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Easy Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps

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These healthy chicken Caesar salad wraps are perfect for your next picnic, hike, or summer lunch. Either choose to make a homemade Caesar dressing or grab your favorite premade dressing from the store!

Caesar salad wraps with chunks of chicken and tomatoes on a platter with celery and peanut butter.
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🌟Why You’ll Love This Recipe

  • Simple ingredients - It doesn't get much simpler than fresh ingredients like freshly cooked chicken, tomatoes, and lettuce.
  • Killer dressing - The homemade Caesar salad dressing for these wraps is really WOW. It brings all the flavor and savory goodness that you need. It's also a great way to steer clear of preservatives and additives in store-bought dressings.
  • Minimal cooking involved - The only real cooking involved in this recipe is cooking the chicken but you can even avoid this by using leftover/ pre-cooked chicken if you like.
  • Great lunch for you to meal prep - Wraps are an awesome lunch meal because you can make a bunch of them at once easily. They keep really well in the fridge, and they're easy to add to lunchboxes to take to work or school. Other great meal prep lunches include this Meal Salad with Poppyseed Dressing and Kuku Sabzi, an herb frittata that is delicious hot, at room temperature, and even cold.
  • Make it your own - Consider this recipe the starting point to customize your own perfect Caesar wrap. You could add croutons in, you could add some kind of cheese like Parmesan, or even bacon bits if you want to get extra fancy.

🧾Ingredients in This Recipe

  • Spinach wraps - Swap out for any wrap or tortilla of your choice.
  • Chicken - I cook a chicken breast fresh, but you could sub out for pre-cooked chicken.
  • Romaine lettuce - Romaine is traditional for Caesar because of it's high water content and mild flavor, but you could use another leafy green.
  • Caesar dressing - I make a homemade Caesar dressing, however, you can use a store-bought one or your favorite Caesar recipe.
  • Tomatoes - use any tomatoes you like, whether that's grape tomatoes, Vine tomatoes, or regular beefsteak tomatoes.
  • Oil - You can use olive oil or any flavorless oil for this recipe. Olive oil adds an extra layer of flavor that is great, but not required for this recipe.
  • Lemon pepper to season - pairs really well with the chicken and the dressing but you can also use regular salt and pepper, instead.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

Ingredients to make caesar salad wraps like romaine lettuce in packaging and cooked chicken breasts.

🤩 Pro Tip

Need to save time? Use leftover or rotisserie chicken instead of cooking fresh!

👩‍🍳How to Make This Recipe

Three cooked chicken breasts on a sheet of aluminum foil.
  • Drizzle chicken breasts with olive oil or any flavorless oil. Season the chicken with lemon pepper. Roast at 425°F for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. The internal temperature should read 165°F.
Cubed chicken breast on a white plate with a hand holding the plate that has green nail polish.
  • Rest for 5-10 minutes. Chop, shred or cube the chicken breasts.
Caesar salad dressing in a glass beaker in front of a plate of lettuce.
  • Split the mixture between the wraps, top with tomato slices, and roll like a burrito.

Pair these wraps with some baked sweet potato fries to make a delicious dinner.

🤩 Pro Tip

Going on a picnic? Wrap the Caesar wrap in parchment paper and cut it in half for easy eating on the go.

📋Recipe FAQs

What is traditionally in Caesar salad dressing?

Caesar salad dressing is made with olive oil, garlic, anchovies, egg yolks, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper.

Is Caesar salad healthy?

This is a tricky one. Salad to generally considered healthy but addressing with too much oil in fat contact will have higher calories. Keeping salads light on the dressing and not too oily will help make the salad more healthy overall.

Why does Caesar salad taste fishy?

The salty anchovies in the dressing give it a fishy taste. Anchovies are small fish that have a strong and salty taste, often described as umami. Another famous dish that contains anchovies is pasta puttanesca.

Where does Caesar salad get its name?

Caesar salad is named after its creator, Caesar Cardini, an Italian-American chef and restaurateur. The salad was born in Cardini's restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920s. It's definitely not named after the Roman emperor!

Caesar salad wraps cut in half and placed together in a white dish.

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Caesar salad wraps cut in half and placed together in a white dish.
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5 from 3 votes

Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps

These healthy chicken caesar salad wraps are perfect for your next picnic, hike, or any summer meal. Lunch doesn’t get much easier than this!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Main, Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 518kcal
Author: Candice

Ingredients

  • 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 tablespoon lemon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon oil olive or flavorless
  • 2 tomatoes thinly sliced
  • 3 cups romaine lettuce roughly chopped
  • ½ cup caesar salad dressing
  • 4 large spinach wraps or tortillas

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425F. Drizzle chicken breasts with oil. Season with lemon pepper.
  • Cook chicken for 30-40 minutes until cooked through*. Let rest for 5-10 minutes before handling.
  • Chop, shred, or cube the chicken breasts.
  • In a large bowl, combine the chicken, romaine, and dressing. Toss well to coat.
  • Split the mixture between the wraps, top with tomato slices, and roll like a burrito.

Notes

Need to save time? Use leftover or rotisserie chicken.
Optional: Wrap in parchment paper and cut in half for easy eating on the go or at your next picnic.
Want to steer clear of preservatives and additives in your salad dressing, make your own using this recipe for caesar salad dressing.
* Internal temperature should read 165°F. You can check it with an instant-read thermometer.

Nutrition

Calories: 518kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 900mg | Potassium: 575mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 3726IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 193mg | Iron: 5mg
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  1. Justin

    5 stars
    We had a few leftover grilled chicken breasts from the weekend and were craving wraps to take on a picnic. These were so much better and cheaper than buying pre-made wraps at the grocery store. Can't wait to make again.

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    • Candice

      So, so glad you enjoyed it, Justin... such a great use of leftover grilled chicken! Thanks for taking the time to share 🙂

      Reply