Applebee’s Chicken Fajita Rollups, but it is PERFECT with these wraps! Hope you don’t mind if I post it here, if not feel free to delete 🙂
1/2 cup mayo
2 TB minced onion
2 TB diced tomato
1 TB buttermilk
1 TB white vinegar
2 tsp. minced fresh cilantro
1 tsp. canned green chile pepper
3/4 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
pinch dried dill
pinch cayenne pepper
pinch cumin
Just mix everything together in a small bowl and then I like to let it sit in the fridge for a bit to let the flavors develop. Dip the wraps in it and you’re in food heaven!
I made these last night and they were great! Such a nice quick meal for an evening when I wasn’t feeling like cooking 🙂 I did make a few changes:
-I used whole wheat tortilla shells (La Tortilla Factory is my favorite brand)
-Added chopped jalapeno
-Substituted the mayo for plain greek yogurt
-Used yellow onions instead of scallions (just because I didn’t have them on hand)
I made some roasted asparagus on the side and it was a complete meal. Thanks again for another great recipe!
I’ve had these twice now (just now for lunch, and then my sister actually made them about six months ago), and they’re delicious. I don’t like celery, so that was omitted, and I also omitted the cilantro as I’m not crazy about it.
I personally like to read comments on blogs from other people who tried the recipe, and yeah, I like these wraps. Tasty, quick, and easy – the thing that takes me the longest is taking the chicken off the bone, and we’ve used rotisserie chicken both times.
Made these for dinner tonight. Followed the recipe exactly including the hot sauce (used Franks Red Hot original) – Excellent. Used a panini grill instead of a skillet. Thanks for the recipe – browsing your site for more 🙂
These were delicious! I had to use corn tortillas since I can’t have gluten, but they were still very yummy. Next time I think I’ll cut up a fresh jalapeno and mix it in as well. Thanks for another good recipe!
Made a variation of these tonight and they were SO GOOD! I used quorn chik’n (since I’m vegetarian and qourn chick’n tastes just like regular chicken), cilantro, greek yogurt (less calories and just as yummy as mayo & sour cream), cumin, cheddar cheese, red onion, garlic, chili powder, and a few other spices! Love!
I’ve been meaning to try these, and I’m so glad I finally did tonight. Really yummy! Instead of spraying with cooking spray (I’m making an effort to get canola/vegetable oil out of our diets), I cooked the wraps in a nonstick skillet with a little coconut oil. Sweet potatoes made a great side, since the wraps are so savory, I just peeled and diced up a huge sweet potato, sauteed it in coconut oil till carmelized and seasoned with kosher salt. Great, easy dinner! Thanks again for another great meal to put in the rotation!
Made these for dinner tonight and they were wonderful! I did have to make a few substitutions but I used the same technique. I am thrilled they worked because now we have another variation on sandwiches and without heating up the oven! I really do appreciate your posts and thanks for a great new recipe my whole family loves.
Just discovered this via Pinterest.. SOOOO good!!!
Can you give me the calorie count in one Crispy Chicken Wrap, please?
Hi Dee Dee – I don’t track the nutritional facts on my recipes but there are several online calculators that could help you out if you google.
Just made these this weekend and everyone loved them. It’s also great dipped in BBQ sauce.
These have been a regular around our house. We’ve made them exactly as the recipe states, with a less tabasco (3/4 tsp) and no celery. It is very yummy! I skip the step of spraying the tortilla w/cooking spray, and just spray the pan first. Then spray the tops before turning. I’ve recently gotten a little more creative, and have decreased the tabasco by half and squirt some BBQ sauce in there instead. My husband likes it even better with the extra flavor. I’ve sometimes substituted with plain shredded chicken breasts, and in a desparate attempt- canned chicken, both with great results.
Thanks! I’ll give it a try! We have a busy week ahead, and I know this would be a great dinner surprise for everyone when we are all going in different directions!
I’ll let you know how it works out!
Kelli – I’ve never made them ahead of time and frozen them so I don’t really know how the sour cream/may would fare but I think it’s definitely worth a try!
Thank you for this recipe!! My family thinks these are the most amazing things they’ve ever had!! And, I’ve past the recipe along to others!
My question is, do you think you could make them ahead of time, and freeze them?
My only concern is the mayo/sour cream.
Have you tried this?
I found your recipe on Pinterest. Delicious! I didn’t have a rotisserie chicken, so I used a can of chicken instead and halved the recipe. It was easy and oh so yummy!
want try these
These were delicious. My husband loved them. The only thing I did different was bake them in the oven at 350 (it was a cool day!) covered with Krafts 4 cheese Mexican Cheese mix and then served them with a good Salsa Con Queso. Thanks for the great recipe. It’s a keeper.
Thank you for this recipe! My family just devoured these! I added a can of black beans to the mix, and just used leftover chicken breasts.
This is a great and simple recipe. Thank you for sharing!
Anyomous – refer to my comment above…just roll them up without folding the edges in (like a taquito).
Ok, so im making this recipe currently and i am not sure how do you ” Roll the torillas with leaving edges open” and ” seams sides” while put on griddle. Help?
Brock – just roll them up without folding the edges in. So don’t roll them like a burrito with everything tucked inside, just roll them up like a taquito.