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Mesquite Chicken Wraps

Traditional dish with skinless chicken breasts, mesquite wood chips, soaked in water 30 minutes, or corn tortillas.

Mesquite Chicken Wraps
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Ingredients

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • ½ cup mesquite wood chips, soaked in water 30 minutes
  • to taste salt
  • to taste black pepper
  • 4 flour or corn tortillas
  • to taste olive oil
  • 2 cups monterey jack cheese

Steps

  1. Brush the chicken with olive oil.
  2. Season very liberally on both sides with salt and pepper.
  3. Set aside.
  4. Preheat the charcoal grill.
  5. Toss the wood chips onto the coals.
  6. Reapply the grate.
  7. Add the chicken and cook, turning often, until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.
  8. Remove to a plate.
  9. Let rest 5–10 minutes.
  10. Shred the chicken with two forks.
  11. Toss with the cheese.
  12. Sprinkle into each tortilla.
  13. Roll lengthwise.
  14. Wait until the cheese is melted before serving.

Adapted from “Mesquite Chicken Wraps”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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