grilled chicken wrap

Anyone who was living in Raglan a few years ago will know of the famous “chicken roti” which originated from the Tounge and Groove café (which has now changed hands and changed names a few times). An amazing meal that was always a struggle to finish – the perfect end to a day out at the beach. A decent sized sandwich press is almost essential to seal these wraps together – they probably could be pan friend but it would be tricky flipping them over without all the ingredients falling out. I haven’t really added quantities to the ingredients list as you can make do with what you have at the time and just add more or less depending on how many people you are making the wraps for:

ingredients

large wraps – roti bread or similar

cooked bacon

cooked chicken

roasted vegetables – potato, kumara and whatever else you have on hand

grated cheese

tomato relish (or tomato sauce/bbq sauce)

Aoli – I think this is the key ingredient! a good quality mayo will be sufficient as a substitute

Start by cooking and preparing all your fillings. Cut the vegetables into cubes or strips, season and roast in a hot oven with a little oil until golden and soft. Fry the bacon until crisp and set aside. Dust the chicken with flour, salt and pepper and pan fry until golden and cooked through (alternatively roast some bone-in chicken pieces in the oven and strip the meat off once cooked and cooled).

Sometimes I can’t find big enough wraps at the supermarket so I just join  a couple together by laying side by side in the sandwich press and overlapping slightly before cooking for 30 secs to 1 minute until sealed together.

To assemble, lay out the wrap and start with a little grated cheese, layer chicken, bacon, veges on top and finish with a bit more grated cheese. Drizzle with tomato relish and aoli and then carefully pull the sides of the wrap together to form a tube around all the yummy fillings. Gently lift the wrap onto the sandwich press and cook at a medium temperature until the wrap is golden and the cheese has melted and “glued” everything together. The wraps look a bit fancy if you cut them on an angle to reveal all the oozing fillings and drizzle with some relish

Crack a beer and enjoy your carb/fat/salt overload with friends 🙂