If you like the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Wrap from Buffalo Wild Wings, you’ll love this lightened up homemade version! Lightly breaded buffalo chicken pieces wrapped up in a soft tortilla with ranch dressing, shredded lettuce, cheese, and tomatoes make a great dinner or the perfect game day meal!
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We already found a replacement for the breading-heavy boneless wings from Buffalo Wild Wings so I was on a quest to replace the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Wrap that I get (which has a whopping 1,020 calories!). With a few tweaks, it turned into the perfect wrap.
Bob even said “we figure out how to make everything better than B-Dubs”.
Paired with roasted potato wedges or tortilla chips and homemade salsa, this was a cost effective and healthier alternative to BWW.
BUFFALO RANCH CHICKEN WRAP INGREDIENTS
- Chicken – You can use breasts or tenders, just make sure they’re boneless and skinless.
- Flour – You’ll make a very light breading out of flour, cornstarch, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder to dredge the chicken in.
- Cornstarch – Cornstarch helps the chicken brown on the outside while staying juicy on the inside.
- Cayenne Pepper – Cayenne pepper to add a bit of heat. Skip it if you don’t like spice.
- Garlic Powder – To flavor the chicken.
- Buffalo Wing Sauce – I like to use Frank’s Wing sauce, which is a slightly mellowed out version of Frank’s Hot Sauce, but you could also pick up your favorite sauce flavor from Buffalo Wild Wings (they sell them individually) or make a homemade buffalo sauce.
- Tortillas – I like to use burrito size tortillas to make a true wrap, but you could easily turn these into Buffalo Ranch Chicken Tacos if you’d rather buy taco size tortillas.
- Ranch Dressing – I have yet to find a pre-made store bought ranch dressing that I love. I sometimes make the Hidden Valley packets or you can make homemade ranch dressing.
- Tomatoes – Diced them up small.
- Lettuce – Finely chop this as well, it makes for a better wrap. Or just buy shredded lettuce.
- Shredded Cheese – I like to buy the Mexican cheese blend of shredded cheese.
HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN A BUFFALO CHICKEN WRAP
Well, as I mentioned above, the Buffalo Wild Wings version of the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Wrap has about 1,200 calories (holy cow, that’s nearly a day’s worth of calories) but I estimate this homemade version to have about 300 calories (it’ll depend on the size of your wrap and the ingredients you end up using, but it should be way less than 1,200!).
WHAT DO YOU PUT IN A BUFFALO CHICKEN WRAP
The toppings that Buffalo Wild Wings uses are the same toppings that I like to use. They, however, use a heavily breaded fried chicken and I like to use a lightly breaded chicken (grilled chicken tossed in wing sauce would also work!), wing sauce, ranch dressing, diced tomatoes, and shredded lettuce in a flour tortilla. Optional toppings could include blue cheese dressing and diced onions.
TOOLS TO HELP YOU MAKE BUFFALO RANCH CHICKEN WRAPS
- Large Skillet – I bought this T-Fal skillet about a year ago and have been impressed. I like that it has a lid & is dishwasher safe.
- Shallow Bowls – Though these are technically salad bowls, it’s nice to have a shallow dish to dredge the chicken in the flour mixture.
- Tongs – Tongs are great when you’re dredging the chicken to keep your hands clean. They’re also heat safe so you can cook the chicken with them.
NEED MORE BUFFALO IN YOUR LIFE? TRY THESE:
- Buffalo Cauliflower Bites – these would also be great in taco/wrap form, especially for vegetarian friends!
- Buffalo Chicken Bread – this would be great sliced up for game day.
- Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip – a definite crowd pleaser!
- Buffalo Ranch Pasta Salad
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HOW TO MAKE BUFFALO RANCH CHICKEN WRAPS
Buffalo Ranch Chicken Wraps
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Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch pieces
- ⅓ cup flour
- 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅓ cup buffalo wing sauce Frank’s Buffalo Wing
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- Burrito size tortillas
- Ranch dressing
- Diced tomatoes
- Finely chopped lettuce
- Mexican cheese blend
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
- In a large bowl, combine cornstarch, flour, cayenne, and garlic powder. Season the chicken pieces with pepper, then dredge in the flour mixture.1/3 cup flour, 3 Tablespoons cornstarch, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Add 1 Tablespoon of olive oil to the hot pan and let it heat up. Add chicken and cook on both sides – about 3 to 4 minutes per side.1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- Once the chicken is done, set it aside in a bowl and toss with ⅓ cup buffalo wing sauce.1/3 cup buffalo wing sauce
- Use the skillet from the chicken and fry up the tortillas on medium for about 10 seconds a side.Burrito size tortillas
- Assemble the wraps - a scoop of chicken, some ranch dressing, some lettuce, tomatoes & a sprinkle of cheese. Wrap it up & enjoy!Ranch dressing, Finely chopped lettuce, Mexican cheese blend, Diced tomatoes
Notes
- This makes 2 good sized wraps and about 3 tacos.
- Optional toppings: blue cheese dressing, diced onions.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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Tag me on Instagram @melissa_pplates so I can see!Originally published October 18, 2011
This recipe looks delicious! I’m definitely saving it on my “to make” list. Stopping by from The How to Mommy. Thanks for sharing!
I shouldn’t be looking at recipes when I’m so hungry, but this looks amazing! Thanks for linking up!
Only 2 chicken tenders in the whole wrapp.. looks like i paid for bread
I don’t understand…why didn’t you just give yourself more chicken? The recipe calls for 1lb…
Awesome!
I have now made these twice. The first time I wasn’t too thrilled with the thin breading, so I did an egg wash and had two layers of the breading this time. It was amazing. I tasted the chicken before it was coated with the sauce and even just by itself it was very tasty!
Could you make the chicken in the air fryer instead of on the stove?
Sure 🙂 I originally made these pre-air fryers lol
If you can find it in your local grocery refrigerated section by the vegetables, I recommend litehouse home style ranch. It’s often in a glass jar but can be found in a plastic squeeze bottle. Make sure it says home style that’s the best.
Thanks, I have seen it but never tried!
This recipe sounds great.
Thanks! It is 😉
I used 2 chicken breasts and cut them into what looked like 1 inch strips, ending up with a total of 7 strips, and then salt and peppered them before rolling in the flour mix. I did dip them in an egg wash (egg/water) and back into the flour mix before frying as I wanted more crunch. I fried these in crisco shortening in a cast iron skillet and used as much as I needed so it was more than specified here. I wasn’t sure how spicy the Frank’s Red Hot sauce was going to be, so I mixed it with an equal amount of melted butter and brushed it on the cooked chicken tenders. I used colby cheese, and added some shredded carrots too. This was a great summer evening meal all in one. I was fortunate enough to find the giant flour tortillas made for wraps and it made folding this up much easier because I stuffed these wraps full with the fresh veggies. I used 2 chicken strips per wrap and still had 3 strips left for another meal. The only thing I’d do differently is make sure to load it so that when it’s wrapped the chicken does not end up all to one side and the salad portion to the other as some bites were only salad and no chicken at all, and vice versa. This fed two of us with leftover chicken for another meal. I wish I had taken a picture as this looked really nice when I cut it in half for the plating. We were both really full after eating this wonderful meal. Excellent recipe!
I would’ve loved to see a picture – send me one next time you make it. I’m so glad you liked it!
Simple and delicious! We had this for dinner and will make it again!