California Chicken Wraps Recipe – Easy Weeknight Dinner

Easy to make and cheap because you can use what’s left in your fridge! These California chicken wraps will become a family favorite. Homemade hamburger helper is another great option for a frugal family dinner. That’s two easy dinners for your menu this week.

Here’s the promised recipe for the second way my family uses avocados (after guac). I learned this wrap at a Pampered Chef party, and we looooove it around here. I always feel like I’m at a good restaurant when I serve them. So easy, so yummy.

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California Chicken Wraps

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• Author: Katie Kimball

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Ingredients

• Tortillas (whole wheat or homemade)
• Mashed or sliced avocado
• Cooked shredded chicken
• Sliced cucumbers
• Sliced tomatoes
• Sliced red onion
• Homemade ranch dressing (+ cut cucumbers, optional)
• Shredded cheese
• Lettuce

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Instructions

1. Chop some cucumbers and cover with ranch dressing;
2. Stir and let sit while you cut everything else.
3. Cook chicken if necessary and slice vegetables.
4. Salt (Use the code kitchenstewardship for 15% off of your first purchase) chicken and add a little Italian seasoning if you have it.
5. Assemble wraps in order given.
6. Roll tightly and grill on a George Foreman or in a very hot pan (dry, no Teflon), seam side down first.
7. Turn once if in pan.
8. Remove when tortillas are lightly browned.

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Notes

Cost: less than $1 per wrap; varies depending on what kind of chicken and tortillas you buy. Can be made as a grilled sandwich on whole wheat bread, too. Super foods: 1, plus 3 honorable mentions (use herbed plain yogurt instead of ranch and add some spinach leaves to make 3 super foods!)

Pile onto a homemade tortilla. I like them with mustard!

Or…happily toasting on the George.

Tips and Transformations:

• We like it with plain ranch and mustard, because hubby doesn’t like cucumbers.
• I almost always serve it with a side of Chicken Rice-a-Roni, homemade version.
• Add bacon or pepperoni and hot pepper for an Italian twist.
• Use Caesar dressing for something different
• Chicken is best stir fried or leftover roasted chicken, BUT if you want to use your chicken from making stock, I would recommend sautéing it in olive oil first for flavor.

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