Add a kick to your lunch with this mouthwatering spicy chicken wrap recipe! Infused with Thai flavors and drizzled with a delectable peanut sauce, these healthy chicken wraps offer the perfect blend of heat and tanginess! {Gluten-free-friendly}
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Make Ahead Spicy Chicken Wraps Recipe
Elevate your lunch game with these spicy Thai chicken wraps with peanut sauce!
Made with lots of fresh veggies, protein-rich chicken, and a spicy peanut sauce, these easy peanut chicken wraps make a healthy and quick meal you can meal prep for the whole week!
Why We Love These Thai Chicken Wraps with Peanut Sauce
- Healthy: Unlike the wraps from your local restaurant, you’ll know every ingredient in these homemade healthy chicken wraps! They’re perfectly balanced to fill you up and energize you for your day.
- Perfect for meal prep: Make a big batch of the chicken and peanut sauce on the weekend, and enjoy delicious wraps all week!
- Full of flavor: These Thai chicken wraps are incredibly tasty, thanks to the creamy dressing!
Ingredient Notes
For the Spicy Peanut Sauce:
- Natural peanut butter: Start with a base of unsweetened, creamy peanut butter to skip the sugar and processed oils.
- Greek yogurt: Add a subtle creaminess with high-protein Greek yogurt.
- Low sodium soy sauce: This will add a salty, umami flavor.
- Honey: Sweeten to taste using honey or another preferred sweetener.
- Sriracha hot sauce: Add a bit of heat with some sriracha. Adjust to your taste.
- Sesame oil: For an aromatic scent and smooth texture, add toasted sesame oil.
- Lime juice: A little lime juice adds a tangy fresh flavor that counters the rich peanut butter.
- Water: Thin this spicy sauce out with water as needed.
- Seasonings: Stir in smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt and black pepper to taste.
For the Wraps:
- Diced chicken: Dice up some grilled or baked chicken breast. For even easier prep, use a rotisserie chicken.
- Whole-grain tortillas: You can use any soft flour tortillas you like, including whole wheat or gluten-free tortillas, or sub in a spinach wrap to switch it up.
- Fresh spinach: For extra nutrients and fibre, add baby spinach to each wrap.
- Green onions: The mild bite of green onions tastes lovely with the cilantro and spicy sauce.
- Carrots: Make ribbons out of your carrots using a vegetable peeler.
- Fresh cilantro: Add as much or as little cilantro as you like. You can also substitute parsley if preferred.
How to Make Spicy Chicken Wraps – Step-by-Step Instructions
- Combine the spicy peanut sauce ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Add additional water to thin out the sauce if it’s too thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the chicken to the bowl and toss until all chicken chunks are evenly coated with the sauce. Alternatively, you can drizzle the sauce over the wrap fillings once the wraps are assembled.
- Place each of the wraps on a flat surface.
- Divide the spinach between all of the wraps, covering evenly. Next, lay out the carrot ribbons and chicken mixture in strips across the wrap.
- Evenly distribute the green onions and cilantro on top of the other fillings.
- Once everything is divided between the wraps, roll them up, as tightly as possible. Cut them in half on the diagonal, and skewer each half with a toothpick to prevent wraps from unraveling.
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Recipe Tips:
- Feel free to prepare the chicken using any method. They’re great with grilled chicken, baked chicken, chicken cooked in an air fryer and more. You can even use store-bought rotisserie chicken to make things way easier.
- To get more flavor in the lean meat, toss it in the peanut sauce before adding it to the top of the tortilla.
- Instead of assembling the wraps all at once, store the simple ingredients in separate containers and make each wrap fresh.
- Since these wraps already have spicy flavors without the cayenne pepper, you can skip it to keep things at medium heat. If you prefer really spicy food, go for it!
- If you’re eating these wraps at home, microwave your tortilla wraps for 10-15 seconds and wrap your favorite fillings in the warm tortillas.
- Use low carb wraps instead of flour tortillas to make this recipe a lower carb option.
Recipe FAQs
They certainly can be! Chicken is a great lean meat that is high in protein. These particular wraps have 35 grams of protein per serving. This amount of protein can help make your wraps more filling and keep you full for longer.
To keep it leaner, I prefer to grill or bake boneless skinless chicken breasts for these healthy chicken wraps and cut them into thin strips or bite-sized pieces. You can also use leftover chicken from the rotisserie.
Although eating these homemade Thai chicken wraps warm can be nice, the best part is that they’re delicious when consumed cold too! With such a rich, flavorful peanut sauce, each bite will have tons of flavor, even directly from the fridge. It can be helpful to wrap each of the wraps with foil or plastic wrap to hold them together until lunchtime.
Storage Guidelines
The ingredients for these wraps will stay fresh in the fridge for 3-4 days.
If you’re making the wraps to go, I recommend storing the prepared components separately and assembling them in the morning. This will help keep the soft flour tortilla from getting soggy.
You can also batch a day or two worth of wraps ahead of time and store them wrapped with plastic or in an airtight container in the fridge.
What to Serve with Chicken Wraps
This spicy chicken wrap recipe is meant to be a complete meal on its own! It has carbohydrates, vegetables, protein, and fat to keep you full.
It also tastes great with a serving of extra fruit or vegetables. Throw together some carrot sticks with hummus, a bowl of berries, and a piece of dark chocolate for a sweet treat.
If you’re serving these wraps for dinner at home, try pairing them with this Asian Cucumber Salad, Asian Quinoa Salad, Thai Mango Salad (without the chicken), or a bowl of this Thai Shrimp Curry Soup.
Recipe Variations
- Thai chicken salad: Skip the large tortilla and add the ingredients to a bowl with romaine lettuce for a delicious Thai chicken salad! Feel free to add cashews and toasted noodles for extra crunch.
- Add more veggies: Feel free to tweak this recipe to your preferences! Add thinly sliced jalapeno, red onions, or cucumber for extra flavor.
- Make it into a bowl: Cook up some brown rice or quinoa and top with the chicken, veggies, and peanut sauce! Be sure to let the cooked grains cool first to keep the spinach from wilting.
- Crispy chicken wrap: Bake crispy chicken strips at home to give your wraps a nice crunchy chicken texture.
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Spicy Thai Chicken Wraps Recipe with Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
For the Spicy Peanut Sauce:
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 2 heaping tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 teaspoons Sriracha hot sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 2-3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the wrap:
- 3 cups cooked diced chicken (about 3 large chicken breasts or 1lb)
- 4 large whole-grain tortillas use gluten-free, if necessary
- 6 cups loosely packed fresh spinach leaves
- 4 green onions thinly sliced
- 2 medium carrots “ribboned” using a vegetable peeler
- 1 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Combine the ingredients for the spicy peanut sauce in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Add additional water to thin out the sauce if it’s too thick. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Add the chicken to the bowl and toss until all of the chicken chunks are evenly coated with the sauce. Alternatively, you can drizzle the sauce over the wrap fillings once the wraps are assembled.
- Place each of the wraps on a flat surface.
- Divide the spinach between all of the wraps, covering evenly. Next, lay out the carrot ribbons and chicken mixture in strips across the wrap.
- Evenly distribute the green onions and cilantro on top of the other fillings.
- Once everything is divided between the wraps, roll them up, as tightly as possible. Cut them in half on the diagonal, and skewer each half with a toothpick to prevent wraps from unraveling.
Notes
- You can prepare the chicken using any method. These wraps are great with grilled chicken, baked chicken, or chicken cooked in an air fryer. You can even use store-bought rotisserie chicken to make things easier.
- To get more flavor in the lean meat, toss it in the peanut sauce before adding it to the top of the tortilla.
- Instead of assembling the wraps all at once, store the ingredients in separate containers and make each wrap fresh.
- If you prefer really spicy food, you can add a pinch of cayenne pepper to the peanut sauce too.
- Use low carb wraps instead of flour tortillas to make this recipe a lower carb option.
Nutrition
This recipe was originally posted in June 2015 and was updated July 2023 to include more helpful tips and photos.
Karen Gallant says
Delicious and instructions were fabulous and easy to follow
Elysia Cartlidge says
So happy you enjoyed the recipe Karen! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review :)
Megan Byrd, RD says
I made these the other day and they are amazing! The peanut sauce is to die for! Even my firefighter husband approves haha thank you for the recipe!
Elysia Cartlidge says
Thanks so much Megan! So glad you and your husband enjoyed the recipe! And I LOVE that peanut sauce too!!
Rajiv Kumar says
Great!!! I love this recipe and thank you for providing this awesome recipe. I will try this recipe on this sunday. Thanks!!!