A chicken Caesar is one of the most iconic salads. Perhaps the only way to make it better is to wrap it up for a quick handheld meal. Our easy chicken Caesar wrap can be enjoyed just about anywhere and at any time, whether for a desk lunch at the office or for a picnic dinner at the beach.
Take the building blocks of a classic Caesar salad—the crispy romaine, the tangy dressing and the croutons—add cooked chicken and wrap it up in a flour tortilla. It’s as simple as that. These wraps are sure to become a go-to favorite in your house, just as they are in mine. Best of all, with endless riffs on this chicken Caesar salad wrap recipe, you’ll never get bored!
Chicken Caesar Wrap Ingredients
- Chicken: You can use any kind of cooked chicken, whether canned, grilled or poached. Rotisserie chicken is a wonderful option too. Just break down the chicken when you bring it home for quick and easy access to the protein. You’ll get big flavors with minimal prep!
- Lettuce: Crispy romaine, the classic choice for any Caesar salad, is also the best type of lettuce for these Caesar wraps. Before making your wrap, keep your lettuce in the crisper drawer to maintain its texture. Tear the leaves instead of chopping them to create different-sized pieces to fill your tortilla.
- Dressing: This recipe calls for bottled Caesar dressing, but you can also make your own Caesar salad dressing.
- Tortillas: We love using whole wheat tortillas for our chicken Caesar wraps, but you can substitute regular flour tortillas or gluten-free tortillas instead. If you have extras, these recipes with flour tortillas offer more dinner inspiration.
- Croutons: You can buy croutons at the store, but making your own salad croutons is a great way to use up extra bread that has gone stale and to add your favorite seasonings. Keep the croutons whole in your wrap or crush them into smaller pieces if you prefer finer-textured croutons.
- Seasonings: The extra garlic powder and black pepper amp up the flavor a bit.
- Parmesan cheese: No Caesar salad would be complete without it! Real Parm is better than canned stuff for this salad. Grated melts into the dressing better, but if you prefer shredded or shaved, that’s fine too.
Directions
Step 1: Make the chicken Caesar
In a large bowl, combine the dressing, cheese, garlic powder and pepper.
Add the chicken, romaine and croutons. Fold in the ingredients gently until the dressing is evenly distributed.
Step 2: Roll your wraps
Lay a tortilla on a plate, then spoon 2/3 cup mixture down the center of the tortilla.
Fold in each side of the tortilla, then roll it up until the chicken mixture is completely wrapped.
Editor’s Tip: If the tortillas aren’t super pliable, heat them in a pan on the stove or in the microwave for a minute to make folding easier.
Recipe Variations
- Use different greens: As perfect as nice, crispy romaine is in a wrap, don’t be afraid to go off-script and try some other greens! Hearty leafy greens like black kale, green lettuce or even iceberg lettuce work. Softer greens like baby spinach may wilt under the dressing but will still taste delicious.
- Try different dressings: Though Caesar dressing is in the name of the wrap, we love trying our other favorite dressings here as well. Green goddess dressing is a favorite, and homemade honey mustard dressing adds a fun tang too.
- Switch up the proteins: Instead of chicken, try canned tuna, chickpeas or crispy baked tofu in these Caesar wraps.
- Add other vegetables: Adding vegetables like avocado or sliced tomatoes is an amazing way to enhance the flavors and textures of your chicken Caesar wrap.
- Wrap up other salads: The beauty of a wrap is that anything can go into it. Turn this grilled chicken Caesar salad or kale Caesar salad into a wrap, or wrap this blackened pork Caesar salad in a tortilla.
- Fold the tortilla in a new way: Try this fun tortilla wrap hack from TikTok to make a toasted chicken Caesar salad wrap.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup reduced-fat creamy Caesar salad dressing
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
- 2 cups torn romaine
- 3/4 cup Caesar salad croutons, coarsely chopped
- 6 whole wheat tortillas (8 inches), room temperature
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine the dressing, cheese, garlic powder and pepper. Add the chicken, romaine and croutons. Spoon 2/3 cup chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla; roll up
Nutrition Facts
1 wrap: 337 calories, 12g fat (2g saturated fat), 57mg cholesterol, 730mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 4g fiber), 27g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2-1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.
