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High-Protein Chicken Pesto Wraps
Seasoned chicken is tossed with homemade basil pesto and wrapped with crisp salad and a creamy Parmesan dressing.
From YouTube · Apr 21, 2026
Seasoned chicken is tossed with homemade basil pesto and wrapped with crisp salad and a creamy Parmesan dressing.
20 min
Prep time
15 min
Cook time
35 min
Total time
5 wraps
Yield
Ingredients
25 ingredients- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 large chicken breasts, halved
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp dried Italian herbs
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes (optional)
- Salt and pepper
- 2 baby cos (romaine) lettuce, shredded and washed
- 120g cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
- 3/4 cup low fat mayonnaise
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 20g Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1 Tbsp capers, drained and chopped
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 5 wraps of choice
- 5g pine nuts, toasted
- 5g Parmigiano Reggiano, freshly grated
- 1-2 garlic cloves
- 2 cups basil, picked
- 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- Extra virgin olive oil to adjust consistency
- Salt and pepper
Method
11 steps- Place halved chicken breasts in a bowl and add onion powder, garlic powder, dried Italian herbs, chili flakes, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat and sear chicken for 3 1/2 minutes on each side. Remove, rest, then slice or dice.
- Add pine nuts, Parmigiano Reggiano, garlic, basil, and lemon juice to a blender and blitz to form a paste.
- Slowly pour extra virgin olive oil into the blender until a thick but pourable pesto paste forms. Season to taste.
- Mix half of the pesto with the cooked chicken.
- In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, minced garlic, Parmesan cheese, capers, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper to make the sauce.
- Add lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and avocado to a bowl and mix with 2/3 of the sauce to coat.
- Spread remaining sauce and pesto over the wraps.
- Add the lettuce, tomato, avocado mix, and pesto chicken onto the wraps.
- Wrap tightly and serve fresh or toasted.
- Store wraps in the fridge for up to four days. Freeze chicken pesto mix separately for best results.
Recipe notes
Storage
Refrigerate assembled wraps for up to 4 days. For freezing, freeze the chicken and pesto mixture separately from the fresh salad.
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