Keto Southwest Chicken Cheese Wraps
Slices of pepper jack cheese are manipulated into wraps with some special Keto techniques. The wraps are filled with a “Southwest” filling of chili-flavored chicken, cream cheese, some crunchy veggies, and extra cheddar. There are a variety of ways you can use this Keto recipe. Eat these Southwest cheese wraps as a
How to Make It
Step 1
Pat boneless, skinless chicken breasts dry with a paper towel, then rub the olive oil into the flesh. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, chili powder, and garlic powder. Heat a pan on high heat on your stovetop, and place the chicken seasoned side down in the pan. Cook the chicken undisturbed on one side until the spices char. Then, flip the chicken and continue to cook until the chicken is done (about 4+ minutes per side).
Step 2
Set the finished chicken aside to cool and rest for about 5 minutes. Then, use a pair of forks to shred the chicken into fine, thin shreds. Add the shredded chicken to a mixing bowl. Finely dice celery, red onion, and green onion, and add these to the mixing bowl. Mix cream cheese and shredded cheddar cheese into the bowl until all the ingredients are combined into your Southwest chicken filling. Set this aside for later on.
Step 3
Turn on your oven to preheat to 350 degrees and line a sheet tray with parchment paper. Lay the pepper jack cheese slices evenly distanced apart on the tray. Once your oven is preheated, cook the cheese slices in the oven for approximately 10 minutes or until they have melted into foldable slices. Watch the cheese slices as they melt, bubble, and harden into bendable squares with darkened edges. You can check on the progress by lifting the edge of a pepper jack slice with a spatula. If the slice peels away from the paper in a solid piece without sticking, the cheese is ready.
Step 4
Scoop the chicken filling along the closest edge of each slice of cheese. Spread the filling into strips along the length of each cheese slice. One by one, roll the cheese slices up into wraps (like a burrito) as the cheese hardens into place. Make sure the seam of where the wrap closes is against your parchment paper. You may use your spatula to help you lift the hot cheese for rolling. Make sure your chicken filling is ready to go for this stage so you can quickly fill the wraps before the cheese hardens. Serve as a warm appetizer or a cold snack.
Ingredients
- Chicken Breast Boneless Skinless Raw – 4 oz
- Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 0.25 tsp
- Salt – 0.13 tsp
- Black pepper – 0.13 tsp
- Chili powder – 0.25 tsp
- Garlic powder – 0.25 tsp
- Celery – 1 oz
- Red onion – 1 oz
- Scallions – 2 tsp, chopped
- Cream cheese – 3 oz
- Cheddar cheese, natural – 0.13 cup, shredded
- Pepper Jack cheese – 6 slice (from pre-sliced package) – each 3/4 ounce