Grilled Chicken Avocado Wrap with sour cream and spinach, a delicious, quick and easy recipe for lunch or a light dinner. It's packed with amazing flavours and health benefits, and it's ready in less than 15 minutes. Great for kids and grown-ups alike, this delicious wrap can be made with leftover or rotisserie chicken too.
New Year, new resolutions. And the most famous one: losing weight. I know, December was a hell of a month, too much shopping, eating and drinking. So a healthier January may sound like a good plan. Although in reality statistics show that the eating healthily doesn't really last that long around this time of the year. Oh well, at least we try.
But you know what, quick healthy recipes can be truly delicious and super easy to make. Take this wrap, it has got the healthiest stuff you can ask for:
- avocados, known for the countless health benefits
- spinach, a super leaf loaded with vitamins and minerals
- chicken, an easy and light meat that can safely be consumed if you are on a diet.
Chicken can be replaced with any lean meat, like turkey. I have tried it in this Healthy leftover turkey wraps with cranberry sauce and it was really delicious. Same goes for leftover beef, lamb or pulled pork.
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Ingredients needed to make a chicken avocado wrap
- chicken breast - it's very easy to cook, and quick too
- avocado - make sure it's just ripe, unripe avocado is too hard and tasteless
- fresh baby spinach - or you can use any salad leaves
- sour cream - for spreading on the wraps
- Cheddar cheese - or any other hard cheese
- paprika- adds a nice colour and taste
- granulated garlic - not as pungent as the fresh garlic
- salt & ground black pepper - to taste
- vegetable oil - for any other oil
- tortilla wraps - either corn or flour wraps
Easy swaps
This wrap is so easy to make, and it can be tweaked to your own liking:
- grilled chicken can be swapped for leftover chicken - especially if you have any leftovers from your Spatchcock Chicken or Whole Roasted Chicken. It can also be swapped for any other leftover meat.
- sour cream can be replaced with creme fraiche or yogurt
- spinach can be replaced with green salad
- wholemeal tortilla wraps can be swapped for white flour or corn tortilla wraps
Step-by-step instructions and photos
- To cook the chicken, cut the chicken breasts into strips, add them to a bag together with the salt, pepper, paprika, granulated garlic and oil.
- Give the bag a good shake so that the chicken can be well coated.
- Heat up a grill pan, add the chicken and cook on both sides until done, about 3 minutes on each side.
- Peel and slice the avocado, then squeeze the lemon juice over.
- Transfer the chicken to a plate, warm up the tortilla wraps for a few seconds on each side, so the folding can be done easier.
- Spread the sour cream on one side of the wrap, sprinkle the grated cheese over, then add the chicken, spinach and avocado.
- Wrap tightly and serve immediately.
Recipe FAQs
Avocados, as healthy and delicious as they are, tend to brown very quickly. So, in order to keep them fresh for longer, here is a trick. Once you peel and cut the avocados, squeeze some lemon juice over the cut slices, that will prevent them from browning. Be generous with the amount of lemon juice, they will taste even better.
Only 342! And trust me, this wrap will keep you fuller for quite a long time, so you won't feel like snacking shortly after you had your meal. And it's the perfect meal on the go, great as a working lunch, picnic food, or just a light dinner.
Other grilled chicken recipes
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Yogurt Dressing
Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Kebabs
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Grilled Chicken Avocado Wrap
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- 1 avocado
- 1 cup fresh baby spinach
- 3 tablespoon sour cream
- 3 tablespoon grated Cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 3 tortilla wraps
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Instructions
- To cook the chicken, cut the chicken breasts into strips, add them to a bag together with the salt, pepper, paprika, granulated garlic and oil.
- Give the bag a good shake so that the chicken can be well coated.
- Heat up a grill pan, add the chicken and cook on both sides until done, about 3 minutes on each side.
- Peel and slice the avocado, then squeeze the lemon juice over.
- Transfer the chicken to a plate, warm up the tortilla wraps for a few seconds on each side, so the folding can be done easier.
- Spread the sour cream on one side of the wrap, sprinkle the grated cheese over, then add the chicken, spinach and avocado.
- Wrap tightly and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Corey says
This became my #1 favorite wrap when I first found this recipe 5years ago. Quick and easy to prepare, healthy, and oh so delicious. There is no need for yogurt, bacon, baslamic vinegar or any of the other things you find in all the other chicken avocado wrap recipes. With these four ingredients Tightly wrapped with a low carb tortilla, my life is complete!
Daniela Apostol says
I am glad you still enjoy these wraps, they are so delicious!
Mary says
This was really tasty! I added a couple more vegetables to the wrap for more flavor but the original combination was delicious too.
Daniela Anderson says
Glad you liked it! 🙂
Kay says
Hi There! Love this recipe! Does one chicken breast do 3 servings?
Daniela Anderson says
Hi! Thank you for your comment! Yes, one chicken breast is fine, given that we use other ingredients too and you can't add too much to a tortilla wrap, it won't wrap well anymore. Plus now it also depends on the side of the chicken breast, some shops sell rather big ones, so the amounts are always approximate.
Melissa says
Love the recipe! However, when I was looking for wrap recipes, I saw the exact same one here: https://delicioustease.blogspot.com/2018/07/grilled-chicken-avocado-and-spinach.html
I think she stole it from you.
Daniela Anderson says
Thank you for that, l’m glad you liked the recipe. Unfortunately some people like the easy way and stealing is way easier than doing the hard work.
Lori says
Very good recipe thank you. I marinated the chicken strips and then grilled them so good
Daniela Anderson says
Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed the recipe!
MJ says
these are wonderful. made last week and my son asked for them again this week!
Daniela Anderson says
I am glad to hear he liked the wraps, my little ones like them too. I make them very often, and they always disappear quickly.