Chicken Bacon Avocado Wraps
Golden seared chicken and crisp bacon rolled into warm wraps with cool avocado and fresh tomato. A fast, protein-heavy handheld dinner.
- Total
- 22 min
- Prep 6 · Cook 16
- Serves
- 1
- Difficulty
- Easy
You'll practice: Searing · Rendering fat
- Savory
- Quick
- Stovetop
- Oven
Instructions
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Slice the chicken breast into 1 cm strips and season with the salt and black pepper. Slice the tomato into 1 cm rounds, separate the lettuce into leaves, and halve the avocado, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into slices.
~6 min
Even 1 cm strips ensure uniform cooking; seasoning now lets salt penetrate the chicken for better flavor.
Pat the chicken strips dry before seasoning so they sear instead of steam, which keeps them juicy and gives the wraps a golden edge.
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Lay the bacon slices in a cold large non-stick pan and set it over medium heat. Cook until the bacon is browned and crisp, about 5 minutes, turning once. Lift the bacon onto paper towels to drain, leaving about 1 tsp of bacon fat in the pan.
~5 min
Starting bacon in a cold pan slowly renders fat, preventing curling and yielding flat, crisp slices.
Cook the bacon from a cold pan: the fat renders slowly and the slices end up flat and crisp rather than curled and chewy.
Rendering fat Start bacon in a cold pan over medium heat; cook slowly until fat renders and slices are crisp and flat, not curled.
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Raise the heat to medium-high, add the oil and the chicken strips in a single layer, and sear until golden and cooked through to 74°C/165°F, about 4 minutes per side.
~8 min
Searing over medium-high heat triggers Maillard browning, adding flavor, while 74°C/165°F ensures safety.
Searing Pat chicken dry and sear in a hot pan without moving until golden; avoid crowding so it browns instead of steaming.
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While step 3 cooks
While the chicken cooks, warm the wraps in a dry pan or directly over a low flame for about 20 seconds per side until pliable, then stack them on a plate.
~1 min
Warming wraps makes them pliable so they roll without tearing.
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Lay each warm wrap flat and build: lettuce leaves first, then the seared chicken, crisp bacon, tomato rounds and avocado slices.
~2 min
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Fold in the sides and roll each wrap tightly, then cut in half and serve right away.
~1 min