Grilled Chicken Kebab Wraps

Grilled Chicken Kebab Wraps - Mom's Kitchen Handbook

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Summer means game time for grilling. A decidedly healthful way to cook, grilling is also one of the simplest methods I know (bonus points: it results in fewer pots and pans to clean). Making these Grilled Chicken Kebab Wraps adds an extra step to your basic barbecue, but it’s worth the effort for three good reasons:

  1. Cutting poultry into small pieces and marinating it for a good while infuses it with flavor that you just don’t achieve with a bigger cut of meat.
  2. Threading all those pieces onto a skewer means they won’t drop between grill grates and be lost to the fire.
  3. A pile of skewered chicken, with its signature grill marks, makes for a very pretty and somewhat dramatic presentation.

Tasty Kebab Marinade

The marinade for this kebab is inspired by one I learned from my friend, Humaira. She’s from Afghanistan, where cooking beef, lamb, and chicken on skewers is very much a part of the food culture. There, kebabs are served with giant sheets of flatbread, along with flavorful salads. In my version, I’ve swapped in whole-grain Flatout Flatbread, which is thin and pliable. Salad fixings and grilled chicken get tucked inside, making a flavorful wrap.

Ingredients for chicken kebab on Flatout - Mom's Kitchen Handbook

A Low Calorie Chicken Kebab Wrap

Unlike a lot of kebabs, which are often made with rich and fatty cuts of meat, I use boneless skinless chicken breast. To combat the lack of flavor and dryness that can accompany such a lean cut, the chicken marinates in seasoned yogurt that tenderizes and adds heaps of flavor. Once grilled, wrap it in Flatout and layer on crunchy vegetables and more yogurt. The whole wrap, generous in size, comes in at just 315 calories a serving.

Grilled Chicken Kebab wrap with lettuce and tomatoes - Mom's Kitchen Handbook

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Grilled Chicken Kebab Wraps

These chicken kebabs are full of flavor and supremely tender thanks to a yogurt marinade that's packed with seasoning. Tuck into warm wraps and add crunchy salad and you've got a tasty, healthy, straight-from-the-grill supper.

Course Main Course
Servings 4 servings
Calories 315 kcal
Author Katie Morford

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 1/2 cups plain non-fat or low-fat yogurt, divided
  • 2 large cloves minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 large handfuls chopped hearts of Romaine lettuce
  • 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh mint
  • 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cup thinly sliced English or Persian cucumbers
  • ½ thinly sliced red onion
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 6 multi-grain Flatout flatbreads

Instructions

  1. Cut the chicken breast into 1 ½-inch pieces.
  2. In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup of the yogurt, garlic, coriander, cumin, turmeric, salt, and pepper. Add the chicken pieces, cover with plastic wrap, and marinate for several hours, or ideally overnight.

  3. When ready to cook, pull the chicken from the refrigerator. If using wooden skewers, immerse them in water for at least 20 minutes before cooking. Thread the chicken onto the 6 skewers and use your hands to wipe off as much of the yogurt as you can manage without getting obsessive about it.

  4. Heat the grill over a medium-high flame. When it is ready, grill the chicken until browned on all sides and the inside is cooked (just barely no longer pink).

  5. While the chicken cooks, put the lettuce, mint, tomatoes, cucumber, and onion in a large bowl. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice of the lemon along with the olive oil over the salad. Season with a big pinch of salt.

  6. Just before serving, quickly warm the Flatout flatbreads on the grill. Serve the chicken, warm flatbread, salad, and remaining ½ cup of yogurt at the table for everyone to make their own wraps. 

  7. To assemble, pull the chicken from the skewer and lay on a flatbread. Add a generous spoonful of both salad and yogurt. Roll up and eat.

Comments

07.18.2017 at8:55 PM #

Jessica

Love all the spices you use to flavor the chicken here. Plus this is such a colorful dish!

07.19.2017 at5:50 AM #

Katie Morford

Thanks Jessica. I love a yogurt marinade for grilled chicken!

07.19.2017 at6:21 AM #

Sally @ Real Mom Nutrition

This looks great Katie. I’m definitely going to try that marinade!

07.19.2017 at11:49 AM #

Sarah-Jane Bedwell

These look delicious! What a great idea, Katie! I really like flatout too so I’ll have to give these a try!

08.14.2017 at4:14 PM #

Anne

Hi Katie!

I tried these kebab wraps on Saturday and will definitely be adding this recipe into my rotation as an easy and delicious meal. Our market was out of flat bread so I used pita, which worked out just fine. And there was plenty for leftovers.

Anne

08.14.2017 at4:14 PM #

Katie Morford

Awesome. So glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thanks for the comment.

12.14.2017 at6:02 AM #

Elbab mc kebabusmaximus

I liked the part with the kebab.

03.31.2018 at12:49 PM #

Jessica

I just wanted to thank you so much for your weeknight rescue. I have been trying so long to serve healthier meals and every time I go on pinterest I get very overwhelmed. I love the way the weeks are laid out and how you have the shopping list. Each week I choose one of your menus, order my ingredients from amazon and Walmart grocery pickup, and I have stress free and healthy meals all week! Thank you!

PS! Love that you include a snack or dessert!

03.31.2018 at12:49 PM #

Katie Morford

Ah! That is exactly what it is intended for and your comment makes my day. I appreciate the feedback.

x,

Katie

07.07.2020 at10:50 AM #

Maddie

Would greek yogurt work for the marinade?

07.07.2020 at10:50 AM #

Katie Morford

Sure. You could thin it a touch if you want with a splash of milk.

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