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Pesto Chicken Tzatziki Salad Wraps. Street food-inspired oven-roasted chicken wrapped up in tortillas with all the best wrap toppings. Lettuce, lots of peperoncini, avocado, and plenty of feta. Add basil pesto, delicious creamy tzatziki sauce, and garlic tahini too. A Greek-inspired wrap that’s SO GOOD. Serve the wraps warm with homemade fries and plenty of extra tzatziki sauce.
Happy March everyone! Per usual we’ve still got some very snowy March weather. Right now it’s a little hard to envision that spring will officially arrive later this month. But at least we can all add a little bit of spring into our daily eats with recipes like these Chicken Tzatziki wraps.
And you all? These are so good – trust me.
As I’ve mentioned, all the snow has left me craving more color, fresher recipes, and springtime dinners. I think after a weekend in Miami, I am especially ready for nice weather and warm sunny days!
Creighton has been asking for more Greek-inspired dishes. Or dishes with middle eastern flavors.
I’m sure many of you remember my Chicken Tzatziki bowls from last year. And then also my pesto chicken wraps from this summer? Well, I combined the two recipes and turned them into one very yummy, saucy, flavorful chicken wrap.
Creighton officially claimed these to be his favorite recipe of the month. Everything from the crispy roasted greek chicken, to the feta, avocado, salt, basil pesto, and creamy Tzatziki are all just delicious.
SO MUCH FLAVOR, we adore these wraps.
Details! Details!
It all starts with marinating chicken. We love this chicken marinade. It’s inspired by the seasonings often used to cook chicken gyros, so it has a lot of flavor.
It’s seasoned with yogurt, lots of garlic, smoked paprika, and oregano. Super flavorful. If you have extra time you can begin marinating the chicken a few hours before cooking or you can start cooking right away.
I love to use chicken thighs for this, but breasts are great too. Once the chicken is cooked and crispy, thinly slice it up so that it can fit nicely into each wrap.
While the chicken is roasting I like to make a quick homemade tzatziki sauce. But store-bought easily works as well! I make mine with plain full-fat Greek yogurt (I use Straus Organics), grated cucumber, fresh garlic, lemon, olive oil, and salt.
It’s one of the simplest sauces to make at home, but at the same time, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s have really great store-bought options. So do what works for you time-wise!
During this same time, I toss together lettuce with cubes of avocado, peperoncini, dill, and feta cheese.
And because we love sauce, a garlic tahini sauce too. But this is totally optional and very extra.
Now all that’s left is to assemble each wrap. I used my homemade flour tortillas, then layered on some basil pesto, the veggies, roasted chicken, and tzatziki sauce.
Then, wrap and roll burrito style.
I used warm chicken and warm tortillas fresh off the skillet, so I didn’t feel the need to warm my wraps. But if you like, you can cook them in a skillet with a little olive oil until warm. Or even wrap them up in foil and pop them in the oven. I do love these warm, but that’s me. I love hot food. You can definitely enjoy the wraps chilled as well, up to you!
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Lastly, if you make these Pesto Chicken Tzatziki Salad Wraps, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Pesto Chicken Tzatziki Salad Wraps
Servings: 6 wraps
Calories Per Serving: 559 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Watch the How-To Reel
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup full-fat plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- chili flakes, Kosher salt, and black pepper
Wraps
- 5 cups shredded lettuce
- 3/4 cup diced avocado
- 1/3 cup sliced peperoncini
- 1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 4-6 large tortillas
- 1/2 cup basil pesto
- 1-2 cups Tzakiki sauce
Instructions
- 1. In a bowl, combine the yogurt, olive oil, chicken, garlic, paprika, oregano, chili flakes, and a large pinch each of salt and pepper. Let marinate for 15 minutes at room temperature or up to overnight in the refrigerator.2. Preheat the oven to 425° F. Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet. Bake 25 minutes, until cooked through. Switch the oven to broil. Broil 1-2 minutes, until the chicken chars on the edges. Thinly slice the chicken. 3. Meanwhile, mix the lettuce, avocado, peperoncini, dill, and feta in a bowl.4. Place one tortilla at a time in the microwave for 20 seconds. Spread on a layer of pesto, then add the lettuce mix and the chicken. Spoon over some of the tzatziki. Fold the tortilla over the filling. Then fold the sides and ends of the tortillas over the filling and roll forward. Repeat with remaining ingredients.5. Serve at room temp or wrap in foil and warm in the oven. Enjoy with extra tzatziki sauce and garlic tahini, if desired.
Notes
Lemon Garlic Tahini: Combine 1/2 cup tahini, 1 clove grated garlic, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 1/4 cup water in a blender and blend until smooth. If needed, add water to thin the sauce as desired. Season to taste with chili flakes and salt.
This post was originally published on March 2, 2023
Made this last night. It was absolutely fabulous. Will be on repeat at our house! Thank you for another great recipe.
Hi Kathy,
Amazing!! So glad to hear that this recipe was a hit, thanks so much for making it! xx
Last nights dinner! Family loved 🤍 the pesto was necessary!
Delish. Thank you Tieghan 😊
Thanks so much Lisa!! I love to hear that your family enjoyed this recipe! Thanks for making it! xx
I made these last night for book club and they were a huge hit! I didn’t have the ingredients on hand to make pesto but I did have hummus, so I started with spreading a little hummus on the tortillas. It worked well. Will definitely make these again. Thanks for a great, easy recipe!
