Quick Chicken Salad Wraps Recipe

If you are just taking your first steps in your culinary journey, it is best to start by making the more simple Spanish recipes, as they allow you to become familiar with basic techniques and ingredients.

Chicken salad wraps are the easiest dish to make and serve because they require minimal preparation and can be assembled quickly.

Keep reading this article as we will show you how to make chicken salad wraps from scratch, with tips for storing, serving, and ingredient replacements that you can follow.

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Background of the Dish

Andalusia is known for having some of the best salad recipes, especially when it comes to those that feature chicken as the main star, such as the crispy chicken salad, the chicken mango salad, and the apple salad with chicken.

Among them, you will also find the chicken salad wraps, which were created to offer a convenient and versatile way to enjoy the classic salad ingredients with a creamy dressing, wrapped around crispy lettuce leaves.

These wraps provide a modern twist to the traditional way of enjoying Spanish salads while keeping their essence by showcasing regional ingredients.

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Things You’ll Need for Chicken Salad Wraps

To make chicken salad wraps you will need chicken breasts, lettuce leaves (romaine or butter preferably), red bell pepper, onion, minced garlic, Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and olive oil as the main ingredients.

Ingredients

• 3 chicken breasts
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 red onion
• 1 celery
• 1 garlic clove
• Lettuce leaves (1 head of romaine or butter lettuce)
• 1/2 cup (120gr) Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• Salt and pepper (to taste)

How to Make Chicken Salad Wraps – Step by Step Guide

1. To start making this chicken salad wraps recipe, season the chicken breasts with paprika, salt, and pepper. Cook them in a pan over medium heat for 8 minutes per side, or until fully cooked. Let them cool.

2. Now, peel and chop the onion into small pieces. Thinly slice the celery stalk and mince the garlic clove. Cut the bell pepper in half, discard the seeds, and chop into small pieces.

3. After that, it is time to make the creamy dressing for the easy chicken salad wraps. Mix the Greek yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, and mustard in a small bowl.

4. Then, wash the bigger lettuce leaves and pat them dry so as not to end up with watery chicken salad wraps. Chop the chicken into bite-sized cubes or strips.

5. To continue with this chicken salad for wraps recipe, mix the chicken, onion, celery, and bell pepper with the creamy salad dressing.

6. Now, place a generous spoonful of the chicken salad on top of each lettuce leaf. Fold the sides of the lettuce leaf over the filling and roll it up to create a wrap.

7. For the final step, you can serve the chicken salad wraps right away or let them cool for 30 minutes in the fridge.

Substitution of Ingredients

We love this recipe for chicken salad wraps because it is super simple to make, but it also lets you customize the ingredients to suit your taste and personal diet.

For example, you can make the chicken salad wraps with actual tortillas instead of lettuce leaves, which provides a more substantial and filling option.

Similar to other recipes for chicken salad wraps, the dressing has to be creamy but you can achieve that with different ingredients, such as mayonnaise, cream cheese, or low-fat Greek yogurt.

Feel free to play with the vegetables in this traditional Spanish salad, adding more bell peppers for an extra pop of color, cucumber for a crunchy texture, and tomatoes for a burst of juiciness.

If you incorporate the creamy dressing, then you can prepare these wraps with other Spanish salads recipes, such as the hot chicken salad recipe, the ensalada de pollo, and the Spanish grilled chicken.

Tips on Serving Chicken Salad Wraps

The chicken salad wraps stand out from other Spanish salad recipes because they are easier to serve, as they come in a portable, hand-held format. 

You can serve the chicken salad wraps at your next casual gathering, for a summer picnic, or as a quick, on-the-go meal that you can take to work with some extra napkins.

To give the chicken salad wraps a new spin, you can serve them with dipping sauces such as a spicy sriracha mayo, or a zesty lemon herb vinaigrette. 

Other Spanish salads that you can make if you are looking for an easy-to-serve dish are the chicken salad with tostadas, the fajita chicken salad, and the Spanish salad bowl.

How to Store Chicken Salad Wraps

To store the chicken salad wraps, cover each one individually in plastic wrap or parchment paper to maintain freshness and prevent them from becoming soggy.

After that, place the chicken salad wraps in the fridge for up to 2 days, to ensure that you will enjoy their original freshness and flavor.

You can’t freeze the chicken salad wraps because they would lose their texture upon thawing, and freezing can also affect the freshness of the vegetables and the overall quality of the wrap. 

We crafted more traditional Spanish salads that can be stored for a similar amount of time, or you can store some of their components, such as the basic chickpea salad, the chicken bacon salad, and the summer chickpea salad.

Recipe Card: Chicken Salad Wraps

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