Boneless Chicken Recipe
Chicken Salad Wrap
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As you can see from the photo, this delicious chicken salad wrap is colorful and appetizing. Whenever you want to make whole-wheat wraps with a healthy yet flavorful filling, this is the recipe to opt for because it is easy and really mouthwatering. There are many different chicken salad recipes but combining your favorite chicken salad ingredients in whole-wheat wraps is a great idea because you get a tasty snack, which you can eat, on the move. Feel free to alter this chicken salad recipe if you like, adding different vegetables, or herbs. This is the basic recipe and you can build on it.
Whole Wheat Chicken Salad Wraps
These wraps are a great alternative to the traditional chicken salad sandwich, with whole-wheat tortillas and an abundance of fresh, colorful vegetables. Combining tomatoes, yellow and red bell peppers, spinach and crisp carrot sticks with the classic taste of chicken salad, a chicken salad wrap is an excellent way to liven up your lunch. It is quick to assemble and travels well without being unhealthy, making it a good option to take to work with you or on a picnic. Obviously, you will need to keep these whole-wheat chicken salad wraps cool because they do contain mayonnaise, which should not be allowed to get warm.
The mayonnaise and yogurt mixture is lower in fat than simply using mayonnaise and the slight sourness of the yogurt goes beautifully with the vegetables and chicken in this healthy chicken salad wrap. Wraps featuring chicken salad tend to be heavy on the mayonnaise or creamy dressings so it is refreshing to see a healthier alternative like this chicken in whole wheat wraps recipe.
The chicken salad recipe below is just a starting point, of course. Mix a little ginger, rice vinegar and soy sauce into the dressing to create an Asian chicken salad wrap recipe, or include basil and oregano for an Italian flavor. You can end up with an enormous number of variations, just by using a little creativity. You can either use leftover cooked chicken breast to make these, in which case they will be ultra-fast to assemble, or cook some chicken to make them. If you are cooking the chicken, you can let it cool or use it warm; both methods are really good here.
Colorful Chicken Salad Wraps in a Whole Wheat Tortilla
Ingredients -
2 medium whole-wheat tortillas
2 grilled boneless chicken breasts, diced
¼ cup red and yellow bell peppers, diced
¼ cup carrot, diced
¼ cup tomatoes, diced
½ cup fresh spinach leaves
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 tablespoon yogurt
Salt and black pepper to taste
Preparation:
In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, yogurt, and chicken. Add salt and black pepper to taste.
Toss coated chicken with peppers, tomatoes, and carrot.
Warm tortillas to prevent cracking, then lay spinach leaves over tortilla.
Place filling on bottom half of each tortilla, folding right and left edges toward the center. Fold bottom edge up and roll to wrap filling completely.
(Serves 2)