This BBQ chicken wrap is loaded with flavor—bacon, avocado, ranch, cheddar, and crispy tortilla strips—plus, there’s no cooking required! Just assemble and enjoy with your favorite sides for an easy family-friendly meal.
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If you love bbq chicken, don’t miss this grilled or baked bbq chicken breast, this Crock Pot pulled bbq chicken, and these oven bbq chicken thighs, too!
Great recipe! My husband was a bit dubious about using both Ranch dressing and BBQ sauce, but was pleasantly surprised…
– Mary
A Barbecue Chicken Wrap is an Easy No-Cook Meal
Whether it’s a hot summer evening and you can’t bear the thought of turning on the oven, or it’s a busy weeknight and you need a quick meal that everyone at the table will enjoy, a bbq chicken wrap is always the answer!
Best of all, the wraps are totally customizable, so you can pick and choose the ingredients that your family loves. For instance, try blue cheese instead of cheddar cheese, use store-bought rotisserie chicken for a shortcut, or skip the bacon and add extra avocado. No matter what, the meal will be flavorful, quick, and easy!
Ingredient Notes and Tips for Success
- I’ve shown spinach wraps here, but any variety will work. Warm tortillas are easier to work with, so feel free to microwave the tortillas in a dish towel before using. Corn tortillas are small and tear more easily, so they’re not my preference. Stick with large flour tortillas!
- Thinly sliced iceberg lettuce is a crisp, cool, and fresh addition to the wrap.
- If you want a no-cook meal with minimal effort, you can purchase fully-cooked bacon from the store.
- Ranch dressing provides creamy, cool, and zesty flavor. We like peppercorn Ranch for a little bit of kick.
- For a shortcut, use chopped or shredded rotisserie chicken. You can also cook your own chicken at home (you’ll need about 1 lb. of raw boneless skinless chicken to equal 2 cups cooked and shredded). I used leftover oven bbq chicken breasts here, but Crock Pot pulled bbq chicken is also a great option. Or, toss leftover slow cooker shreded chicken with BBQ sauce. For crispy chicken in your wraps, bake store-bought chicken tenders or chicken nuggets.
- Wait to assemble the wraps until you’re ready to enjoy them. Otherwise, you risk a soggy tortilla, soft tortilla strips, and wilted lettuce.
How to Make BBQ Chicken Wraps
These homemade chicken wraps are inspired by the whiskey river bbq chicken wrap from Red Robin. The good news? Our version tastes just as delicious, but it’s more affordable — and probably faster — than a visit to the restaurant! You’ll find detailed directions in the recipe card below, but here’s the overview:
- Arrange the lettuce, avocado, and bacon down the center of each tortilla.
- Drizzle with Ranch dressing.
- Top with chopped or shredded chicken, and then add barbecue sauce.
- Sprinkle on the tortilla strips and cheese. Season the filling ingredients with some salt and ground black pepper (or even a dash of garlic powder) before rolling everything up.
- Fold the ends and sides of the tortillas over the filling, then roll up.
- Serve the wraps cold or at room temperature, or warm them in a hot skillet with a little bit of oil until toasted and heated through.
Serving Suggestions
Pair the chicken wraps with your favorite sides for an easy lunch or dinner. They’re great alongside French fries, potato chips, this coleslaw dressing tossed with a bag of slaw mix, vinegar coleslaw, a simple green salad with Dijon vinaigrette or lemon vinaigrette, a house salad with candied pecans, this easy potato salad, Southern macaroni salad, creamy pasta salad, Hawaiian pasta salad, spaghetti salad, or this classic pasta salad, or a big bowl of refreshing easy fruit salad with vanilla pudding. Then, enjoy peanut butter rice krispie treats for dessert!
Preparation and Storage Tips
BBQ chicken wraps are best enjoyed immediately after preparation. Otherwise, the tortillas and tortilla strips will get soggy the longer they sit, and the lettuce will not stay crisp and fresh. That said, leftovers will keep in an airtight container (or wrapped tightly in plastic wrap) for 3-4 days in the refrigerator. I do not recommend freezing the chicken wraps.
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BBQ Chicken Wrap
Ingredients
- 4 large flour tortillas
- 4 cups shredded lettuce (we prefer shredded iceberg lettuce)
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
- ¼ cup Ranch dressing
- 1 ½ – 2 cups chopped or shredded cooked chicken (such as the meat from a store-bought rotisserie chicken)
- ¼ cup bbq sauce
- 1 cup crispy tortilla strips (such as the Fresh Gourmet brand)
- ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Arrange some lettuce, avocado, and bacon down the center of each tortilla. Drizzle with Ranch dressing. Top with chicken; drizzle with bbq sauce. Add some tortilla strips and cheddar cheese to each tortilla.
- Fold the ends and the sides of the tortillas over the filling; roll up. Cut in half, if desired.
- Serve the wraps cold or at room temperature, or warm in a hot skillet with a little bit of oil.
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Recipe Variations
- Adjust the ingredients to prepare as many (or as few) wraps as you need. You can make a single wrap at a time, or multiply the recipe to feed a crowd.
- Instead of the spinach wraps, use tomato basil wraps or regular flour tortillas. Really, any flavor or variety will work for a tortilla wrap — including low-carb or wholegrain options.
- Make chicken lettuce wraps by omitting the tortillas altogether and using large lettuce leaves instead.
- Substitute just about any type of cheese for the cheddar. Other good options include Monterey Jack, Cheddar Jack, Colby, Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, white cheddar, or crumbled blue cheese.
- Swap out any ingredients that you don’t have or don’t care for. The tortilla strips are optional, and so is the bacon. You might also like to add some diced tomatoes, pickled red onion or other veggies like shredded carrots or cabbage. Use sour cream instead of Ranch, and add some fresh cilantro if you like.
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Originally published in July, 2022, this post was updated in May, 2025.
Great recipe! My husband was a bit dubious about using both Ranch dressing and BBQ sauce, but was pleasantly surprised. This is very similar to a recipe I make but which uses Ken’s brand Creamy Caesar dressing and shredded Parmesan cheese, so I knew I would like it. Now I have two variations that my husband and I can enjoy and mix it up according to our mood!.
Awesome, Mary! Thank you. I’m sure the Caesar version is equally delicious!