Poppy Seed Chicken Pinwheels - Lunch Version
Tangy poppy seed dressing and fresh strawberries put a new "spin" on chicken salad with our Poppy Seed Chicken Pinwheels. Creamy, savory, and just a little sweet these chicken salad rounds are delightfully easy to make.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard
- 1 ½ tablespoons Olive Oil
- 2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon juice Lemon
- 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup
- ¼ tablespoons dice Shallot
- 1 tablespoon Poppy Seeds
- ½ teaspoons Garlic Powder
- ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
- 2 cups cook and shred Chicken, Boneless Breasts
- ⅓ cups dice Green Onion (Scallion)
- ¼ cups dice Celery
- ¼ cups chop Pecans
- ½ cups Cream Cheese
- 2 individual Flour Tortillas (8-inch/Med)
- ½ cups dice Strawberries
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- In a bowl or lidded jar, mix together mayonnaise, mustard, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup, shallots, poppy seeds, garlic powder and pepper.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- In a bowl or lidded jar, mix together mayonnaise, mustard, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup, shallots, poppy seeds, garlic powder and pepper.
- Whisk or shake ingredients until smooth.
- In a bowl, mix chicken, green onions, celery and pecans until well combined.
- Add 1/2 of poppy seed dressing and mix well.
- In another bowl, mix together remaining dressing and cream cheese.
- Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over tortillas.
- Then, cover with chicken salad mixture.
- Sprinkle strawberries over chicken.
- Roll tortilla tightly.
- Cut into 3/4 inch rounds with a sharp knife.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 2 Servings
- Serving Size
- 4 pinwheels Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 997
- Total Fat
- 63g
- Saturated Fat
- 19g
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 229mg
- Sodium
- 937mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 43g
- Fiber
- 4g
- Sugar
- 12g
- Protein
- 62g
- WW Freestyle
- 26
17 Comments
Join the discussionThank you. Lunches have been on my brain. I have one starting kindergarten, so I am new at this. I will be coming to for lunch help!
Love the idea behind theses pinwheels but to be honest the colour of them puts me off a little. Is there any variations that have a little more colour to them? I was thinking of maybe spinach leaves layered on the flatbread before the mix was spread on, spinach should hold in the freezer (I think)
Any opinion or suggestion welcomed.
Some of my inspirations had lettuce in them, but that obviously won’t hold up in the freezer. I’m not sure about the spinach. You could try and let us know. My other thought is to leave the celery unmixed and give it its own layer. Maybe use a little bit more so that you can see it. Also the more strawberry you use, the more red you will have.
You might want to try using the green spinach wrap tortillas. That would give color though out the pinwheel.
That is Brilliant! I have a very sneaking suspicion these are delicious.
Best things I ever tasted!
Has anyone tried these after they’ve been frozen? I tried to eat a strawberry once that had been frozen and it was awful. Or does anyone maybe have a good idea for an earlier stopping point to freeze at and then assemble with the strawberries day of? Thanks!
Wendy – As long as you are using fresh strawberries, and you are finely dicing them, they should work great!
I chose this recipe for school lunches so we planned to follow the freezer plan. After thawing the first batch, the tortillas were soggy and disintegrating. The kids were not a fan though they tried the salad and liked it prior to freezing. I plan on thawing the second batch, tossing the tortillas and just eating the salad. We didn’t love the strawberries either, but they weren’t a deal breaker.
Hi Heidi! Thanks so much for the feedback! Would you mind sharing with us details on how you thawed these? This isn’t a comment we typically hear from other members and this recipe has been tested by several staff members, so we would love to help you troubleshoot the potential issue.
Additionally, as a suggestion for the future: you could try freezing the filling and waiting to wrap them until it is thawed rather than prior to freezing. 🙂
For those not wanting to ‘chance’ the strawberries, why not use dried cranberries, or mince dried apricots..just as delis’ as the fresh strawberries, and pretty too!
Any ideas for subbing out the cream cheese and mayo due to food allergies? No dairy allowed.
Hmmmm, I would suggest checking out some of the non-dairy cream cheese and mayo brands. I know Go Veggie has a brand, and your local market may have others as well.
Mayo is non dairy
Our family loves these pinwheels!
These taste fantastic, but the ratio of filling to tortilla made them impossible to roll. What was supposed to be 8 actually made 11, and probably could have been 12 if I had weighed the filling rather than eyeballing it LOL
Thanks for the feedback Jessica. I have also made this dish and found I had extra filling and made more pinwheels. I always keep extra tortillas on hand : ) But thanks for the feedback, we will report back to our Menu Builder team.