This buffalo chicken wrap is a delicious and really easy recipe to put together for lunch. It’s a great option for a quick dinner and they’re perfect for your game-day spread too.
For these wraps we use large flour tortillas and stuff them with diced poached chicken breast, cream cheese, sour cream and plenty of hot sauce. Then we add a generous amount lettuce and top the whole thing off with ranch dressing.
These buffalo chicken wraps keep really well in the refrigerator overnight, making packing a lunch in the morning a snap.
If you want to try more great lunch ideas, check out this tuna salad sandwich, chef salad, or this egg salad.
Buffalo chicken wraps ingredients
- 1 pound Chicken Breast, skinless, boneless, trim any fat
- 2 cups Chicken Broth (enough to cover the chicken)
- Pinch of Salt
- 4 tablespoons Cream Cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons Sour Cream
- 3-4 tablespoons Hot Sauce (use a cayenne pepper and vinegar based sauce like Crystal or Frank’s)
- Pinch Onion Powder
- Pinch Black Pepper
- 4 Large Flour Tortilla Wraps
- 4 cups Lettuce, chopped (or use a bagged Lettuce Mix)
- 4 tablespoons Ranch Dressing
Prep Work
The prep on this buffalo chicken wrap is really easy. Other than poaching the chicken, the rest of the ingredients are already prepped.
For the lettuce, we use a bagged mix that includes iceberg and romaine lettuce but also has shredded carrots and red cabbage. The carrots and cabbage add a great crunch to the buffalo chicken wraps.
How to poach chicken breast
Poaching chicken is one of those cooking techniques that’s really convenient, especially for lunch and dinner prep. Poached chicken doesn’t have a lot of flavor. Making it a great base to build a dish and add flavors that can shine through.
The poached chicken’s flavor will come from the cooling liquid and any spices added. You could use fresh thyme sprigs, black peppercorns, bay leaf or rosemary; all depending on the dish you’re preparing.
For these buffalo chicken wraps, we just add a pinch of salt, since the hot sauce will flavor it plenty.
We use poached chicken in chicken salads, dips and quick soup recipes. My son, he just likes it plain; he calls it boiled chicken. When I’m poaching chicken for a recipe, I always make a little extra because I know some will disappear!
- Trim away any fat from the chicken breast.
- Place it in a medium saucepan and cover with the chicken broth.
- Add a pinch of salt.
- Start the chicken on high heat and bring the broth to a boil.
- When the liquid starts to boil, lower the heat to medium-low and cover.
- Simmer gently for 20-25 minutes, depending on the thickness of the chicken.
Turn the chicken breast halfway through the cooking time. Make sure the internal temperature is at least 165°F at its thickest part. Remove the chicken breast from the poaching liquid and let it cool.
When the chicken is cool enough to handle dice it into small cubes.
Make the buffalo chicken filling
Add the cream cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, onion powder and black pepper to the diced chicken. Stir well until all the ingredients are combined and creamy.
Refrigerate the buffalo chicken for at least 1 hour to let the cream cheese and sour cream firm up.
How to make the buffalo chicken wraps
Lay out a flour tortilla wrap and add a scoop of Buffalo chicken. Spread it out so it’s not mounded in the middle.
Add about 1 cup of lettuce. Drizzle with approximately 1 tablespoon of ranch dressing, or to taste.
Fold in the ends (to your left and right). Fold over the end closest to you and roll the wrap away from you, tucking in the ingredients with your fingers as you go.
Place the Buffalo chicken wrap seam side down and cut it in half if desired. Serve with extra ranch dressing for dipping. Enjoy!
Want more buffalo chicken recipes? Try one of these:
📖 Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Ingredients
- 1 pound Chicken Breast skinless, boneless, trim any fat
- 2 cups Chicken Broth enough to cover the chicken
- Pinch of Salt
- 4 tablespoons Cream Cheese softened
- 4 tablespoons Sour Cream
- 3-4 tablespoons Hot Sauce use a cayenne pepper and vinegar based sauce like Crystal or Frank’s
- Pinch Onion Powder
- Pinch Black Pepper
- 4 Large Flour Tortilla Wraps
- 4 cups Lettuce chopped (or use a bagged Lettuce Mix)
- 4 tablespoons Ranch Dressing
Instructions
Poach the Chicken Breast
- Trim away any fat from the chicken breast.
- Place it in a medium saucepan and cover with the chicken broth.
- Add a pinch of salt.
- Start the chicken on high heat and bring the broth to a boil.
- When the liquid starts to boil, lower the heat to medium-low and cover.
- Simmer gently for 20-25 minutes, depending on the thickness of the chicken.
- Turn the chicken breast halfway through the cooking time. Make sure the internal temperature is at least 165°F at its thickest part.
- Remove the chicken breast from the poaching liquid and let it cool.
- When the chicken is cool enough to handle dice it into small cubes.
Make the Buffalo Chicken Filling
- Add the cream cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, onion powder and black pepper to the diced chicken. Stir well until all the ingredients are combined and creamy.
- Refrigerate the buffalo chicken for at least 1 hour to let the cream cheese and sour cream firm up.
Make the Buffalo Chicken Wraps
- Lay out a flour tortilla wrap and add a scoop of Buffalo chicken. Spread it out so it’s not mounded in the middle.
- Add about 1 cup of lettuce. Drizzle with approximately 1 tablespoon of ranch dressing, or to taste.
- Fold in the ends (to your left and right). Fold over the end closest to you and roll the wrap away from you, tucking in the ingredients with your fingers as you go.
- Place the Buffalo chicken wrap seam side down and cut it in half if desired.
- Serve with extra ranch dressing for dipping.
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