Bang Bang Chicken Wrap
Sichuan cold-shredded chicken in a loose sesame-and-chilli dressing, rolled cold with cucumber batons and carrot into a low-carb tortilla. The chicken poaches gently and is left to cool, so the filling goes in cold against a warm wrapper.
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- 1 Low-carb tortillas
- 210 g Chicken breast
- ¼ tbsp Chinese sesame paste
- ½ tsp Chili oil
- 2 tsp Rice vinegar
- 1 tsp Soy sauce
- 100 g Cucumber (optional)
- 40 g Carrot (optional)
- ¼ tsp Sichuan peppercorn (optional)
- 12 g Scallions (optional)
Method
- Lower the chicken breast into a small pan of water that is barely trembling, put a lid on and leave it fourteen minutes; if the surface starts to bubble properly the meat will go stringy.
- While it poaches, cut the cucumber into short batons, the carrot into fine matchsticks, and shred the spring onion lengthways into threads.
- Crush the Sichuan peppercorns to a powder in a mortar and whisk them into the sesame paste with the rice vinegar, the soy and the chilli oil, letting it down with cold water until it pours off the whisk in a thread.
- Lift the chicken out and let it stop steaming, then pull it apart along the grain into coarse threads — shredded, never sliced, so the dressing has something to cling to.
- While the chicken cools enough to handle, give the low-carb tortilla thirty seconds a side on a dry pan; it only needs to lose its stiffness, and colour would be a mistake here.
- Turn the shredded chicken through the sesame dressing until every thread is coated, lay it across the tortilla with the cucumber and carrot, scatter the spring onion threads over and roll it up.
- Halve it and eat it with the filling still cold against the warm wrapper, which is how this one is supposed to arrive.
About Bang Bang Chicken Wrap
Bang Bang Chicken Wrap is a Chinese lunch or dinner that comes together in about 22 minutes and serves 1. It fits anti-inflammatory eating.
Bang Bang Chicken Wrap: frequently asked questions
Is Bang Bang Chicken Wrap gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Soy sauce. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
How long does Bang Bang Chicken Wrap take to make?
About 22 minutes start to finish, but only around 16 of those are hands-on — the rest is cooking time. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
Do I need every ingredient to make Bang Bang Chicken Wrap?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out cucumber, carrot, sichuan peppercorn — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Bang Bang Chicken Wrap make?
This recipe makes 1 serving. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.