Southwest Chicken Wraps

How to Prep for Making Southwest Chicken Wraps

Below is an ingredient list that at first glance looks a little bit long. Don’t let that scare you off, because this dish is deceptively simple. All you need to do is break apart the ingredients list into their functions and you will see how easy these southwest chicken wraps really are to make. You have 20 ingredients to start with. But let’s first break down what you need for the southwest corn salsa. You can actually make this salsa in advance and make enough of it to use in other Southwestern recipes. If you do that. Half of this already easy recipe is already done for you. Consider that if you think you might like to make these wraps another time, but you want to get some of the recipe out of the way early.

Southwest Corn Salsa

The salsa contains 7 out of the 20 ingredients. All it is is chopping and mixing, so the actual work is limited and there is no cook time to factor in. The corn is canned and the only ingredients that need additional prep are the onion and jalapeno. I’ll share more about how to handle these two ingredients below.

Seasoning

The next set of ingredients you can knock out are the 5 spices. Of course, among these spices is Slap Ya Mama, which is a kitchen essential in my book. There are a couple of ways to handle these. You can just have them out and ready to add as you cook, or you can create a premade seasoning in advance by blending them together beforehand. For the purposes of this recipe, I just add them one at a time, but if you enjoy advance prep to keep cook times minimal, seasoning mixes are easy to make and store, plus they keep for a really long time, so there are no drawbacks to doing it that way. Especially if you know you want to make a lot of these southwest chicken wraps or salads.

The Veggies

If you’re not keeping score, we’ve already reduced your ingredient list from 20 to 8, just like that. 2 of the 8 ingredients are chicken tenders and tortillas. 1 ingredient is butter for the pan. The final ingredient on the list is avocado ranch dressing. So, there are only 4 ingredients left and those are the veggies that make this wrap such a perfectly well rounded meal. When you parse it out this way this turns out to be a very simple and very efficient quick lunch to make, even if you don’t have much time.

Prepping Peppers

This recipe calls for jalapenos and two kinds of bell peppers. If you want to keep the seeds in the jalapenos, more power to you. Otherwise you can seed all of the peppers the same way, by cutting them into halves and carving out the core with a paring knife. You can dig out any remaining seeds and discard. When you seed the jalapeno, you should wear gloves, or at least wash your hands before moving onto other ingredients. After seeding the peppers are easy to work with. Cut the bell peppers into strips and dice the jalapenos.

Prepping Onions

Onions require a very sharp knife and a little bit of forethought. You may have attempted to dice onions before and found it to be a total mess. To avoid the tears there is an efficient way to dice an onion. First, sharpen your knife. Then cut the onion down the middle. Make straight cuts from the tip to the bulb (stem), leaving the stem intact. You want the stem to hold the onion together as you cut it up. After you have made your slices, place your palm flat on the onion and cut horizontally, like you’re cutting a bagel into slices. Now all you need to do is chop from the tip to the bulb into bits as fine as you like. Discard the bulb when you are done.

The salsa requires diced onion, but for the onion that goes into the southwest chicken wraps slices are fine. So, you can disregard the final chopping step and just remove the stem.

Wrap it Up and Go

These Southwest Chicken wraps are one of my favorite go-to solutions to a quick and healthy lunch. I even like to make a few of them at a time and wrap them in plastic to have available during the week. I love the fact that I can just take it out of the refrigerator and eat it cold without any additional steps. So, what are you waiting for? Dive in and start enjoying this flavorful lunch time staple right now!

Ingredients Needed To Make Southwest Chicken Wraps

• Southwest corn
• Red onion
• Jalapenos
• Cilantro
• Lemon juice
• Lime juice
• Salt
• Flour tortillas
• Chicken, boneless skinless
• Butter
• Slap Ya Mama
• Garlic salt
• Black Pepper
• Paprika
• Cayenne pepper
• Red bell pepper
• Green bell peppers
• Onion
• Lettuce
• Avocado ranch dressing

How To Make Southwest Chicken Wraps

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1 – Prepping the Corn Salsa

In a small bowl, mix together corn, red onion, jalapenos, cilantro, lemon juice, lime juice, and salt. Set aside.

Step 2 – Making the Avocado Dressing

Using a blender or Vitamix, blend avocado, ranch dressing, and cilantro together until smooth. Set aside.

Step 3 – Cooking the Chicken

In a large skillet, melt butter, add chicken tenders, and top with seasonings. Cook chicken for 4-5 minutes on each side. When chicken is no longer pink on the outside, add bell peppers and onions and cook until vegetables are tender.

Step 4 – Assembling the Chicken Wraps

Place lettuce in the center of each tortilla, add cooked vegetables and one and a half strips of chicken, corn salsa, and top with avocado ranch dressing. Wrap up and enjoy.

Here are more delicious recipe that can be found on the blog:

• Bang Bang Chicken
• Buffalo Chicken Sliders
• The Best Chicken Sandwich
• Butter Chicken

And here is a delicious Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad recipe from Great Grub, Delicious Treats that we think you will enjoy too!