Saturday, October 16, 2010

Sweet & Spicy Chicken Wraps

Tried a new recipe tonight for dinner. It's a meal to be prepped and on the table in 30 minutes. I was able to do this too!!! Yeah for easy and tasty too. It's spicy though and I cut the cayenne pepper to 1/4t in both sauce and chicken. This was perfect for DH but too hot for the kids and me. I think next time I will half the sauce and put the cayenne pepper in for DH and just a hint for me and the kiddos. The chicken wasn't spicy so that was great! I also only used Greek yogurt instead of mayo.

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Sweet & Spicy Chicken Wraps

1/2 cup mayonnaise (or plain yogurt for less fat and fewer calories)
1/4 cup finely chopped seedless cucumber
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
ground black pepper to taste

1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken
breast halves - cut into thin strips
1 cup thick and chunky salsa
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
8 (10 inch) flour tortillas
1 (10 ounce) bag baby spinach leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil
  1. Mix together the mayonnaise, cucumber, 1 tablespoon of honey, 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and black pepper in a bowl until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a skillet on medium-high heat, and cook and stir the chicken breast strips until they are beginning to turn golden and are no longer pink in the middle, about 8 minutes. Stir in the salsa, 1 tablespoon of honey, and 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the flavors have blended, about 5 minutes.
  3. Stack the tortillas, 4 at a time, in a microwave oven and heat until warm and pliable, 20 to 30 seconds per batch.
  4. Spread each tortilla with 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise-cucumber mixture, top with a layer of baby spinach leaves, and arrange about 1/2 cup of chicken mixture on the spinach leaves.
  5. Fold the bottom of each tortilla up about 2 inches, and start rolling the burrito from the right side. When the burrito is half-rolled, fold the top of the tortilla down, enclosing the filling, and continue rolling to make a tight, compact cylinder.

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