Hey Sarah,
Happy Sunday!!🍀 I am thrilled to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks so much for making it and sharing your comment! xT
Delicious! I agree with the other reviewer that the pesto is unnecessary and distracts from the other delicious flavors and sauces. Would 100% make this again (without the pesto). Thanks Tieghan! Another wonderful recipe.
Hey Danielle,
I appreciate you giving this recipe a try and sharing your feedback, so glad to hear they were enjoyed! xx
Making this for lunch tomorrow for my mom, siblings and their spouses. My family used to live in Turkey so anything with these spices and tzatziki looks amazing ! I know it’s gonna be a flavor explosion ! Can’t wait !!
Thanks so much Pati!! I hope every loves these! xT
Loved this, Tieghan! The little hint of spice from the peperoncini & red pepper flakes with the creamy tzatziki and avocado was perfection. It made a great salad too with your lettuce mix + chicken!
Hey Hillary,
Amazing!! So glad to hear that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks for making it!! Have a great weekend! xx
I’m confused. You posted this recipe on your stories today but included a spicy honey, avocado, and a ginger tahini sauce none of which are listed here. However you do list dill and peperoncini in the ingredients list here which are not part of the photos or the video you posted. You mention avocado in the instructions but it’s not in the ingredients list. Then you have garlic tahini (not ginger) explained in the notes but again those ingredients are not listed in the ingredients list. Hoping to make this for dinner and just really unclear on which of all of these things I should add or not. Your brother seemed to love this, so I’d prefer to do them the way you did when he tasted them.
Hi Sarah,
So sorry, I’m not sure what you are referring to here. The avocado is listed in the ingredients list, it calls for 3/4 cup diced avocado. The tahini sauce contains both garlic and ginger, you can use it or not, totally up to you:) Let me know if you give the recipe a try! xx
Hi Tieghan,
I’m referring to the stories you posted yesterday of yourself making this dish. In the photo of the ingredients, you had a spicy honey and ginger tahini sauce. No, the instructions you have here do NOT include any ginger – just garlic. I see you just added avocado to the ingredients list here, it was not there yesterday. There is no dill or peperoncini in the wraps shown in the photos here or the stories you posted yesterday. I just want to make the version you posted in stories since that’s the one you showed Creighton enjoying, and it seems pretty different from the recipe here with all of these discrepancies among the ingredients.
You can follow this recipe as written, it’s exactly how I made it for Creighton:)
This was awesome! Made it last night and it was SO good! So flavorful!
Hey Cari,
Happy Friday!!🍀 I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your comment, so glad to hear it was delish! xT
Made these last night and just now had another wrap from the leftovers for lunch. So so good. Even my picky teen daughter gobbled hers up, thanks for the recipe!
Thanks so much Valerie! Love to hear that this recipe turned out well for you:) xx
For step four, how long should I put the wrap in the oven for? And at what temperature?
Thanks in advance. This looks great.
Hey Annika,
You can go ahead and serve these at room temp, otherwise just pop in the 425F oven for 10ish minutes. I hope you love this recipe! xx
Hi Tieghan
I was wondering if these can be made ahead and frozen ? My concern is the lettuce.
Looks delicious.
Thank you 😊
Hey Swathi,
I’m not sure these would make the best freezer friendly recipe. I have a full section on the blog though that you might enjoy:
https://fett-weg.today/category/recipes/type-of-meal/freezer-friendly/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
This was good but the pesto is definitely overkill here. If you make the beautiful tahini sauce and tzatziki, skip it or it’s all you’ll taste. If you don’t want to do the other sauces, pesto is plenty flavorful enough.
Hi Jess,
Thanks for giving this recipe a try and sharing your feedback, sorry to hear you found the sauces to be overwhelming. xT
Can I have your tortilla recipe? I don’t see any link in your post. Thank you💕💕
Hi Fazia,
Here you go:
https://fett-weg.today/homemade-flour-tortillas/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> Please let me know if you have any other questions, I hope you love this recipe! xx
Thank you
Have you tried the air fryer for the chicken or is it too saucy?
Hey Cathy,
So sorry, I’ve not tested the chicken in the air fryer, it might be too saucy! Let me know if you give this recipe a try, I hope you love it! xx
Bummer, I was hoping I could try this in the air fryer as well!
You could try it, I just worry about the sauce!
This looks great! Your recipes are so easy and super tasty
Thanks so much Debbie! Let me know if you give this recipe a try! xx
As usual this sounds AMAZING! Cant wait to make it.
Would you mind sharing your Tzakiki sauce recipe pretty please?
thank you so much!!
i just saw it at the end of the recipe in ‘Notes’… 😀
Sweetie, that’s a lemon garlic tahini sauce. Not tzatziki.
@Lemon,
You do realize that she references two different sauces in this recipe, correct? If not, read through it again. One is tzatziki and one is actually labeled garlic tahini sauce…. so, your comment is somewhat puzzling.
There was a question earlier about the tzatziki recipe actually if you read the comments above. The person asked Tieghan if she could share the recipe and someone mentioned it‘s in the notes which it isn‘t. The only sauce recipe in the notes is the lemon garlic tahini sauce. The comment is absolutely correct.
You’re wrong, that is tzatziki. Why comment if you’re going to be so negative
Thank you Julie for clarifying. I never see negative comments on her site and it surprised me. I guess i shouldn’t jump to conclusions!
Thanks so much Jenn!! I make mine with plain full-fat Greek yogurt (I use Straus Organics), grated cucumber, garlic, lemon, olive oil, and salt. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT