📋Tortilla Chicken Pinwheels Recipe

chicken tortilla pinwheels on a white plate with a tray of pinwheels in the background

5 from 2 votes

📋Tortilla Chicken Pinwheels Recipe

These 5 ingredient Tortilla Chicken Pinwheels appetizer are not only delicious, they are easy to make and WW friendly. You can also use leftover rotisserie chicken if you are short on time.

Course Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine American, Canadian

Keyword pinwheels, roll ups, tortilla, weight watchers

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Resting time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings pinwheels

Calories 47kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

4 - 10 inch soft flour tortillas *I use tomato flavor
2 cups shredded chicken (2 chicken breasts),or finely chopped * you can use rotisserie chicken or canned chicken breast instead
1 red pepper finely chopped
¾ cup red onion (1 medium red onion) finely chopped
8 tablespoon low-fat cream cheese * I use the spreadable (or substitute non fat cream cheese)

Instructions

Grill chicken breasts and chop finely or shred.
Mix onion, chicken and red pepper together in a large bowl.
On a flat surface, such as a cutting board. spread 2 tbsps light cream cheese over each tortilla, as you would jam. Then spread a layer of the chicken mixture on each tortilla. Repeat until mixture has been used.
Roll tortilla in half, as shown.
Then gently pull back to the edge and start rolling from there
Continue rolling tightly.
Continue rolling until you get to the edge
When you get to the edge, add a little more cream cheese, so it will stick together.
Roll right up (tightly) place seam side down.
Wrap rolled tortillas tightly in plastic wrap and place tortillas in fridge for one hour mininum.
*I have found they stay together better if you roll them the night before.
Cut off the ends (with no filling)
Slice into ¾ inch slices and serve! * You can use a measuring tape to ensure you have equal sized pieces.

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